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The needlepoint design shown above is an adaptation of an early drawing by Picasso. it is highlighted by texture and I think it is wonderful.
This book is very hard to find in anything close to good condition. They all say "good condition" when you order them but what arrives is often awful. I have finally managed to buy a good condition "good condition" copy of the New York Times Book of Needlepoint for Left Handers at a not-so-good higher price. This is an amazing book. It is by Elaine...
Sandy's Finishing Touches is subtitled "A Step-By-Step Guide To Finishing Needlework. There is a lot of interest in Needlepoint Finishing right now. It seems to me there are less places to have good needlework finished then there used to be, as our LNS close, one by one. I used to have beautiful finishing done by a store near where I live, but the owners retired (go figure). The new store I took my finishing too did a miserable job, in fact ruining a large round petitpoint pillow I spe...
This wonderful book has become the one book that I sell more of then anything else, and with good reason. I first heard about this book at the same place I learn so much about Needlepoint & new needlework things (be they books or tools or designs or stitches). Of course I mean Jane's Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure Blog. Jane mentioned a new needlework finishing book. Since there are very few other currently published books on Needlepoint Finishing and one increasingly rare older book o...
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...
I did an article for Needlepoint Now magazine's July/August 2014 issue on The Needlework Doctor. At the time I had around 25 copies, laboriously collected over the previous months.
The demand for this book was overwhelming. I sold my whole stock in just a few days, I even sold my own copy. When I tried to find more copies of this rare and important book I found that "the rare book market" had noticed what I was doing. The price for copies of this book skyrocketed. We are talking hundreds to...
This is a very fine tool to use for finding the exact colors and shades you want or need for your needlepoint projects. It is by Joen Wolfrom, a noted Colorist and author. Her book The Magical Effects of Color is available in here in my Rare Color and Color Theory Books category.
This tool packet measures 8 X 3.25 inches. It is printed on very high quality heavy glossy paper. The colors are bright and look true (to me). There are 816 Colors with CMYK, RGB and HEX formulas ( I have no idea w...
Tips & Techniques for Needlepoint by Master Teacher Susan Sturgeon Roberts was recently dis-continued by my wholesaler. This is a great book and I was sorry it was no longer available. I contacted the author (Susan) to ask if there was any chance this book might be available again and she had some copies of each in stock. I have sold all the copies of this interesting & useful book that I had. I contacted Susan again and I have bought a whole print run from them. This is, by far, my largest e...
With Illustrations by Kurt Loftus. Left Handed Stitching is a very much overlooked subject in needlework. I know of only one other book on the subject, the New York Times Book of Needlepoint for Left Handers and it is so rare it is difficult to find. It is long out of print. This is a more concise book, aimed at Embroiders and useful to Cross-Stitchers. There are instructions for 45 stitches using 96 drawings. In the forward the author, Sally Cowan who is also the author of Left Handed Se...
This is the one tool we should all have. It is much easier to use and more effective then using tweezers to pull threads or needles out of canvas or fabric.
Of course, tweezers are what has always been recommended but this is much better. The puller has some resistance (like cuticle snips have) and the blunt ends will not harm even the most delicate fabric.
Another Needlework Accessory that would make a terrific gift.
5.5 Inches long, made of stainless steel.
Recently I quckly sold out of my...
Despite the existence of several newly published books on finishing, this classic book, Finishing and Mounting Your Needlepoint Pieces, remains a popular and requested book.
Although this book's focus is finishing and mounting finshed needlepoint projects, it also has 40 original needlepoint designs. Covered are blocking, lining, mitering corners etc. There is complete information on how to make trims of braid, cord. fringes and tassels. The book has many pictures illustrating these technique...
This is a needlepoint tool that has been needed fopr some time. When I could still stitch, I was always a freehand stitcher. Not only did I find using a frame awkward but the whole process of attaching the canvas or cloth to be worked was tedious.
I tried using those *snappy* things but they did not work very well and sewing the canvas on to a frame so it would roll was time consuming. Tacking always seemed wrong to me, for may reasons.
Go figure, now that I can't stitch anymore I find this te...
These are Precision Cutting Needleart Scissors.
The unique slanted blade allows for comfortable precision cutting for Hardanger, Paper, Cut-Work Embroidery, Cross-Stitch, Applique-any craft where precision cutting is required.
It also says that they are not recommended to switch between fabric and paper as it could dull the blades.
The scissors are 4.5 inches long and are made of stainless steel.
Most accessories (except the really heavy ones) are shipped the same as books. $3.00 for the fir...
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