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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • HAPPILY EVERLASTINGS:
    • Six Ways to Dry Flowers
    • Tips for Arranging Flowers, Foliage in Dried Bouquets
  • VICTORIAN GARDENS:
    • POEM:
      "In my dreams we walk in Victorian Gardens..."
            by Phyllis North Lewis
    • Heart Wreath Picture(cross-stitch)
            by Lorri Birmingham
    • Luncheon Cloth, Thicket of Thistles design(filet crochet)
            antique design
    • Cross-stitch and Crochet Afghan(violets motif)
            by Joyce Nordstrom, Nancy Reames
    • Needlepoint Bench Cover(Morning-glory)
            antique design
    • Cross-stitch Hollyhocks Picture
            adapted by Sue Cornelison
  • SWEET REMEMBRANCES TO NEEDLEPOINT:
    • Cross-stitch Memory Sampler
            by Anna Magnuson
  • PETITE FANCIES:
    • Ring of Posies Embroidered Floral Heart,
      Cross-stitched "LOVE" Token,
      Sweetly Scented Needlepoint Sachets,
      Beaded Rose-Velveteen Heart Pincushion,
      Embroidered Flower Pillow(9"x9"),
      Quilled Heart(5"x4 1/2"),
      Berriboned and Blooming Headband, Tortoise Shell Hair Combs(glue)
            by Laura Holtorf Collins
  • HAPPY VALENTINES:
    • The First Handmade Valentines
    • Lacy Paper Valentines
    • Myths and Inspirations
    • German Pop-ups
    • Penny Dreadfuls
  • MESSAGES OF LOVE:
    • Language of Flowers Cross-stitch Sampler
            by Millie Wilcoxson
    • Victorian Wreath, Trinket Box(dried roses)
            by Marlene Burrell
    • Hydrangea Throw Rug, Needlepoint Pillow,
      Morning Glory Pillow, Sheet Trim(cross-stitch),
      Zinnia, Sunflower Needlepoint Pillows
            by Jim Williams
    • Tulip Panel for Coverlet(filet crochet)
            by Gail Kinkead
    • Tulip Stenciling for Coverlet
            by Linda Emmerson
    • Cross-stitch Daylily
            by Millie Wilcoxson
    • Carnation Doily(embroidered)
            by Jim Willians
  • A FLORAL ALPHABET:
    • Flower Garden Alphabet-
      A for Astor... Z for Zinnia(quilt blocks or pillows)
            by Linda Beardsly
  • SWEET HEARTS:
    • Pink Bleeding-hearts, Violets on Heart-shaped Sachets(one of these pillows on page 69 has tatted trim around it, unattributed)
            by Millie Wilcoxson
    • Heart Placemats with Crewel Floral Garland
            by Laura Holtorf Collins
    • Heart-shaped pillow w/ Snow White Lovebirds wrapped in Elaborate curliques
            adapted from an antique
    • Heart in Hand Pincushion
            by Sally Paul
    • Cross-stitch Rose Garland on Heart Pillow,
      Cross-stitch Rose Garland Heart Picture
            by Laura Holtorf Collins
    • Crazy Quilt Heart Pillow w/ Crochet Ruffle
            by Laura Holtorf Collins
  • BELOVED ROSE:
    • Knitted Afghan, Pillow Set w/ Rose Trellis Motif
            by Barbara West
    • Victorian Appliqued Rose Quilt
            Antique Design
    • Cross-stitched Prairie Rose Tea Cozy
            by Gary Boling
    • RECIPE:
      Rose Angel Cake
    • (Irish)Crochet Rose Garden Afghan
            by Sara Jane Treinen
    • Old-Time Rose Remedies
    • RECIPE: Candied Roses
    • Afghan Stitch(crochet) Coverlet w/ Violets and Roses
            by Janet McCaffery
    • Lillies and Roses Needlepoint Pillow
            adapted from an antique
    • RECIPE: Rose Tea
  • DEPARTMENTS
    • PATTERNS, KITS, AND NOTIONS
    • BUYING GUIDE
    • INDEX OF INSTRUCTIONS
    • EDITOR'S COLUMN
            by Laura Holtorf Collins
    • Finishing Your Stitchery
    • A Sweepstakes With Heart
    • From the Heart - New Products
    • Victorian Hearts & Flowers Shopper
    • Information Worth Writing For

Title: Better Homes and Gardens' Victorian Hearts & Flowers
Editor: Laura Holtorf Collins
Format/Publication Date: MAG:Summer 1992
Publisher: Meredith Corp., Special Interest Publications, Des Moines, IA
Page Count: 144
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: None

SUMMARY- Another great potpourri of themed patterns. The heart sachet pillow on the cover with the tatted edgings is a tease, though. You get the pattern for the sachet, but instructions for the tatted edging are not there - and they put it on the cover!