Russian and Other Slavic Embroidery Designs by Sandra Ley

This book contains directions for fifteen easy and attractive projects based on traditional designs from Russia and other Eastern European countries - Czechoslovakia, Poland, Roumania, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Some are worked in free-form embroidery (crewel) and others in cross stitch, a particularly popular Russian technique. All are in bright colors, with red predominating. The articles include table linens and hangings, blouses, aprons and other clothing. These pieces preserve much of the type of embroidery once used on the folk costumes, now rarely made or worn.

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