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| For some unknown (and probably odd) reason I am always put off by an author who puts their name before the title of the book. I think I have to suspend that inclination for this beautiful book.
The 50 Folk Art projects in this book are not to be confused with "Country". Folk Art and Country Design are different. Folk Art often has a strong graphic element, and there is often a touch of the many ethnic influences involved.
While some of these designs are flower based, most of them ... More Info
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| I had not seen this book before and I have never heard or read anything about it but I was attracted by the name, so I bought it, sight unseen.
I am very pleasantly surprised. The designs are "country" but there are no duckies and few kitsch designs here.
There is a chapter called Country Animals. Itt has 2 different but handsome roosters, a fine sitting hen, a baby chick (maybe I spoke too soon about duckies) rabbits in clover, a rainbow trout, birds nest and of course a sleeping ... More Info
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| The name of this book got me. I did not need to know anything else. I bought it. I understand a bout a passion for needlepoint.
This is a beautiful large size coffee table type book, it is published by Rizzoli who also publishes some of the more beautoful and sumptious are and design book out there.
This is not a book of charts and directions, it is pictures. Amazing and beautiful pictures of needlepoint. All kinds of needlepoint. I really want to say "wow" but that is not proper ... More Info
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| When I bought this book I was not sure exactly what it was going to be about. It is indeed about raised and sculptured effects you can achieve in needlepoint. The combination of smooth and textured stitches has almost endless possibilities.
There are complete directions for 24 projects in this book which include easy to read charts and keys to color combinations. My needlework biblography book, by Catherine J. Sestay, gives this book a C for difficulty ( with A for easy and D for ... More Info
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| This is the follow up to their excellent book "Needlepoint from America's Great Quilt Designers".
This book is more of the same, in the best possible way. There are wonderful quilt patterns graphed for needlepoint. Most of the pictures, Illustrations and graphs are in B & W but there is a section of color pictures showing each design stitched.
I think, maybe, the designs are a bit more complex than in the first book, but that could just be me. At any rate, they are great.
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| This is a lovely large & glossy book full of needlepoint projects along with hints how to use beadwork to embellish the designs.
To quote the dust jacket blurb " 25 needlepoint projects of original designs including simple repeat patterns, beadwork projects and a range of samplers."
"Each of the 25 projects comes complete with an introduction, a detailed materials list, yarn & bead specifications. Simple step-by-step instructions, beautiful color photos of completed projects (with ... More Info
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| Well-known needlepoint author B. Bossuck has written this very nice book of projects based on traditional motifs and designs-Hebrew Alphabets, Bibical Themes, The Menorah, The Mogen David, the Emblems of the Twelve Tribes and more.
Most of the designs are shown in stitching graph form, a few of them are shown as line drawings.
The book is set up in sections.
Section 1-Star of David gives you basic instructions on stitching the Star of David as well as over all basics.
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| These are wonderful cats. The Needlepoint Designs are by Jill Leman from paintings by Martin Leman, her father. Jill Leman is an extraordinary needlepointer.
There is a close up of one of the stitched cats on the title page. The stitching is Tent Stitch and Basketweave Stitch (which still have their places in the needlepoint world, it is not all decorative stitches...yet).
Her stitching is perfect, her tension is perfect.
The book has a Before You Start Chapter. Then it goes into ... More Info
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| At first glance I did not know what this book was about, really. The title "Exotic Textiles in Needlepoint" did not make any sense. Then I read the subtitle " Designs from around the world."
Hidden behind this misleading title is a wonderful book of "world design" for needlepoint by the well-known needlepoint teacher and author, Stella Knight.
The designs are organized by general areas of the world.
5 design from Asia
5 designs from The Middle East
5 design from Europe (3 of the ... More Info
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| While I am old enough to have seen it, I do not remember the show Erica on PBS in the 1970s. I have another book by Erica Wilson, Erica Wilson's Needlepoint from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for sale here that I think is wonderful. So, when I saw these books I ordered them.
I was surprised by them. I see them as vanity productions, all Erica, all the time but my Needlework Bibliography does not agree. if you remember the show fondly, you might love these books.
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| This is a unique needlepoint book. I was amazed when I received it to see what it was. I had no idea what the title meant when I ordered it. Now I know.
Every design in this fine needlepoint design book features hands. Hands holding flowers, hands holding bowls of fruit, people with hands. There is a hand holding a rooster in a small wagon, a hand writing with a quill, a hand holding a squirrel on a branch. Every designs features hands.
The book is lovely, all of the pictures and ... More Info
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| 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.
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| 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 & 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.
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| I really like these "niche" needlepoint books. This book has complete directions, diagrams and graphs to create one of these wonderful 3D needlepoint designs.
The dust jacket's inside cover blurb calls this book a"a comprehensive introduction to the realm of Three Dimensional Needlepoint." and I agree.
This is the only needlepoint book I list (so far) that calls for plastic canvas but when considered, how else could you do 3D needlepoint. I have never stitched with plastic canvas but I ... More Info
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| Melinda Coss is the author of this absolutely beautiful book of Floral Designs to Needlepoint. She is also the author of the wonderful Bloomsbury Needlepoint Book, which features the art and needlepoint designs of the turn of the century Art & Crafts Movement, many of whom did needlepoint.
The designs and the color used here are breathtaking. Ms Coss gives you pictures of the finished stitched projects in nice settings, a painted picture of the flower, There are very good full color ... More Info
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| I have wanted this book for a long time now. I love American Quilt design and think it is a perfect match with Needlepoint. This book confirms that and more.
The book has 50 Quilt Designs charted for needlepoint. The diagrams are large, stitch by stitch and very easy to follow. There is a color picture of each project, stitched and easy to follow instructions.
Most of the pictures and the charts are in B & W but I wanted to show you some of the color pictures. They are ... More Info
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| This unusual book is subtitled: An International Collection. It has 63 needlepoint projects based on woven designs. They are mostly graphic designs and I think they are wonderful (but I love graphic design).
It is more of a workbook than a design inspiration book. Sally Nicoletti is an experienced needlepointer and author of other books on needlepoint. Her Japanese Motifs For Needlepoint is also available here
MY bibliography gives this book a D for difficulty, which is it's highest ... More Info
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| This is the second volume of well-known needlepoint Designer and Teacher Maggie Lane's series on Chinese influenced design for Needlepoint. The first book was Needlepoint By Design (which I also just happen to have here as well, imagine that)
Mrs. Lane was raised in China and grew up surrounded by wonderful design. I am a huge fan of Chinese & Japanese Design myself so it is hard to be impartial but I do think the designs and patterns in this book are wonderful.
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| The back cover calls this book "the most sumptuous, beautiful book of needlepoint designs ever". I might argue with "most" and "ever" but this is indeed a gorgeous book.
The pictures are all full color, even the graphs. The designs are lovely and as always, Elizabeth Bradley's skills as a needleworker and a teacher shine out.
Decorative Victorian Needlepoint is bursting with pictures. The stitched projects are shown in wonderful tableaus of objects. The subject is Victorian ... More Info
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| This wonderful little book has designs taken from the Victoria and Albert Museums's wonderful collection of Needlepoint. Each project is complete with charts and instructions as well as a full color photo.
In addition, each design is set in it's Historical perspective with some background information. This book will allow you to recreate masterpieces from the 17th century to today, from Florentine Stitch furniture to Berlin WoolWork samplers.
I don't know of any other book that ... More Info
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