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Description:
Title of “A to Z” Crafting Projects “How-To” Book: Needlery - The Connoisseur’s Album of Adventures in Needlepoint and Embroidery
***Includes:
-26 beautiful, original projects, from A (Album) to Z (Zodiac) displayed in full color - charming gifts, dramatic pictures, unique articles of elegant clothing, decorator pillows and other striking decorator pieces for your home, each of which is a unique combination of unusual materials and techniques-Every project graded: Simple, Intermediate, or Advanced
-Complete directions and diagrams for many needlepoint & embroidery stitches & techniques
-Step-by-step instructions for every project, including a complete list of materials needed, finishing directions, photos in color & black-&-white, and all the diagrams and illustrations you’ll need
-A practical guide to original designing
-List of museums and suppliers specializing in needlework
LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with Full-Color as well as B&W Photographs, Line Drawings Illustrations, Diagrams, Charts and Patterns!
Author(s): Glenora Smith, who has taught arts and crafts, and exhibited her needlework and mixed media designs. Among her fields of expertise are commercial decorating, fashion coordinating, and designing children’s apparel. She currently designs craft projects for such magazines as McCall’s, Woman’s Day, Better Home and Gardens, and Ladies’ Home Journal
Publisher: Butterick Publishing
Year of Publication: 1978 copyright date
Edition: 1st/First
Printing: 1st/First
Ex-Library Volume: NO
Total of Numbered/Paginated Pages: 208
Size: 10 1/4"W x 8 1/4"H
Format/Binding: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Dust Jacket: Yes
Condition: Excellent
*Cover/Exterior - cover boards are Like New, evincing no shelf/edge wear or surface handling
*Binding/Spine - tightly intact
*Interior Contents - overall, the majority of interior pages remain crisp and evince no noted handling, writing, foxing, markings or odors of any kind. Being mentioned merely for purposes of accuracy is the existence at the very bottom edges of pages 65-88 (well away from the image areas) of the faintest modicum of rippling (not visible but only apparent when one’s fingers are run across the lowest edge of paper surface) and a very nominal discoloration mark in the exact same formation and on the exact same section of each of these pages (the very bottom edges). Since the book itself is in such “Like New” condition otherwise, we do not know how to account for these marks occurring on only these page edges.
*Dust Jacket/DJ: Poor - Technically present but in poor condition
CONTENTS:
*Introduction
*PART ONE - NEEDLERY BASICS:
1 - Needlepoint Materials: Canvas; Working Frame; Needles and Scissors; Yarn
2 - Needlepoint Techniques: Counting; Estimating Materials; Transferring the Design; Working Your Needlepoint Project; Technical Vocabulary
3 - Executing Needlepoint: Sampler; Needlepoint Stitches
4 - Finishing Needlepoint: Finishing Materials; Finishing Techniques; Blocking; Framing
5 - Embroidery Basics: Embroidery Materials; Working Your Embroidery Project; Technical Vocabulary; Embroidery Stitches
6 - Introduction to Design: Design Basics; Design Sources; Design Techniques
*Think Free, Be All You Can Be!
*PART TWO - NEEDLERY DESIGNS (there’s a Design for every Letter of the Alphabet):
-Album
-Butterfly
-Chair
-Doll
-Eagle
-Flowers
-Girl
-Heart
-Initials
-Joy
-King
-Love
-Mirror
-Nautilus
-Ocean
-Pillow
-Quilt
-Rainbow
-Shell
-Thistle
-Us
-Vest
-Weathervane
-Xmas
-Yoke
-Zodiac
*Color Plates
*Enlarging Designs
*Supplies
*Bibliography
***EXCERPT: “Needlery is an innovative approach to stitchery that combines classic needlepoint and embroidery techniques with elegant, unusual materials to create beautiful works of needle art you’ll be proud to display. Here are patterns and instructions for twenty-six (26) charming gifts, dramatic pictures, unique articles of clothing and other striking decorator pieces for your home. And you can do it! Even if you’ve never held yarn and canvas before, there are projects here you’ll find simple, satisfying, rewarding...The projects are outstanding, beautiful, distinctive, appealing, and include both contemporary and traditional designs. The lace-trimmed Heart Pillow looks like a Victorian valentine; a delicate petit-point seashell set into a bargello background reflects the subtlety of nature...and there are so many more. The experienced needleworker can create an exquisite cover for a photo album...a beautiful needlery vest destined to become an heirloom...a charming yoke for an old-fashioned long dress. To please your favorite children with your needle skills, you can stitch a royal lion on a jungle print fabric...a doll of needlery and calico...a tiny seat for a doll’s rocking chair. And there are still more projects, arranged from A to Z, including something for every kind of taste and for everyone on your gift list...You’ll find the basics of both needlepoint and embroidery with clear diagrams for every stitch and technique. The step-by-step instructions for each project include a materials list, pictures of the stitches you’ll use, complete instructions for finishing, photos in both color and black-and-white, and charts and line drawings to illustrate every step. You’ll learn unusual techniques such as stitching on perforated paper and disposable canvas, working with seam binding instead of yarn, and several methods of applique. And the unique project, Quilt, includes many suggestions for using the special stitches, yarns and flosses in new and exciting ways. In addition, there’s a guide to designing your own needlery projects, a list of museums that own and display fine needlework, and a list of suppliers who handle needlework materials. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced needleworker, you’ll be delighted with the unique designs, the clear instructions, the lively ideas in NEEDLERY.”
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: Needlery_Needlepoint_Embroidery_A_to_Z_Book_Diagrams |
| Condition:
Excellent (closer to Near Mint) - Refer to Condition Details within Listing |
Year:
1978
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| Maker:
Author - Glenora Smith |
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