Brief Book review RUGS AND WALL HANGINGS and my Colonial Braided rug

RUGS AND WALL HANGINGS - AN ILLUSTRATED POCKET GUIDE TO OVER 50 BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS , EBURY PRESS ( LONDON) , 1984

This wonderful book is a must guide to Colonial American and British rugs, wall hangings and mats. All projects are explained in plain language and supportive pictures and graphics. Each picture of the rug has a twin picture with squares that allow the reader to work directly from the book to the canvas or burlap , simply by adding an equal value to each square , for example 10 holes per square.

The book contents are,

Introduction          6

Basic Techniques  7

Floral                  24

Nature                  36

Geometric          44

Abstracts             58

Fun Rugs             72

Animals               80

Mats                    86

Index                   95

This guide is an easy way to learn and reproduce many classic rugs and wall hangings.

Until next time ( hopefully with pictures of my complete braided rug),

Best wishes,

Ariane