I’ve been a fan of Sophie Simpson, aka WhatDelilahDid, for ages, and even have a piece of her work in my personal collection. So the news that she was producing a cross stitch pattern book was music to my ears, and it’s no surprise that the book is a lovely piece of work. There’s always been a strong sense of design in the WhatDelilahDid pattern range, with classic designs and strong silhouettes, and the book does a fantastic job of bringing several terrific pieces together in one book.
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Naturally this book contains simple instruction on how to cross stitch as well as some nice pieces of wisdom but the main focus is the patterns and they do not disappoint. The connecting theme of the book is Fairytale Stories, and there’s a clever narrative throughout the chapters, incorporating designs of Knights, Queens, Wolves, Foxes, Unicorns and Frog Princes; the Jackalope pattern is worth the price of the book in itself!
All in all, it’s a lovely collection of patterns with a charming storyline and gracious style. It is an ideal starter book for someone who is looking to get into cross stitch, and a great gift for the more experience stitcher who is looking for something stylish to stitch.
Storyland Cross Stitch is published by Collins & Brown and is available from Amazon and all good retailers. I think you might be able to get signed copies from WhatDelilahDid’s store..! Tell her Mr X sent you!
You may or may not know, but there’s been a Storyland Book Blog Tour taking place this week, and this post is your final destination. To see what some other lovelycraft bloggers thought of the book, check out their sites!
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41 thoughts on “Book Review – Storyland Cross Stitch by What Delilah Did”
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10 August 2013 at 9:04 pm
My favorite was always Alice in Wonderland. What an adventure Alice had!
10 August 2013 at 9:14 pm
I want to make fairytale silhouettes NOW, please. Trying to think of my favorite fairytale, the first one to pop into my head is the Princess and the Pea. I’m actually envisioning it embroidered – all those mattresses in different colors and textures? Hello? I like mattress ticking. I think it begs to be immortalized in needlework. Me, me, me, me, please.
11 August 2013 at 10:44 pm
Check out Nora Corbett’s design for this one, it’s got all the beautiful mattresses piled up.
http://www.mirabilia.com
10 August 2013 at 9:26 pm
Right now, my favorite fairy tale character is Rapunzel: it may have something to do with my niece’s obsession with Tangled, but also, thinking of her up in the tower, figuring her stuff out for all that time (and not losing her marbles) is kind of inspirational. Thanks for the shot: look at that little bunny!
10 August 2013 at 9:35 pm
My FAVOURITE character of all is Cinderella xx
10 August 2013 at 10:10 pm
I love the ugly duckling fairy story it’s a bit different from other stories and has a nice meaning!
10 August 2013 at 10:33 pm
Oh those are cute, I agree the Jackolope is awesome.
My favorite fairy tale is Hansel and Gretel, I’m glad there’s a wolf but is there a little girl?
10 August 2013 at 10:50 pm
These are great. I like Kiki Smith’s interpretation of fairy tales as well and she’s made me love Little Red Riding Hood all over again.
10 August 2013 at 10:56 pm
I concur with Jackalope awesomeness. So many wonderful fairy tales, but Rumplestiltskin and his epic temper tantrum has to be a favorite.
11 August 2013 at 12:12 am
Love the silhouettes. One of my favorite fairy tales is Mr. Fox. There’s just something about a crafty fox that makes you want to cheer for the bad guy.
11 August 2013 at 12:24 am
adorable! I love little red riding hood
11 August 2013 at 12:29 am
Great review- thank you! My favorite fairy tale is The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
11 August 2013 at 1:34 am
I love the unicorns. My favorite fairy tale is Peter Pan, but love all the Grimm stories.
11 August 2013 at 4:45 am
My favorite fairy tale is Cinderella. I love all the different versions of it.
Thanks for the chance to win! I’d love to stitch that jackalope.
11 August 2013 at 7:35 am
Hello, my favorite fairy tale is ” La petite sirène” , “Little Mermaid ?” in english.
11 August 2013 at 8:49 am
My favourite Fairytale Character has to beThe Princess and the Pea. I loved that story as a child. Fab giveaway x
11 August 2013 at 11:22 am
My favourite story is Snow White! v(^-^)v
11 August 2013 at 3:52 pm
My favourite fairytale story is Bluebeard, which is a bit of an odd choice seeing as there are a lot of nicer fairytales out there.
This books looks great and I would love to get back into stitching more after giving preferential treatment to knitting for so long. I like the dramatic looking tree silhouette.
11 August 2013 at 4:13 pm
James, from James and the Giant Peach. One of my all-time favourite books!
11 August 2013 at 5:33 pm
I love fairytales, my favourite character is the little mermaid, I have designed and made my own mermaid cross stitch!
11 August 2013 at 7:54 pm
I like Little Red Riding Hood
11 August 2013 at 8:15 pm
My daughter is obsessed with fairy tales. Her favourite of the moment is Sleeping Beauty, but I like the Glass Mountain as the princess rescues herself!
11 August 2013 at 10:04 pm
This book looks wonderful. My favourite character would have to be the wolf in red riding hood. 🙂
11 August 2013 at 10:46 pm
My favourite fairy tale was always Snow White because she had hair as black as ebony rather than the usual blonde locks. I have very dark hair so wanted a heroine like me!
This looks like a great book and I would love to win it.
11 August 2013 at 11:21 pm
Neil Gaiman’s Snow White from his short story Snow, Glass, Apples – creepers! You’ll never be able to view the original the same ever again.
11 August 2013 at 11:59 pm
I’ve always been partial to the story of Beauty and the Beast. Thanks for the giveaway!
12 August 2013 at 3:06 am
My favorite fairy tale is Rapunzel!
12 August 2013 at 3:44 am
I hope The Wizard of Oz is a fairy tale as I have loved the movie my whole life and I’m reading the Baum books….somewhat different! I just got silver slippers as I broke my toe!
This cross stitch book looks sweet!
12 August 2013 at 3:53 am
My favorite character is Baba Yaga- My Great Grandmother used to tell us stories about her at bed time and scare the bejeebers out of us! Sometimes I still think it’s her when I hear noises outside in the middle of the night.
12 August 2013 at 4:15 am
It’s hard to choose a favourite but I will go with Cinderella! This book looks awesome!! Full of great fairy tale and whimsical projects, which I LOVE 🙂 thanks for the chance!
12 August 2013 at 8:59 am
I have long loved Ronia, from Ronia the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgrenb. She was a brave, wild, spirited and kind girl and as a child I admired her so.
12 August 2013 at 9:12 am
One of my favourites was Snow White. I loved how all the animals in the forest were her friends!
12 August 2013 at 10:45 am
This book looks amazing! My favourite fairytale character is Totoro 🙂
12 August 2013 at 3:26 pm
What a beautiful book! Definitely one I’d love to win!
12 August 2013 at 4:05 pm
there was this fairy tale about a princess walking through a frozen forest full of crystal fruit trees. I can’t really remember much more about it than that, but that’s my favorite, by far.
12 August 2013 at 4:58 pm
I had the complete works of Hans Christian Andersen growing up. When I was a kid The Red Shoes was my favourite. When I re-read it as an adult, it terrified me! Those stories were awful! I remember another one of my favourites was The Little Mermaid, and the first time I read the story after being familiar with the Disney version I cried. I like the Disney version way better!
12 August 2013 at 11:09 pm
I love Gildaen from Gildaen: The Heroic Adventures of a Most Unusual Rabbit. I’ve never met anyone else who has read the book, but I read it over and over as a kid and loved the brave and curious little rabbit and his adventures.
13 August 2013 at 1:38 am
My fav is Sleeping Beauty, since chilhood! Tks fr the chance to own this gorgeous book! x
14 August 2013 at 8:22 am
I like Cinderella – I know, I’m more of a romantic type, but the story is always great for me to re-read or watch…
Thanks for the giveaway!
14 August 2013 at 12:30 pm
My favorite has to be Rumplestiltskin. Great book!
18 August 2013 at 7:46 pm
Little Red Riding Hood 4ever