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This golden encyclopedia of needlework complements the library of every cross-stitcher. Featuring 2001 designs for every occasion and category of stitching¿holidays, alphabets, florals, nature, sports, children, babies, Christmas, animals, and numerous otherseach motif collection is accompanied by a clear and accurate color chart and color key. Plus, the book boasts a convenient wire-o format, making it easy for cross-stitchers to follow along.
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This golden encyclopedia of needlework complements the library of every cross-stitcher.
Designs for every occasion and category of stitchingholidays, alphabets, florals, nature, sports, children, babies, Christmas, animals, and numerous others.
Each motif collection accompanied by a clear and accurate color chart and color key.
Tips for end uses for the designs.
Includes 50 specialty stitch diagrams with instructions.
Cross-stitch tips and specialty stitches to accompany the designs.
Builds upon the success of 501 Cross Stitch Designs.
Unique cross-stitch designs, project ideas, and tips. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches'
Color photos brilliantly display over 50 free-style embroidery stitches and how you how to combine them to create attractive motifs. Stitches include: Antwerp Edging, Bokhara Couching, Bullion, Chained Feather, Couching, Fishbone, Mountmellick, Romanian, Spider's Web Filling, Vandyke, Wheatear, and 37 more. 128 pages (all in color), 6 x 5 3/4. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery: 278 Charts of Ancient Folk Embroideries from the Countries Along the Danube'
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Book of Embroidery: Includes Crewelwork, Goldwork, Ribbon Embroidery, and Embellishments'
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework'
With more than 250 alphabetical entries and 1,000 illustrations, "The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework" is an authoritative reference guide to the art of needlecraft. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Guide to Needlework'
Embroidery, needlepoint, knitting, applique, quilting, patchwork, crochet, rug-making, macrame, and lacework -- all taught through step-by-step instructions and photographs and drawings. A reference for the beginner and expert alike. [via]
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The best-selling bible of sewing -- fully updated to meet the needs of today's market. The constant companion of the many people who are turning to home sewing as a creative -- and money-saving -- hobby. [via]
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Usa today bestselling needlecraft mystery series--with pattern included. Part-time sleuth and full-time owner of the needlework shop crewel world, betsy devonshire prepares for a chilling holiday season filled with mistletoe--and murder [via]

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› Find signed collectible books: 'Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Needlework'
Covering absolutely everything about needlework techniques and history, Encyclopedia of Needlework is comprehensive enough to be valuable for expert and novice alike. Over 40 pages are devoted to needlepoint alone, and with close-up photos of threads, frames, samples and canvas, the options are easy to understand. Practical tips, such as proper use of a magnifier or combining threads from different dye lots, are discussed in a straightforward manner, and author Donna Kooler manages to be authoritative without severity or condescension. Also discussing techniques for embroidery, candlewicking, hardanger, blackwork, pulled thread, counted cross stitch, and silk ribbon embroidery, everyone can find a new style to learn for combining thread and canvas to create unique works of art. Absolute beginners will appreciate the definitions, conversion chart, and painstaking detail taken in every stitch explanation, while advanced needleworkers will be glad to find the stitch index at the end of the book--you'll never get "stuck" in the middle of a new pattern again! Photos accompany the written history of each of these techniques, enabling novices to finally discover the proper name for those unusual pillow covers your granny stitched. Even the most experienced stitchers are sure to uncover a style they haven't experimented with yet, and with each stitch laid out clearly with illustrations, simple instructions, and suggestions for use, you'll be wanting to try them all. Most techniques have a companion pattern or two, so you can start playing with your new knowledge instantly. From a simple needlepoint pillow appropriately named "Glorious Poppy" to the elegant hardanger doily, each project is designed to showcase specific styles and develop your proficiency level as painlessly as possible. --Jill Lightner [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elegant Stitches: An Illustrated Stitch Guide and Source Book of Inspiration'
Silk ribbon embroidery utilizes many of the same stitches as more traditional crewel embroidery, but the unique qualities of the ribbon make for a very different look. This beautiful book (conveniently spiral bound to lie flat when working) offers a comprehensive stitch guide and good coverage of all the basics. Each stitch is given a clear diagram, and many also include color photos of a detail featuring that stitch. In addition, Judith Baker Montano presents charming descriptions of what inspired her lovely, elaborate finished pieces, which she calls "free-form stitchery." [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Elizabethan Inheritance: The Hardwick Hall Textiles'
112 p. 19 cm. Over 100 mainly colour illustrations. Burgundy hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Topics include: before the building of the New Hall; Hardwick New Hall and the 1601 inventory; embroidery, needlework and other techniques; seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the 6th Duke and beyond. Bibliography and glossary. Indexed. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabethan Treasures: The Hardwick Hall Textiles'
Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, England, houses a world-famous collection of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century textiles. The fact that these exquisite pillow covers, wall hangings, bedcovers, carpets, and upholsteries, many decorated with superb embroidery, have survived in such good condition is little short of miraculous, and due in part to the formidable Countess of Shrewsbury, better known as Bess of Hardwick, who built the house in the 1590s. In her will, Bess instructed her heirs to 'have speciall care and regard to p'serve the same from all manner of wett, mothe and other hurte or spoyle thereof'. In this first illustrated and scholarly account of the collection, Santina Levey places the textiles in their day to day context. Using ledgers and other archival material she describes the origins of the different types of textiles, whether purchased ready-made or put together and decorated by embroiderers, whose work is illustrated by stunning close-up details. Inventories, letters, and personal reminiscences are used to chart the later history of the house and the inevitable alterations that four hundred years of use wrought on the original furnishings. Complete with a glossary and bibliography, this is an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in Elizabethan textiles. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day'
Using historical sources, Beck surveys embroiderers and their work from Elizabethan times to the present day. She discusses their sources of inspiration and design, as well as the changing ways in which they used these in dress and furnishings. The book includes sample motifs and stitch layouts. [via]
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Embroiderers in the Middle Ages were purveyors of wealth and status since they supplied the Church and aristocratic patrons with a splendid variety of vestments and alter cloths, clothes and wall-hangings. Although a common pastime among women, professional embroidery was carried out by both men and women who sometimes operated from family workshops. These could expand significantly in response to great demand, as from a royal patron. But how did they acquire their skills? Were they well paid? What techniques did they employ? Who were their designers? The author answers these and many other questions, reassessing past research and introducing new documentary material, and casts light on the shadowy figures who toiled over the pieces we admire today in churches and museums.
With a section explaining and illustrating the techniques, this book will be an invaluable source of information and inspiration tothose interested in the great legacy of medieval embroiderers.
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The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750 by Donald King and Santina Levey. 1993 paperback published by Canopy Books, a Division of Abbeville Press, Inc. Stated First Edition. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Encyclopedia of Needlework'
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English Garden Embroidery: 80 Original Needlepoint Designs of Flowers, Fruit and Animals'
March 1987 Ballantine Books oversized hardcover, full number line.0345341783.. Beautiful, easy-to-graph floral & fruit patterns w/ technique tips. Animals are limited to birds and rabbit. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erica Wilson's Embroidery Book'
Hardcover published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1973. this book is an "everything you want to know about embroidery" encyclopedia. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erica Wilson's Needlework to Wear'
Erica Wilson believes that needlework should be worn and proves it in this book, her first devoted strictly to the wearable. America's first lady of stitchery has designed an exciting array of wardrobe accessories and accents, with instructions for making each of them. Together, they incorporate virtually every form of needlework, from crochet to macrame, from gold work embroidery to counted cross-stitch. All are featured in full color. You will find it surprisingly easy to make her needlework jewelry. The shimmering gold leaves and polka-dot pansies, the woven ribbon brace¬lets and flowering branch necklace, can be created at a fraction of the cost of their boutique counterparts. And each offers the special satisfaction and quality of being handmade. In the clothing chapter, Erica shows you how to paint on silk to make your own designer original. Also, she teaches you five different ways to trans-form an ordinary white blouse with touches of lace and embroidery. Fill your closet with an Old English smock, a popcorn bobble sweater, a swirling wave vest. Whether you intend to create your own clothes or simply adapt your store-bought wardrobe to your own special look, you will find a wealth of ideas. Try a cross-stitch handbag with the look of lace or weave ribbons to make a colorful clutch. No need to send these bags out for expensive mount¬ing, either. Erica tells you everything you have to know to stitch and to finish each bag. In the belts and collars chapter, you will learn how designers make twisted cord belts and beaded lace collars that might break your budget if you had to buy them. Most of these finish¬ing touches for your wardrobe are made from the simplest of materials. All you need to know are the techniques, and they are given here, complete with diagrams. Finally, a selection of quick and easy projects shows you how to whip up a crocheted flower necklace, or special edgings and buttons for a favorite sweater, or wonderful barrettes and hair combs. [via]
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Over 50 flower designs from new and traditional stitches. Montano Color Chart helps you choose colors. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flowers, Birds, and Unicorns: Medieval Needlepoint'
One of the world's most influential needlepoint and textile artists re-creates the magic of the Middle Ages with more than 20 magnificent projects, for both beginners and veteran stitchers. More than just a how-to, this book sets the designs, themes, and motifs in the context of Medieval art and life. Full-color illustrations. [via]
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Oct.1999 Berkley Prime Crime mass market PB, 3rd printing. A Needlecraft Mystery by Monica Ferris (Crewel World) Protagonist Betsy Devonshire and the clients of her needlework shop get involved when a lace-draped skeleton is found on a sunken ferry. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches'
This practical dictionary of embroidery stitches, which was originally published in 1934, has now been updated and illustrated. It shows details of 400 stitches - the working method, the effective use of the stitch and the suitable threads and materials. Photographs of historic embroideries from Europe, America and the Orient illustrate how the stitches can be used. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Murderous Yarn'
A Murderous Yarn
Heavens to Betsy Devonshire! She never intended to get so caught up in this years antique car race. But as sponsor of one of the entrants, she cant help but keep a close eye on the outcomeand its not pretty. One of the drivers never makes it to the finish line. His car is found exploded in flames. Now Betsy and her crafty friends must determine if it was an accident or the work of a jealous competitor. The answer may be in a piece of needlework, but pinning down a suspect wont be easy&
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Needlepoint Book: 303 Stitches With Patterns and Projects'
Hardcover. 303 Stitches with patterns and projects [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Needlework Magic: Over 25 Original Embroidery Projects for Your Home'
Following the success of "The Needlework Garden" and "Wild Flowers in Cross Stitch", this book contains a number of projects for stitched items to decorate every room of your home - from embroidered towels to place mats, colourful cushions, pictures and mirror frames, scented sachets and small jewellery boxes. The book combines step-by-step instructions with illustrations to appeal to needleworkers at any level. The techniques used vary from fabric transfer crayons and cross-stitch to quick and simple projects for beginners, through to more sophisticated designs and techniques designed to appeal to more experienced needleworkers. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches'
A new edition of an A-Z sourcebook of some 50 freestyle embroidery stitches, first published in 1987, which features step-by-step instructions, explanatory diagrams and trace-off patterns for the designs. Contents include Antwerp Edging, Buttonhole Stitch and Raised Rose (among others). [via]
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Book 4 of the Christmas Remembered Series of books of cross stitch patterns by Leisure Arts. [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reader's Digest Complete Book of Embroidery'
The centuries-old craft of embroidery is enjoying a strong revival today. Beginners will find all the information here they need to get started, and more experienced needleworkers will enjoy the attractive projects. The 10 basic stitches are carefully spelled out in detail, and then the "Stitch Library" presents how-tos for more than 100 stitch variations in the six stitch families (straight, satin, crossed, knotted, looped, and laced). "Special Skills" offers opportunity for further embellishment and expansion of the stitcher's talent, with crewelwork, couching, ribbon embroidery, beading, and monogramming. Each of the 20 good-looking projects (including bags, tablecloths, cushions, a shawl, and even monogrammed espadrilles), contains full step-by-step instructions, a materials list, a stitch and color chart, and color photos of the finished piece. --Amy Handy [via]
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Royal School of Needlework: Embroidery Techniques'
A learn-by-doing guide to the most-prized hand embroidery techniques explains the four basic stitches, with projects to match. The Silk Shading stitch features a Landscape, Iris, Dog Portrait, and Tree Bark. Crewel Work offers you a Jacobean Leaf Sampler, Fish Sampler, and Abstract Window. Blackwork provides four dark-bordered nature and geometric designs, and Goldwork projects include an art nouveau pattern and an elegant purse. Along with the photos of each step of the technique, youll find photographs of museum exhibits featuring the worlds great embroidery, ancient and contemporary, including a coat of arms, floral patterns, angels, and a queens crown.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stitch 'n Bitch Nation'
Join the movement! Four million strong and counting, hip, young chicks with sticks are putting a whole new spin on knitting--while turning last fall's Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook into a surprise national bestseller (from The New York Times to the L.A. Times to BookSense) with 215,000 copies in print. So influential is the book that the number of Stitch 'n Bitch knitting groups tripled in the past six months--spawning a Stitch 'n Bitch Nation.
Written by Stitch 'n Bitch author Debbie Stoller, Stitch 'n Bitch Nation features 50 hip, new, even funkier and more fabulous patterns by Stitch 'n Bitch designers, who come from San Francisco to Brooklyn, Chicago to Cambridge to St. Paul, Minnesota. The Om Yoga Mat Bag. Felted Monster Slippers. The London Calling Union Jack Sweater, because even punks get cold in winter. A Double-Duty Shrug. Polka Dot Tankini. That '70s Poncho. The Boob Tube. Spiderweb Capelet, Cabled Newsboy Cap, Chunky Baby Booties and Baby Bunny Hat. And the most ingenius project, a Knit-Your-Own Rock Star doll--with a choice of Joey Ramone or Henry Rollins. All designs are complete with full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions, and are made from sexy, contemporary yarns, including multicolored angora, alpaca, lace, and mohair. Includes the best tips, shortcuts, and techniques from Stitch 'n Bitchers, profiles of knitters and their groups, and a how-to refresher on all the stitches used in the book. [via]
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Knitting is hot, with 4 million newcomers in the last few years joining a core group of 38,000,000 knitters nationwide. And these are primarily young, creative, connected chicks with sticks who are coming together in living rooms, knitting cafes, and chic yarn stores, and making everything from funky hats to bikinis.
In Stitch 'n Bitch, Debbie Stoller-founder of the first Stitch 'n Bitch knitting group in New York City-covers every aspect of knitting and the knitting-together lifestyle: the how-to, the when-to, the what-to, the why-to. Writing with wit and attitude (The Knitty-Gritty, Blocking for Blockheads), she explains the different types of needles and yarns (and sheep, too) and all the techniques from basic to fancy, knit to purl to cast-off. She also shares her special brand of corrective surgery for when things go wrong, and offers fun and informative sidebars on such topics as how to find the best yarn for less, how to make a buttonhole, knitting etiquette, and what tools to keep in your knitting bag. At the heart of the book are forty stylish patterns: Alien Scarf, Big Bad Baby Blanky, Mohair Hoodie, Kitty and Devil Hat, Cell Phone Cozy, and Wonder Woman Bikini. And for anyone interested: how to start a Stitch 'n Bitch group. [via]
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"Entertaining...Fans of Jessica Fletcher will devour this book." --Rendezvous
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With its intricate patterning, silken and golden threads, and traditional symbolic motifs, Japanese embroidery is unlike any other embroidery technique. The term "lost art" is all too often applied to intricate textiles and needlecraft, but fortunately not to this exquisite artistry, which is still going strong even after a thousand years. This volume traces the history and applications of an ancient and fascinating form, and provides extensive instructions for achieving these beautiful designs. Though the techniques require patience and practice, many of the seemingly complex stitches are actually composed of surprisingly simple elements, and all is clearly explained here. --Amy Handy [via]
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