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Stitch Alphabets and Numbers by Felicity Hall
Stitch Alphabets and Numbers by Felicity Hall
The subtitle for this interesting book is: 120 Contemporary Designs Fort Cross Stitch and Needlepoint. So many of the current Alphabet books are based on historic designs andf lettering, it is nice to see a book with a more miodern take.  Plus, numbers are very rare among these books.   You wouldn't think this was so but it is. Stitch Alphabets and Numbers begins with some basics, materials needed, basic designs and how to approach it all. The alphabets in this book are truly unique.  I b...
 
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Patterned Backgrounds For Needlepoint by Sheila Marton and Mimi Selick
Patterned Backgrounds For Needlepoint by Sheila Marton and Mimi Selick
This is a very interesting book, it is a book subject and approach I have not seen before. Everybody always seems concerned with the "main event" in any piece of needlepoint. The main design or motif or whatever. So little thought is every given to backgrounds. In fact, most of today's most admired and creative needlepoint designers ignore the whole subject of backgrounds. It is left up to the individual stitchers to chose a background and often the colors as well. The book begins with a short...
 
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Marnie Ritter's Canvas Patterns Book 1 and Book 2
Marnie Ritter's Canvas Patterns Book 1 and Book 2
Both these excellent needlepoint pattern books are rare, both of them.   Being able to list book 1 and book 2 together is unusual (but very good).It took me a long time to get both these books, from different sources but I did it (I am a stubborn old broad, said with admiration for myself, lol).There are many, many stitch books.  There are some pattern books but not as many.  ThisCanvas Pattern book is done with Marnie's skill and clarity.Marnie begins book 1 with a one page tutorial on...
 
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Gold and Silver Needlepoint by Maggie Lane
Gold and Silver Needlepoint by Maggie Lane
In researching, reading and looking at the titles pages and credits of all the Needlepoint Books I have been listing these last few weeks, several names have come to my attention over and over. One of them is Maggie Lane. She has been thanked, cited as a source, credited with creating stitch charts and cited as a source. There are just a few books out there actually by Maggie Lane however, they are outstanding needlepoint books. This continues to be a popular book. Despite the existence of se...
 
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Metallic Thread Embroidery by Jacqueline Friedman Kreinik
Metallic Thread Embroidery by Jacqueline Friedman Kreinik
Whenever Metallic Thread needlepoint or embroidery comes up, the first name we all think of is Kreinik. Their threads are *the standard*, as far as I am concerned, anyway. Who better to write a book about this than Jacqueline Friedman Kreinik? The subtitle is: A Practical Guide To Stitching Creatively With Metallic Threads. The title page also mentions Ann Caswell as Design Co-ordinator. Although the book is titled for embroidery, almost everything here is applicable to needlepoint. Quoting...
 
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Jean Hilton's Borderlines
Jean Hilton's Borderlines
I knew the name Jean Hilton as a great former needlepoint teacher and author.  What I did not know was how many very rare, specialized needlework books she had written.  Borderlines, first published in 1994, is one of them.  In her introduction, she says that any needle work may be enhanced by a border just like a crown of gleaming hair surrounding a face.  "Design, function, and harmony are principles that must be considered when you plan borders.""Design: What size border does the needlewo...
 
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Needlepoint Samplers by Felicity Lewis
Needlepoint Samplers by Felicity Lewis
Needlepoint Samplers is an unusual book and quite hard-to-find. Samplers for Needlepoint is not a subject that has been written about much and this book does it very well. Stitched samplers were one of the most popular forms of needlework from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. Indeed, they are still being stitched today. Most of what you see are Embroidered or Cross Stitch Samplers on cloth. Needlepoint Samplers are rare. The author traces the development of Needlepoint Samplers...
 
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A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint by Bodi, Merrill and di Montezemolo
A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint by Bodi, Merrill and di Montezemolo
With three authors, the book's info did not fit in my "title space". It is: A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint by Jack Bodi, Meg Merrill and Catherine di Montezemolo. Meg Merrill's name is the most familiar, she is the co-author of Nature in Needlepoint with Eva Brent. This is a wonderful book, full of garden or flower based designs. In the last few years Kaffe Fassett has done a series of Needlepoint Kits for Erhman Tapestry based on Garden Vegetables, in close-up. There are a few designs si...
 
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Beth Russell's William Morris Needlepoint
Beth Russell's William Morris Needlepoint
Beth Russell has become an authority on Arts & Crafts Movement Needlepoint designs. This is a handsome book, beautifully mounted and photographed. This seems to be a very hard-to-find book and a used copy in this condition might be relatively rare. It does not look like this book has been opened or read. The book has 22 needlepoint charts based on original William Morris designs. They are really beautiful needlepoints but I have to say (in the service of honesty) I would not want to have to fol...
 
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Glorafilia: The Impressionists in Needlepoint by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
Glorafilia: The Impressionists in Needlepoint by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
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...
 
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The Beginner's Guide to Blackwork by Lesley Wilkins
The Beginner's Guide to Blackwork by Lesley Wilkins
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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Needlepoint Cats by Julie Hasler
Needlepoint Cats by Julie Hasler
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...
 
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A Pageant of Pattern For Needlepoint Canvas by Sherlee Lantz
A Pageant of Pattern For Needlepoint Canvas by Sherlee Lantz
Sherlee Lantz is well known as the creator and author of the book TrianglePoint as well as this, her encyclopedic and huge (508 pages) book on the structure and geometry of needlepoint. The book is subtitled: Centuries of Design, Textures, Stitches A New Exploration I never noticed this before but the back cover has recommendations from some unusual people like: The New York Times, Leo Lerman, Romain Gary and Jules Feiffer. From the front dust jacket" We usually associate the abstract beautie...
 
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Needlepoint and Pattern by Gloria Katzenberg
Needlepoint and Pattern by Gloria Katzenberg
I have lost count of how many copies of this book I have sold, the first one sold fast and they continue to sell. I am having a hard time getting copies in very good condition. The book is subtitled: Themes and Variations. it has a full chapter on technique and a large assortment of beautiful patterns, all shown in color, with clear graphs on the facing page. Needlepoint and Patterns has many Bargello Needlepoint patterns as well as Needlepoint. This is a large, hardcover book published by...
 
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Glorafilia: The Miniature Needlepoint Collection by Jennifer Berman & Carole Lazarus
Glorafilia: The Miniature Needlepoint Collection by Jennifer Berman & Carole Lazarus
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...
 
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Glorafilia: The Ultimate Needlepoint Collection by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
Glorafilia: The Ultimate Needlepoint Collection by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
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...
 
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Glorafilia: The Venice Collection by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
Glorafilia: The Venice Collection by Carole Lazarus and Jennifer Berman
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...
 
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Glorafilia Needlepoint Collection by Jennifer Berman and Carole Lazarus
Glorafilia Needlepoint Collection by Jennifer Berman and Carole Lazarus
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...
 
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Picture Your Dog in Needlework by B. Borssuck and Ann Jackson
Picture Your Dog in Needlework by B. Borssuck and Ann Jackson
B. Borssuck is a well-known needlepoint author who in the late 1970s and the early 1980s wrote some terrific Needlepoint Monogram books. One of them, 97 Needlepoint Alphabets, has become a rare & important book. Picture Your Dog in Needlework is something of a departure for B. Borssuck, here she is working with Ann Jackson. Quoting (and probably paraphrasing some) from the back cover: "A collection if 40 remarkably realistic portraits containing single studies, captivating head views, deligh...
 
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Marion Broome Pakula's Needlepoint Plaids
Marion Broome Pakula's Needlepoint Plaids
This is an unusual needlepoint book, I know there are very few (if any) other books on this subject. This book has 43 color plates and 28 diagrams. This book has become incredibly rare. I have sold a number of them over the years and each time I try to replace it, it gets harder to find and more expensive. I think this unique book is worth it.    I know the price of this book is high. I price these rare books based on what it costs me to buy them for re-sale. All the stitch charts are done...
 
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4000 Alphabet & Letter Motifs w/ CD by Graham McCallum
4000 Alphabet & Letter Motifs w/ CD by Graham McCallum
I am often asked about books of lettering and monograms for stitchers. There are a few good ones out there but none as comprehensive as this one.  This is another of Graham Leslie McCallum's excellent sourcebooks containing 4000 Alphabets & Letters and including a CD with everything on it.  The book includes whole alphabets and elaborate initials (monograms) from Roman inscription to modern alphabets for graphic designers.  The book also has a visual explanation of the development of l...
 
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Tribal Designs for Needlepoint by Gay Ann Rogers
Tribal Designs for Needlepoint by Gay Ann Rogers
30 Original Designs Adapted from Eskimo, Polynesian and Indian Art. All Completely Graphed and Shown in Color. Those are the subtitle lines from this interesting book. The Gay Ann Rogers Needlepoint books seem to all be fairly rare. I am not surprised. This is an amazing and unusual book. the books takes you from soup to nuts. so to speak. There are chapters on Getting Started, Your Project, Stitches, Designing Your Own, Transferring a Design to Canvas and Finishing Your Project plus a Glossa...
 
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Needlepoint Designs from Asia by Gay Ann Rogers
Needlepoint Designs from Asia by Gay Ann Rogers
Subtitled: 30 Exotic Designs from Persia, India, Korea, China and Japan. Gay Ann Rogers is the author of several very interesting and hard-to-find Needlepoint books. While this topic, Designs From Asia, is not unique, her designs are unusual. A few of the designs in this book look familiar, most of them are "off the beaten path", needlepoint design wise. The graphs are in Black and White and include color placement symbols. There are many color pictures. The chapters are very complete, all the...
 
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Maggie Lane's Needlepoint Pillows
Maggie Lane's Needlepoint Pillows
Maggie Lane is one of the best known names in Needlepoint. Her many books, published mostly in the 1970s, remain some of the best. They include Gold and Silver Needlepoint, Needlepoint By Design, More Needlepoint By Design, Chinese Rugs Designed For Needlepoint, Rugs and Wall Hangings. She is Co-Author for the famous A Pageant Of Pattern For Needlepoint with Sherlee Lantz and of course, this book. Maggie Lane grew up on China, with her missionary parents. Much of her design is oriental in feel...
 
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