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Sian Phillips' Needlepoint
The star of BBC's I Claudius and the hit musicals Pal Joey and Gigi is also a gifted needlewoman. She was encouraged to take up needlepoint to help her give up smoking and it became an abiding passion.The basics of needlepoint are simple - you need only ever learn one stitch - but the possible variations of pattern and colour are endless. Sian shows how you can copy a design onto a canvas, suggests sources of inspiration - which can be ancient tapestries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, cosmetics packages or doodles - and advises on rescuing disasters. Her projects range from a spectacle case to a carpet, and include contributions from friends and colleagues in the theatre and gossip from the dressing rooms and rehearsal rooms in which they were made.
128 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
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Siân Phillips
73Ìýbooks10ÌýfollowersDame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress. She has performed the title roles in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan and is also particularly known for her performance as Livia in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius.
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