The Needlework Book

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This big, beautiful book wi II be a joy to all Iovers of needlework - not only for the beauty of the Iegendary European stitches and designs, but for the precise clarity of the 315 full-color pbotograpbs that illustrate and teach each marvelous skill. Cvery kind of needlework is included. Here, in close-up detail, and with complete descriptive text, is a veritable treasury of embroidery stitches, drawnwork, appliqué and trapunto, cording and cutwork, patchwork and smocking - together with exquisite designs for their use in Iinens and objects destined to become family heirlooms. Here are canvas and tapestry work - petit and gros point, flame stitch, and unexpectedly beautiful elaborations of multicolor cross-stitching. Here, too, a splendid series of photographs Iays bare the mysteries of creating a Turkey carpet. The dozens of crochet stitches rangé from the airiest of open Iacework through the whole vocabulary of decorative stitches for clothing, tablecloths, mats and throws. As... Tovább

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This big, beautiful book wi II be a joy to all Iovers of needlework - not only for the beauty of the Iegendary European stitches and designs, but for the precise clarity of the 315 full-color pbotograpbs that illustrate and teach each marvelous skill. Cvery kind of needlework is included. Here, in close-up detail, and with complete descriptive text, is a veritable treasury of embroidery stitches, drawnwork, appliqué and trapunto, cording and cutwork, patchwork and smocking - together with exquisite designs for their use in Iinens and objects destined to become family heirlooms. Here are canvas and tapestry work - petit and gros point, flame stitch, and unexpectedly beautiful elaborations of multicolor cross-stitching. Here, too, a splendid series of photographs Iays bare the mysteries of creating a Turkey carpet. The dozens of crochet stitches rangé from the airiest of open Iacework through the whole vocabulary of decorative stitches for clothing, tablecloths, mats and throws. As for knitting, the needleworker will find an encyclopedia of stitches with
(Continued from front flap) which to make wonderful sweaters, intricate bedspreads and the softest of baby dresses. Here are outline and filling stitches, knotted and embossed stitches, cable and shell stitches. And for all of them, the most imaginative applications-' simple stem and chain stitches used to charming effect ; breathtaking formai Iinens worked in shadow stitch and satin stitch, and couching delicate as watercolor. Above all, The Needlework Book is a book to be used. For beginner and accomplished needleworker alike, it combines basic information -on materials, threads, tools, reproduction of designs - with explicit step-by-step instructions (in photographs and text) for every kind of work. A beautiful volume to own and to give, The Needlework Book will provide enduring pleasure and inspiration for years to come. Vissza