Cross-Stitch Flowers is a classic and well-curated collection of historical floral cross-stitch by Gerda Bengtsson. The graphs were originally published in Danish in the 70s; this reformat and re-release is part of Dover's Heirloom Crafts series,. It's 64 pages and is available in paperback format.
This collection includes a number of whole-cross one page patterns mostly wildflowers (brambles, sloe, dandelion, etc), but also some nostalgic garden flowers (poppies, violets, and pansies). The charts include a color printed graph (just full color, there are no symbols included) along with a general color coded key with color names (and no specific brands/color numbers mentioned). They're easily recognizable and with a surprising amount of detail for smaller graphs (circa 70x70 stitches).
They would make nice hostess gifts, or for readers who want to learn how to do cross stitch, maybe as a gift bundled with a handful of floss and some evenweave cloth.
Like all of Dover's art and craft books, they're out there fighting the good fight to document and bring these important historical crafts to a new generation of readers.
Four stars. It would be an excellent choice for public or school library acquisition, for home use, for gift giving, and for maker's groups and shared studio spaces.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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