Victorian Christmas: Source Book With 10 Projects : 75 Victorian Scraps Plus Four Christmas Cards - Hardcover

Michelle Lovric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1556704216 ISBN 13: 9781556704215

Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1995

Synopsis

Using traditional Victorian methods of decoupage and painting techniques such as faux-plaid and simple gilding, the authors have designed ten Christmas gifts that anyone can make. In addition to complete instructions, the book also contains a history of all the customs and rituals of Victorian Christmas, charming festive quotations from literature, and seasonal recipes. 75 embossed cut-outs.

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Reviews

This appealingly designed portfolio, pack with instruction book and 75 embossed facsimiles of 19th-century cutouts for use in the 10 projects outlined, fails to deliver on the promise of its packaging. The paper cutouts and scraps are ample and pleasantly traditional, but the book, which contains brief histories of Victorian customs and rituals, quotations from literature and seasonal recipes, falters in its craft instructions for the projects, which cover traditional decoupage, faux-plaid painting and simple gilding of gift items ranging from cookie tins and holiday candles to candy boxes, table centerpieces and wassail bowls for New Year's Eve. Brief historical perspectives are somewhat slight; pictures of finished crafts are crowded and less than helpful, and some of the instructional illustrations are superfluous.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556704216
• ISBN 13: 9781556704215
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48