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NewNeedlepoint.com has been open almost 2 years now. There have been many changes as I find my “spot” in the on-line needlepoint community.
NewNeedlepoint.com specializes in books, both new and used books. The needlepoint and Bargello Needlepoint book categories are extensive. Many of the books here are rare, some are quite rare and all have reviews I have written.
There are pictures of all the books. I find a picture of the cover sometimes tells you more about a book then any review can.
All the used/rare books have pictures of the book cover or dust jacket plus a picture of the inside pages so you can see the condition of the books for yourself.
I know it is a given in the used book market that you keep the dust jacket, no matter the condition but I find many good or very good condition books inside terrible and dirty dust jackets. In that case I remove them, no matter what the market “says”.
NewNeedlepoint.com is currently expanding it’s collection of other Needlework books. Included are Cross-Stitch, Glorafilia, Ribbon Stitching, Embroidery, Punchneedle, Bead Stitching, Whitework, Blackwork, Beginner Needlepoint and more.
I will continue to sell selected needlepoint canvases & kits including the work of Patt & Lee Designs, Laurel Burch and more. The Patt & Lee collection of Scrap Thread canvases are a wonderful way to use your extra yarn and thread stash.
The items in the small tools category is also carefully chosen. I only sell tools I have used myself.
NewNeedlepoint.com continues to change while I work to make it as good as it can be. I hope you like what you see.
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| Below the title on the cover it says "The Essential Reference Book".
In general I try to avoid books such as this, sponsored by a magazine or an association but sometimes they are such good books that I bend my own rules (like the American Needlepoint School's The Great Afghan Book).
This is a large, comprehensive book packed with full color cross stitch patterns all shown on a graph background.
There does not seem to be any style or taste influence, the designs cover it all.
Each ... More Info
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| The subtitle for this book is : Texture and Color for Quilters and Embroiderers.
This is a handsome book full of gorgeous and original designs and ideas. Some of the quilt designs require a sewing machine.
It begins with a chapter on:
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
HAND EMBROIDERY featuring mirror work, embroidery motifs and other embellishments
MACHINE EMBROIDERY, PATCHWORK AND QUILTING with free motion machine embroidery, applique, carzy patchwork, cathedral window patchwork, strip patchwork, ... More Info
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| I did a search for books by Donna Kooler, just out of curiousity. I knew she was a prolific author but I had no idea. I stopped counting at 29.
Her books range from knitting & crochet to needlepoint and many of them are Cross-Stitch books. I would imagine she knows her stuff.
Cross Stitch For The First Time is a beginner's book. To quote from the back cover "Take a wonderful, all-inclusive beginner's course in cross stitch from Donna Kooler, one of the world's best at this very ... More Info
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| I always like books like this, ones with a huge number of patterns & ideas. Donna Kooler is a well-known needlework author and this book is full of nice design.
The design style here is traditional, leaning to country. There are a number of juvenile cross stitch patterns for children.
The book begins with 2 pages of General Information. The first section is Flora & Fauna, feauturing...flora & fauna including a wonderful floral alphabet.
The next section is Friends & Family with a ... More Info
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| The subtitle for this book is: Embellishing Clothing, Linens & Accessories. On the back of the dust jacket is a photograph of a black tee shirt decorated with small roses in various shades of pink on one shoulder. it is gorgeous.
To quote the back cover blurb " If you're searching for an easy way to add elegance or pizzazz to existing clothes, bags, hats and more, look no further - silk ribbon embroidery is the answer. Use a combination of simple stitches to make:
a vest blooming with ... More Info
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| Susan Siegler is the supervisor of Special Projects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this handsome book is the response to the many requests that the museum has received over the years, for needlework patterns based on it's great textile and stitchery collections.
All of the patterns in this book are adaptations of embroideries and tapestries in the museum's collections.
The ones chosen are not necessarily the most famous or valuable, they were chosen to "delight, teach and challenge ... More Info
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| I am beginning this listing by telling you this is a marvelous book, beautiful designs, great pictures, wonderful garden embroideries.
This is not a project book. There are no step by step directions. There are templates that can be used to replicate some of the designs. This is a book for an experienced intermediate or advanced skills stitcher.
From the back cover "Guided by acknowledged expert Thomasina Beck, reinterpret and recreate the beauty of the garden in embroidery, drawing ... More Info
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| This is an English language book published in Japan in 1995. This is not a beginner's book. The designs here are lovely but would require a stitcher of intermediate or advanced skill to do justice to them.
The patterns are all flowers, the designs are classic florals, there is not much Japanese design influence in them. There are single flowers, buds, sprays and bouquets. There are wonderfully stitched and very beautiful.
The templates are in black & white but all the other pictures or ... More Info
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| Margaret Boyles is an excellent needlepoint teacher, her Needlepoint and Bargello books are among the best ever written, in my not so humble opinion.
Since I began listing other kinds of Needlework books I have discovered that Mrs. Boyles is also a wonderful Embroidery and Crewel Embroidery teacher as well.
Now this book, which is about clothes and accessories for babies. The book has Knitting, Embroidery, Crewel, Cross Stitch, Heriloom Sewing and Quilting designs to make or to use to ... More Info
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| Rosemary Drysdale is the also the author of Pulled Work on Canvas and Linen. This is another excellent book from her about Blackwork Embroidery.
I must admit I am very taken with Blackwork, I always love the crisp contrast between black & white, in stitching and otherwise.
To quote the back of this book" Here is everything the beginner or expert embroiderer needs to know to complete a wide variety of projects in Blackwork Embroidery. This old and elegant form of Counted Thread ... More Info
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| Anyone who has read any of my reviews of Margaret Boyles' excellent needlework books already knows I consider her a consummate stitcher and Master Teacher.
The Margaret Boyles Book of Crewel Embroidery is a very well written book. it begins with a chapter on the Materials you will need for Crewel work. Then there is a chapter on the Basics of Good Embroidery, a chapter on Starting Crewel.
A chapter on the Stitches and a Portfolio of Designs to stitch. There are 20 projects and finally ... More Info
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| The books from Sterling Publishing are, in general, very good needlework books. This book is no exception. It is from Blandford Press in Dorset England and released here in the USA by Sterling.
The Treasury of Cross-Stitch Samplers is just that, 29 original design samplers by the author. While some of these designs have a "vintage" look to them, many are quite modern.
The sampler designs are easy to personalize by incorporating names, dates, etc. You can add your home, a pet, ... More Info
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| In a universe of gardens, flowers, kittens and such, all lovingly stitched I was amazed to find this book. I had never heard of it. I bet no one has heard of it. It is unusual, to say the least. This is a rare book
I want to add to the above, I love this book. The subtitle is: 33 Designs for your Surly Side. The book is 33 "Text Sampler" designs. The designs are simple and very effective.
They are designed for cross stitch but could easily be adapted for needlepoint.
There are ... More Info
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| This is a handsome book illustrated with the Special Needlework Collection from the Winterthur Museum.
This is not a needlepoint project book, it will not teach you how to stitch but it is the history of American Needlework with some fine pictures of early work.
To quote from the dust jacket " This is the story of early American women as they told it in their needlework." Well said.
From the back cover: " Plain & Fancy is not only a comprehensive survey of American needlework forms ... More Info
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| The 2000 letters in this volume comprise a useful and versatile resource. Selected from late 19th & early 20th century sources, some of them rare and out of print.
The letters make 79 complete alphabets in an array of styles.
These will be useful to Needlepointers, Cross-Stitchers, Embroiderers & Ribbon Embroiders plus Punch-Needle people. The list is long.
This is another of those very good Dover Needlecraft publications from Dover Publications in New York. Published in 1981 it is ... More Info
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| This looks to be an amazing book, the subtitle is "Needlepoint and Crewel Patterns Adapted from Historic American Images". It also has a foreword by Rose Kennedy (yes, that Rose Kennedy).
The designs and charts are based on early American pictures, styles and icons. There is a color picture of each design completed and complete instructions included materials needed and a very readable chart for each.
I think the best way to describe this book is to list the patterns:
An Alphabet ... More Info
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| I should not admit this (but here I go). The name Drysdale reminds me of the old TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies". The banker and neighbor was Mr Drysdale with his hysterical wife, Mrs. Drysdale.
With deepest apologies to Rosemary Drysdale.
Pulled work has it roots in English and Danish embroidery. Pulled Work is the pulling of threads stitched so tight that the ground material, canvas or linen, come together to form artistic holes in your design.
This book shows 100 different ... More Info
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| Another wonderful needlepoint book by B. Bossuck, the author of 97 Alphabets for Needlepoint and co-author of Picture Your Dog in Needlework.
This book surprised me. I was expecting a stitch book but it is not. I should have noticed the title says "Designs" not Stitches.
The book is full of needlepoint (also completely adaptable to cross-stitch) design motifs. There are hundreds of borders, corner treatments and over all graphic design ideas in here, indeed 1001.
They are fanciful, ... More Info
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| I was amazed when I first found this book, I always thought there was a need for just this book but I did not know it existed. it is subtitled "How to Solve Every Kind of Needlework Problem".
Mary Kay Davis is the co-author of America's Great Quilt Designs and More Needlepoint from Americas Great Quilt Designs. Both of those books are listed for sale here (or will be when I do them next, I already sold her Quilt book once).
The chapters are:
how to use this book
preventive ... More Info
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| When I bought this used book, sight unseen with no description beyond condition and that is very often untrue, I was not sure what it would be. It could have been graphed designs or just traceable shapes. I suppose I should have known it would just be shapes to trace for embroidery.
And so it is, but I am listing it here anyway. Design books with shapes and designs for fish, marine plants & animals are hard to find and someone may find this book very useful.
There are no graphs, ... More Info
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