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This is a large, gorgeous hard cover book by Jill Gordon, the author of 5 other Needlepoint or Cross-Stitch books plus another NP book co-authored by Kaffe Fassett. I have too many copies, I have marked it down.The subtitle is : Glorious Tapestry Designs. In this case, by "tapestry" they men needlepoint canvases, not huge castle wall sized projects. Jill Gordon's needlepoint has a forward by Kaffe Fasett, as well. Mr Fasset praises her color use and sense. Many of Ms Gordon's de...
I snagged a copy of this for myself. Long & Short Embroidery is absolutely beautiful (as is L & S Needlepoint). It is used in Glorafilia designs and is is widely mentioned but there are scant or not complete directions for how to do it right. The subtitle for Long & Short Embroidery is" A Collection of Flowers". Each project or example (there are too many to do them all) has a close up stitched picture of the flower or flowers. Then a template drawing. The thread Key is done using DMC & Anchor...
A newly published Bargello Needlepoint book is a welcome event, there are so few of them. Modern Bargello: How To Stitch Colorful Projects was released by Search Press in 2020, it is a complete and comprehensive overview.It begins at the beginning, an introduction to the incredible patterns of Bargello. The first 7 chapters cover everything you need to stitch Bargello patterns with easy to understand directions, many full color photos, and tips.There are 15 projects in Modern Bargello...
In 2016 Search Press acquired and revised Country Bumpkin's catalog of needlework books, the A-Z series. This is the revised edition of the 2005 copy of the A-Z of Stumpwork. Stumpwork is three-dimensional stitchery on fabric or needlepoint canvas. The book begins with general information on Stumpwork or raised embroidery, then an overview of stitches and techniques. There are 20 design projects, each with color photographs, easy to follow directions and a full-size pattern. As...
There seems to be a lot of interest in ribbon work these days. Both Ribbon Embroidery, Ribbon used in needlepoint and ribbon flowers as an embellishment to many kinds of needlework. The subtitle of this handsome little book is: Techniques For Making Ribbon Flowers and Trimmings. This comprehensive book includes photos of vintage ribbon work and the complete techniques for making ribbon flowers & leaves. Using detailed step-by-step directions, diagrams & photos you will soon be able to create...
As far as I am concerned, Di van Nierkerk is The Master Teacher of Ribbon Work. She has published many fine books on this fascinating subject. I believe that I carry all her current, in publication, books on this subject. As in each of her books, the directions are clear and easy to follow and the pictures are all in full color. She gives you everything you will need to complete each project: The needles you will want, in each of the sizes needed. The colors and amounts of silk Ribbon The c...
I can't say enough in praise of these wonderful Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides books. I have been waiting for this one for some months now. Bead Embroidery is not what you think of as *embroidery*. The cover shows a needlepoint piece stitched using beads & varied threads. The RSN, in the UK often refer to needlepoint as Canvas Embroidery. Everything in this book is adaptable to both. This is a "soup to nuts" guide, beginning with a short history of Bead Embroidery. It take...
Verana is a Brazilian Embroidery project book, the design is a woman's face surrounded by her flowing hair and flowers. It is a very pretty design and a nice introduction to Brazilian embroidery.Brazilian embroidery is traditionally done with rayon embroidery floss on fabric. This book describes the different types (all of them the EdMar brands) of rayon floss and the results from using them plus needle size suggestions. There is a list of the suggested thread types and colors used for...
Country Bumpkin were Australian stitchers and writers of the famous Country Bumpkin A-Z series of stitchery and handwork books. in (and around) 2016 their catalogue of titles was aquired by Search Press and the books were revised (I do not know if all of them were revised or not but I think so).The A-Z series was very popular and useful to stitchers everywhere. Country Bumpkin still exists but now they are mostly involved with their Inspiration Magazine.The revised books are very much like...
Before you react to this book's title, while it is an embroidery book, there is very little here that can't be used for needlepoint. I have not ever seen a book about stitching faces or portraits before. I know I have seen a number of canvases with faces included in the design lately so I thought this book was worth a look. The subtitle is: Ideas, Inspiration and Techniques Jan Messant is a well-known name in embroidery. She is a teacher of Embroidery As An Art Form and a member of the Embroid...
These are gorgeous letters to use as a lavish alphabet or as monograms. The Victorians did everything a little (or a lot) over the top and these fit that description. By the noted Victorian-era designer Karl Klimsch who excelled in the use of clean lines, shading and 3 dimensional effects. His 2 letter monograms were original published in Germany in 1869.These handsome monograms are easily re-produced, the size is easily changed with a copier or scanner. They are all copy-right free. This is...
Pat Trott is also the author of another stitchery book, Montmellick Embroidery, (which I just so happen to have listed here in my Other New Needlework Books category). Her books are handsomely done and the techniques are clearly presented. Most of these designs are shown stitched on Aida or slightly open linen embroidery fabric. All of them are easily adaptable to needlepoint. (actually, not real adaptation needed). Quoting (and paraphrasing) from the back cover "A step-by-step guide to creati...
This Beth Russell book has been a a rare and hard-to-find book up until now. It is now been re-printed, the same book but brand new. This is her classic book, Traditional Needlepoint: The original hard scover book was published by David & Charles in 1992. The is the glossy cover paperbound edition, first printed in 1999.. Beth Russell's books are always lovely, very well done with all color pictures and graphs. There is a extensive introduction with a very beautifully staged picture of Ms...
This is Volume Two in the excellent Desert Island Stitches Series of books. The subject for this one is:Ideas For Creative Borders.
This, of course, appeals to me since I have been advocating more use of borders in our needlepoint designs.
Quoting from the Introduction:"A Border is defined as *a band or pattern around the edge of something, especially for decoration*. "
"A border can be a simple stripe or an elaborate edging. Think of it as ornamentation, embellishment, trim or detailing to e...
The subtitle of this book is: Develop and perfect your stitching skills with over 20 step-by-step projects featuring traditional and innovative designs on canvas. The cover of this book is interesting for an interesting reason. This book was first published in 1991, most instruction books then used and show wool yarns mostly or exclusively. This book's cover has skeins of both wool and cotton floss. That is a good sign, in my opinion. Quoting from the back cover "Teaches a multitude of desig...
I know, I have many of these Silk Ribbon stitching books here in my web store, but in my own defense, these books have gorgeous projects, beautiful stitching. If I could add another line of threads to NewNeedlepoint.com, it would be Silk Ribbons. I would love to kit with them, use them with other threads. Oh well...... Back to my subject. The flowers, made with Silk Ribbon, in this book are spectacular. There is quite a bit of technique here. The flowers have texture and depth. Many stand out...
I am very impressed with this book, This comprehensive reference book has 53 Complete Fonts.
That means that each & every letter for 53 different alphabets are here. The sizes vary as do the style and look of the letters within the Celtic & Medieval. These fonts can be used for Embroidery, Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint or just about any lettering purpose. The author has selected and arranged these fonts, by type, from the SoloType Typographers Catalog. Quoted from the back cover : "Facing the...
A brand new completely updated and revised replacement for the RSN Book of Embroidery Techniques. This is a major addition of Needlework Knowledge, an extraordinary book.I know this is not strictly a needlepoint book but there are so many interesting techniques from this book that can be easily used and adapted to needlepoint. The RSN Book of Embroidery now includes Crewelwork, Blackwork, Whitework, Silk Shading, Stumpwork, Bead Embroidery, Canvaswork, and Goldwork. It does not replace th...
Back In Stock!The acclaimed new 2015 3rd Edition of Jo's iconic and essentail needlepoint book. If you ask a group of stitchers which needlepoint book they recomend (for everything & anything) this book is the #1 recommendation. Always has been & still is.
The Needlepoint Book features a forward by Amy Bunger
430 Stitches 5 New Chapters 225 Beautiful New Illustrations Create Mood With Color & Texture Backgrounds New Fibers & How To Use Them Update on Materials & How To Use Them Rib...
On the cover of this book it says that all the designs are Copy_right Free. 123 Plates, 91 Complete Alphabets, 3,924 Initials. It goes on to say, on the back cover, that when you buy this book, you are also buying the right to use any Alphabet or Initial(s) in the book free of charge, without asking permission. The Alphabets here were found in rare, out-of-print books/ They are reproduced directly from their source, so they will again reproduce well. Decorative Alphabets and Initials has be...
I have recently become aware of these gorgeous book about stitching flowers & gardens by Diana Lampe. I was aware of her name and the type of books she wrote but had no idea how wonderful they were until I saw one. WOW!.
I do love pansies and this amazing book has 93 different pansies to stitch (not kidding) & 4 of the variety Heartsease. The book begins with the basics, 4 pages of full color pansies to choose from. Materials & equipment, working notes on pansies, how to stitch a pansy, finis...
Dover Press publishes an amazing variety of design books for artists, stitcher, designers etc. They also bring back into print books that are forgotten but interesting and useful. This book was originally copyrighted and published in 1988. the inside title page does not give me a re-print date but it is clearly a new book. The introduction gives you the how-tos for using these designs for: Cross-Stitch Needlepoint Knitting Crochet Decorative Alphabets has a charming collection of 30 charted d...
The entire title of this book is A Victorian Floral Alphabet In Cross-Stitch, Canvaswork & Crewel Embroidery. In the UK, where this was published, Canvaswork is another name for Needlepoint. I know you all know this already. This book is not what I thought it was when I ordered it. (remember I buy these books sight unseen,mostly by a very brief blurb and the author's name. Sue Hawkins is a familiar name, to me). It is not an Alphabet book, it is a book or stitched flowers. The first lett...
Blackwork is (or can be) any 2 color stitching design (except for Whitework which is slightly different). There are books on Redwork and I suppose there could be Purplework or Greenwork and on.
Quoting and paraphrasing a lbit from the back cover:
"Blackwork Embroidery was very popular in Tudor times, and it is now enjoying a tremendous revival. A form of counted-thread work, Blackwork emphasizes shading contrast that are possible woeking with a single color thread."
"After covering the...
I am finding these needlepoint and embroidery design books in French to be excellent. The designs are original and well done and I don't find the lack of the English language to be much of a barrier.
While many of them have measurements in both inches and metric, this one's measureing is in metric. That is easy enough to translate with any search engine, if you are not familar with them.
The charts for these designs are clear and in full color with color keys for each.
The designs are:
Pav...
This is a surprising little book. I was not expecting it but when I opened the hard cover, I found a wonderful metal spiral bound book inside.I love spiral bound books for reference. You can lay them flat and follow the instructions easily, without hav=ing to prop the book open.There is an introduction and a short history of Japanese Embroidery, with lots of full color pictures. Then a brief chapter on materials and equipment. Then Getting Started. Every step and detail is shown an...
I have had this book on my shelves for a while now, never realizing it was no listed for sale yet. Oh dear. Trish Burr is a very well known needlework author, many of her books are available here for sale such as Miniature Needle Painting Embroidery, Needle Painting Embroidery, Color Confidence, Redoute's Finest Flowers in Embroidery, Long & Short Stitch Embroidery and the latest White Work With Color.The subtitle of Crewel & Surface Embroidery is Inspirational Floral Designs.Trish...
I have way too many copies of some of the wonderful out-of-print and rare Needlepoint books I stock. I have added 7 more titles to them, 4 of them Bargello books, and significantly lowered the price of all of the others.
Overstock New Books are 20% off, minimum, or more.
Take advantage of my acquisitive ways.
Ann Cox is also the author of the book A-Z of Silk Ribbon Flowers (which I just happen to also have in stock). It is an excellent book and has been very popular here. I first looked at t...
Trish Burr is a well-known needlepoint teacher and author of the Long & Short Stitch book & DVD as well as numerous other needlework books including one of my favorites, Redoute's Finest Flowers. Needle Painting for Embroidery is subtitled " Fresh Ideas For Beginners" This book does begin with easier lessons, I find it goes way beyong beginners, the instructions are given in levels going from level one to level 3 which is more challenging. it is a very good Needlepainting book Essentially...
I have been asked about books about making Beaded Flowers. The subtitle to Beads in Bloom is *The Art of Making French Beaded Flowers* A Beadwork How-To Book. To quote from the back cover: "Beaded Flowers, with their delicacy, sparkle and voltage charm, are so right for today." And to edit and paraphrase " providing all the information you need to make spectacular French Beaded Flowers with wire and beads. With easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, diagrams, advice on tools and supplies...
This is an amazing book, Yes, it is embroidery, yes it is in French but still, just wonderful. The language is not much of a barrier here, the designs & graphs do not need translation.
Most of the designs are easily used for needlepoint or cross-stitch, or surface embroidery over needlepoint.
There is not much more I can tell you, my high school French is not that good 48 years later but I can show you pictures.
Published, I think, in France in 2007 by Editions L'Inedite-Paris...
Tracy A. Franklin is described as a "freelance traditional embroiderer". She trained at the Royal School of Needlework and continued to work there as a teacher, now she is a "freelance teacher". She is also the author of Contemporary Whitework, which is an excellent book which I have available in my used/rare book section. Tracy Franklin is also a contributor to The Royal School Of Needlework Embroidery Techniques book, which is also listed here in my RSN Book category. Although this book spec...
This excellent book on Bead Embroidery, published in 2001 is now out-of-print but I found this new copy. Jane David is the author or several other books on beadwork including Decorative Wirework and A Beaders Reference.
The book teaches you 215 embroidery stitches, not all of them are suitable for needlepoint canvas however most of them are. The illustrations of each stitch are shown on open weave canvas, like needlepoint canvas.
Each stitch has a photograph and an illustration, The addi...
In looking through this wonderful little book, I see that most of these stitches can be, easily, used for needlepoint or cross-stitch. Or indeed for embroidery.
There are 95 stitches in the book
Quoting from the back cover: "This comprehensive illustrated directory of stitches gives the needleworker a wide range of options for traditional or modern embroidery. Each stitch is represented by a colour photograph, clear diagrams and working instructions."
The book includes 10 original desi...
The first thing to remember is that books published in the UK have many & different names for needlepoint. They include Canvas Embroidery, Canvas Work or just Embroidery. The subtitle for this book is: Over 80 Original Needlepoint Designs of Flowers, Fruit and Animals. This is a handsome book but it is not for beginner's. Each design is graphed out so it is suitable for Needlepoint or counted thread work. The color use is spectacular. The book has many fine pictures of English Gardens and pic...
This book is one of the series of excellent stitchery books in the Milner Craft Series published by Sally Milner Publishing in Australia. I found the name for this stitchery technique confusing when I first read about it but basically, it is just raised thread of slightly 3 Dimensional needlework. Quoting (and paraphrasing) from the back cover "This book is intended for the wider audience and seeks to encourage new and more experienced stitchers to enjoy the Dimensional, Colorful and Exciting...
This very fine book by Tracey A. Franklin and Nicola Franklin was out of print for a while, now it is back and I am glad. This is an unusual book.
Most of us associate Whitework with a more staid form of white on white stiching, this book open that box right up.
Tracy A. Franklin is also the author of New Ideas in Goldwork (which I just so happen to asell here in my Goldwork & Glitz category)
The term *Whitework* covers a range of embroidery techniques including Broiderie Anglaise, Cut-Wor...
Helen Dafter is the author of many very good Silk Ribbon stitching book for the Milner Craft Series of Books from Australia including another book listed here on NewNeedlepoint.com, The Little Book of Silk Ribbon Flowers. Reading from the back cover, there are 12 major ribbon embroideries and associated smaller flower studies in Floral Interpretations for Silk Ribbon. The flowers are inspired by photographs taken by the author, Helen Dafter, over the years and by Watercolors of the flowers pain...
am always attracted to books about creating gorgeous flowers in needlepoint. I am sure that is my gardener's soul coming out. The stitched flowers on the cover of this book got my attention (and I am not that easily impressed).To quote (and paraphrase) from the back cover:"Eleven lovely flowers to embroider, including roses, hollyhocks, delphiniums, heartsease, violets, honeysuckle, English Daisies, geraniums, lady's ear drops, forget-me-nots, and sweet Alice.""Clear instructions are provided...
This is a gorgeous little book with some fine examples of stitched Ribbon Flowers. The book measures just 6 X 6.5 inches and the projects in it seem small, the size could easily be increased when they are stitched. The author, Helen Dafter, is the author of many other books in RibbonWork for the excellent Milner Series of Stitchery book published by Sally Milner in Australia. I list another of her books here, as well. The book includes complete direction to stitch, including threads & ribbons...
When I ordered this book, I did not know what it's specific contents were. I rarely know more then a short blurb from the publisher and a picture of the cover. The Simple Art of Ribbon Design is in some ways similar to the book The A-Z of Silk Ribbon Flowers I listed earlier today. Similar but different. There are Silk Ribbon Flower instructions here but the book goes a step further. It shows you how to use them in actual ways. You will find clear instruction on using your flowers as Ribbon F...
I had not seen any books by Christen Brown before but I will be on the look-out for them now. This is a very well done book about creating flowers from ribbon, using ribbon work techniques.
The subtitle for this book is
Beautiful Designs for Flowers, Leaves & More.
Quoting from the back cover:
"130 + exciting floral elements to sew from ribbon and lace"
"Mix and match petals, centers and greenery"
"Learn beginner-friendly construction tips from ribbonwork master Christen Brown"
"Step-b...
The Milner Craft Series of books from Jane Milner and published in Australia are very fine, good stitching books. This book is Botanical Embroidery and it is a wonderful book, very beautiful flowers, Every flower and technique here is easily adapted for Needlepoint. The book begins with the Essentials you will need. Then the projects: Grevilla *RobynGordon* Banksia Coccinea Hakea Laurina Telopea Speciossima Telopea Truncata Actinjotus Helianthi Gossypium Sturtianum Dendrobium Bibbbum Three Gre...
This is another of the new books where I have kept one for myself. My shading skills are non-existant to negative (as in I do worse than you could imagine).
Although this book's title says it is about "Silk Shading" the techniques here are suitable and highly adaptable to Cotton Embroidery, Crewel Work or Needlepoint. Silk shading is also called Thread Painting.
Silk Shading is aimed at beginners but I do not think it is right for "real"beginners. I suggest this book for mid-level to advanced...
Jan Messant is a very well-known and popular writer of needlwork books. I list several of here other books here included her current book, Embroidered Potraits and several of her out-of-print books.
I know, the title is Embroiderer's Workbook but there is very little here that is not easily adaptable to Needlepoint. There are some very interesting concepts and instruction in The Embroiderer's Workbook.
The book begins with the basics of Pettern, then Color, Drawing and Design Development, Fa...
Another terrific book by well-known needlework author Judith Baker Montano. Silk Ribbon Embroidery is done in a slightly different way or format or something. It begins, of course, with the Table of Contents, which is impressive. There is a section on the background & history of the art. Then there is a section called *Profiles* where we are introduced to 12 women who use Silk Ribbon Embroidery in many different ways, in their needlework. The projects in this book are the work of these tale...
Moyra McNeill is also the co-author, with Elizabeth Geddes, of Blackwork Embroidery. Although the book is titled "Embroidery" all the pictures and examples, including the one on the cover, show Needlepoint Canvas being used.
Quoting from the back cover:
"Pulled Thread embroidery transforms a piece of ordinary fabric into delicate *lace* by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches."
I would add to that, it is also a way to add depth and texture to...
I have just found these excellent Ribbonwork books by Christen Brown. I was not familiar with this author but I will be watching for more of her books now. This is a terrific book.
The subtitle for this book is:
The Ultimate Visual Guide to 122 Flowers, Leaves and Embellishment Extras.
Quoting from the back cover:
"Learn to make 122 exquisite floral elements with ribbon using 7 basic knots and stitches"
"A complete compendium with ribbon styles, selection and care, cutting charts and t...
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