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OK, I love cats and I love Needlepoint Cats books. I list 2 wonderful vintage cat needlepoint books, Martin Leman's Needlepoint Cats and William Brister's The Needlepoint Cat.....well, here's another. This is a 1998 book by British Author Julie Hasler. Included are 35 feline designs with a wide range of cat breeds from Tabby to Exotics. Julie Hasler has a wonderful *eye* for cat moods and attitudes. These are great Cats. There are needlepoint cat framed miniatures, quite...
This book is rare and then some. It is a publication by The Golden Gate Canvas Workers Chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild (ANG) in San Mateo, California.
Copyrighted in 1988, this is the revised 1989 edition.
Quoting (and a little paraphrasing) from the introduction:
"The stitch charts in this book were contributed by chapter members for a study program on creative background stitches."
"The indexing and classification of stitch charts in this book relates exclusively to their use a...
This book was recommended to me by Jane, the master stitcher and all around great lady of The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure Blog. She told me this book was worth looking at and I agree. It features 125 stitch diagrams of Couched or Laid Fillings. This book is rare and hard to get. Each time I search for it, it costs more. My vintage/rare book prices are based n what it costs me to get the book.
To quote from Jean Taggert on the back cover " I assembled this collection of diagram...
I am a fan of B. Borssuck's books in general. 3 of my articles for Needlepoint Now magazine have been on B.'s books. This is her excellent letters (and numbers, it is very hard to find stitchery books with numbers as well as letters in them). The other big plus here is that this book is designed and charted for needlepoint. Most are embroidery or cross-stitch and have to be slightly adapted for needlepoint.
Each Alphabet or Number in this book is graphed full size, so the graphs...
This has become, in the years I have been selling rare/used books here, a Very Rare book. It is unusual for more reasons than its rarity, however. This is a 8 X 10 inch stiff paper bound book originally from Charles Scribner's & Sons, it was published in 1978. I can't see that the date matters much, nothing really changes about stitching letters & numbers on canvas, not really. Plus this book one of the few Monogram and Letters Books I know of that has numbers too. None of them is a...
It is very difficult to get a salable copy for a reasonable price. Although this book was published in 1973 it is not dated at all, as current in design and instruction as any recent book. The New York Times Book of Needlepoint is one of the classic and I think important basic Needlepoint books. This is the book I learned to do Needlepoint from. it is set up to be easy to use and easy to understand. This book was published by Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co. on 1973.This has recently be...
Another wonderful Glorafilia Needlepoint book, this one is not as well known as the others. The subtitle reads: Over 16 Exquisitely Small and Easy-to-Make Projects. This is a lovely small book with small Glorafilia designs in it. The projects, ranges from a picture of Teddy Bears , a Teapot pin cushion, a jewelry roll, 2 Staffordshire Dogs, various small cushions etc. As always, all the pictures, charts & color keys are in full color. The directions are clear and complete. Published by Crown...
In the late 1980's Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman had an idea for variations to Needlepoint Stitchery. At that time most of us were doing "plain stitching" (I still am, I love it) and the only serious mention of Decorative Stitching was in Margaret Boyles 1974 book, Needlepoint Stitchery (yes, I have it for sale in my Rare Needlepoint Reference Books category). Glorafilia Stitching is a compination of Decorative Stitching, some Crewel Embroidery type work, Long and Short Stitch along wi...
This is an earlier Glorafilia book, published in 1991. The Venice Collection designs are more classic than some of the other books, more with "that feeling", if you know what I mean.
All of the Glorafiliia books are very beautiful. This book is full of gorgeous pictures of both the needlepoint designs and of Venice. There is section on Venetian Textiles, again with many beautiful pictures. Clearly these needlepoint designs are inspired by some of these textiles. Glorafilia Stitching is a combi...
This is the first in the series of Glorafilia Needlepoint books, it was published in 1997. I was not sure, at first, what made Glorafilia Needlepoint different but after skimming these books I think it was the use of "special" stitches back when almost no one was using them plus mixing Long and Short Stitch with the traditional needlepoint Continental or Basketweave Stitches. At any rate, the effects are gorgeous. Each of the projects in the book has detailed instructions, color charts and a...
I was unsure what Glorafilia was but after reading these books I think it boils down to some unusual and decorative stitches (which were hardly used back in the 1990's when these books were published), Long and Short Stitch and traditional Continental or Basketweave stitch. The end effect is gorgeous and very well suited to Impressionists Art. This handsome book has original needlepoint designs using the art of Monet, Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh, Morisot, Renior, Pisarro and Cassat. (no Picas...
I have always been interested in Blackwork and drawn to it when I see it. So.....I saw this book on the wholesaler's list and thought, why not? Although the Title of this book is "The Beginner's Guide to Blackwork" this is not a beginners book. I recommend it to mid-level or advanced stitchers I am quoting from the introduction "Blackwork is a counted thread method of needlework (ok, it said embroidery but I used the word needlework) using straight stitches in a contrasting color worke...
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