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NewNeedlepoint.com just had it’s 3rd birthday. I am sometimes amazed that we made it this far. I keep making changes and tweaking my web store. I want it to be the best it can be.

NewNeedlepoint.com has 2 sections. There is my extensive collection of New Needlework books. I have expanded the books categories to cover other types of stitching in addition to Needlepoint.

There are knitting & crochet books, embroidery & cross-stitch books, color use & theory books and the catch-all misc. books category.

My Rare/Used Book titles are dictated by the books my customers want and the books that I can get, in reasonable condition. It is getting difficult to find decent, salable old books. Some of the Rare Books are getting quite hard to find.

I have also expanded the Rare/Used books categories to cover other types of Needlework.

I specialize in Bargello Needlepoint books although there aren’t that many of them out there, used or new.

The other side of NewNeedlepoint.com is the Canvases & Kits I sell. I stock mostly hand painted needlepoint designs by some of today’s great Needlepoint Designers. I have a special category for the gorgeous & colorful work of Laurel Burch.

I also have a good collection of Patt & Lee’s superior Glicee’ needlepoint designs including a whole section of Patt’s Scrap Threads collection. The perfect way to use all that extra stash we all have.

I assemble the kits myself, from the threads I love to stitch with. I use Anchor & DMC Perle Cotton Floss in sizes 3, 5 & 8. Also Kreinik Metallic Braid Thread in sizes 12 & 16.

I have a small Needlework Tool collection, all of it things I use and know work well.

I want to thank all my customers for 3 great years, so far. This coming year should be as interesting as the last 3 have been.

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Creative Recycling in Embroidery by Val Holmes
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When I ordered this book, I did not realize that the "ornaments" on the cover's embroidery were can pop top rings. I have to admit I was a bit taken back when I saw the book. Still, this might be an interesting book.

To quote the back cover (as usual)
"Recycle everyday items to create beautiful and unique textile pieces, from bags, bowls and vessels to simple wall hangings"

"packed with ideas for plundering a range f salvaged materials, from spare fibers, fabrics and embroidery to paper, plastic wood & metal"

"Simple instructions appear alongside stunning and inspiring work by highly acclaimed textile artist, Val Holmes and other contemporary artitss"

There are indeed some very interesting and unusual items in this book. I would agree with unique description.

Each project has concise instructions and all the pictures are full color.

I admit, some of this is beyond me, in terms of taste, but I do not want to dump on this book. it is what the author says it is and the color use is glorious. I will even go so far as to say some of the designs are stunning.


After all, I have never seen an even slighty bad Batsford needlework book.

Creative Recycling in Embroider is a mat cover large paperbound book/. Published by Batsford in the UK in 2006. It has 128 pages.

ISBN # 978-1-906388-75-1


Selling New Books is very different from selling my used, hard-to-find or rare books. New books have a set retail price and I have to compete in the “marketplace”.

NewNeedlepoint.com will be charging the full retail price for these fine new books but I will mail them for free. Please consider the Free Shipping as a Discount.

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