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The Ups & Downs of Needlepoint by Fannie Highsmith
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This is a very rare, almost unknown book by Fannie Hillsmith. I think I have bought every copy out there, this is the 3rd. The other 2 sold very quickly. Each time I replace this book it costs me more, go figure.

As far as I can tell, this is her only book on Needlepoint. It was published in South Brunswick and New York by A.S. Barnes & Co. and in London by Thomas Yoseloff LTD in 1976.

The book appears to be a "soup-to-nuts" needlepoint reference. The first chapter is titled "What Is A Stitch? and goes for 56 chapters more including a chaopters on the wools used, a bibiography and an index.

This really does look like an interesting book by someone who knows of what she speaks (rare enough these days).

The book has very few full-color pictures but it does have many, many B&W charts and drawings, each thing she talks about is well illustrated. There is even a chapter on Left-Handed Needlepoint.

An interesting book that I suspect is ahead of it's time, plus I love the title.
"The Ups & Downs of Needlepoint" indeed. That is what it is and what we do, in one form or another.

There is a great section in here on the basics of doing circles in needlepoint. We all know how difficult your first few stitched circles can be.

Fannie Hillsmith was born in Boston and at the time this book was printed, 1976, lived in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. She was trained at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, The Art Students League and Atelier 17. She is a painter, a jewelry designer, a printmaker, as well as a needlepoint designer and teacher.

The Ups & Downs of Needlepoint is in good condition. The dust jacket is somewhat worn. Someone has pasted 3 small "bird stamps" on the inside cover. Other then that the book is unmarked and the binding is tight.

The book inside is in very good condition, with a few dings on the hard cover. The pages are fine, as you can see.



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Letters & Numbers for Needlepoint by Elinor M. Parker
 
This is a 8 X 10 inch stiff paper bound book 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. According to the author, in her forward, most of the letter & number patterns in this book have been copied from old pattern books. These are books from the 1800's that she inherited. This is interesting, she says that people must have had better eyesight then, ... More Info
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Wildlife in Needlepoint by Stella Edwards
 
This book was published in association with the WWF, The World Wide Fund for Nature. It has 23 needlepoint designs featuring exotic animals, birds and flowers on the endangered species list. Wildlife in Needlepoint was published in England by Anaya Publishers LTD in 1992. It is a large coffee table size book full of beautiful full color pictures and color guides for each design. What it does not have is Stitch Graphs or Charts showing how to stitch these fine designs. On the "How to ... More Info
Price: $14.00