If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Books about Stitches - longish list
Ooooh, there's a few on this list I would like to add . . . but only a
few. You're a counted stitcher, and your list exemplifies it. huge grin I would second your nominations for Carolyn Ambuter's "The Open Canvas", McNeils "Pulled Thread"; Montano's ribbon embroidery; Coats & Clark's 100 Stitches; On a desert island - with choice of only one - I'd choose Dillmont. If I could sneak one more in, I'd choose Thomas's 1934 edition. My list includes: Fernau's Schwalm; several of the Lacis reprints of needlelace, net lace, Mountmellick, drawn thread Almquist "Mountmellick" Metrofanis "Casalguidi" Agnes Bryston's "Ayrsire Embroidery" Sheila Paine's "Chikan Embroidery" Royal School of Needlework's new compedium on embroidery techniques Chung's "Painting with a Needle" Margaret Pierce's 4 books on hand sewing and embroidery/cutwork. Hollis & Bell's wonderful book on 19th century American hand sewing - this is one highly researched book. Dillmont's "Encyclopedia" - the definitive reference in my opinion, because once you have some skills, you can really use this book. It's not beginner stuff. "A to Z of Embroidery" - Country Bumpkins's exquisite dictionary that takes you in a lot of directions - perfect for "beginners". The Lace Guild's new booklet for creating needlelace - "punto aria" style. Dianne Linn Skinner wrote: Our recent chat about stitches got me to putting my stitch books in order and making sure they were all listed in my database and making a bibliography list of them. These are not a definitive list of stitch books by any means and I only included those books that were in the 90% of stitch instructions. Many general embroidery books have a lot of good information about stitches as well. I have to say - if I was on a desert island and could only have 1 stitch book it would be hard to choose amongst several I use frequently including Mary Thomas and Jan Eaton's fine revision; Eileen Bennett's books but I probably would have to plump - push come to shove for Constance Howard. How about everyone else? Favorites and why? Linn Skinner Skinner Sisters www.skinnersisters.com BIBLIOGRAPHY, STITCHES Ambuter, Carolyn, Carolyn Ambuter's Complete Book of Needlepoint, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1972 Ambuter, Carolyn, The Open Canvas, Workman Publishing, 1982 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Pulled Thread Stitches, The Sampler House, 1999 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches, The Sampler House, 1993 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches Book Two, The Sampler House, 1999 Bradshaw, Rebecca, Needlecraft Magazine Book of Embroidery Stitches, Future Pub. 1994 Campbell, Marion W., Embroidery Stitches Book No. 2, Needlework Development Scheme Carroll, Amy (Ed.), The Pattern Library, Embroidery, Ballantine Books, 1981 Christie, Grace Samplers and Stitches, (3d Ed) B. T. Batsford, 1934 Coats and Clark Inc., 100 Embroidery Stitches, Coats & Clark, Inc. 1964 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches for Counted Thread Embroidery 2, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches 1, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Sewing Group, 100 Embroidery Stitches, J.P. Coats (U.K.) Ltd., 1967 Dreesmann, Cecile, Embroidery, MacMillan Company, 1971 Earnshaw, Pat, Needlelace, Merehurst, 1992 Eaton, Jan, The Complete Stitch Encyclopedia, Barron's, 1993 Eaton, Jan, Mary Thomas's Diceionary of Embroidery Stitches (New Edition), Hodder & Stoughton, 1993 Enthoven, Jacqueline, The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1964 Fry, Gladys Windsor, Embroidery and Needlework (4th Ed), Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1950 Fry, Mary, Pulled Thread Workbook, American Crewel & Canvas Studio, 1978 Goldberg, Rhoda Ochser, The New Dictionary of Needlepoint & Canvas Stitches, Crown Pub., 1994 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1987 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Crewel Stitches and Patterns, David & Charles, 1989 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Canvas Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Howard, Constance, The Constance Howard Book of Stitches, Batsford, 1991 McNeill, Moyra, Pulled Thread Embroidery, Dover Publications, 1993 Montano, Judith Baker, Elegant Stitches, C&T Publishing, 1995 Nordfors, Jill, Needle Lace & Needleweaving, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974 O'Steen, Darlene, The Proper Stitch, Symbol of Excellence, 1994 Paternayan, Stitch Techniques Booklet, JCA Inc., 1992 Pesel, Louisa, Stitches From Old English Embroideries, Percy Lund Humphries Petersen, Grete, Stitches and Decorative Seams, Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1983 Snook, Barbara, Embroidery Stitches, St. Martin's Press, 1985 Stockett, Mary Bartley (Ed.), Decorative Stitches, Graphworks International 1993 Thomas, Mary, Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934 |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Linn, what a fantastic list of books!!!!! Thank you. I intend to go on a
search for several of them. I do not have a favorite book because I have yet to find a book that includes a lot of stitches and uniformly good instructions for each stitch. Thank you again, and in case someone here missed the list, I am including it here. Boo Ambuter, Carolyn, Carolyn Ambuter's Complete Book of Needlepoint, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1972 Ambuter, Carolyn, The Open Canvas, Workman Publishing, 1982 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Pulled Thread Stitches, The Sampler House, 1999 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches, The Sampler House, 1993 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches Book Two, The Sampler House, 1999 Bradshaw, Rebecca, Needlecraft Magazine Book of Embroidery Stitches, Future Pub. 1994 Campbell, Marion W., Embroidery Stitches Book No. 2, Needlework Development Scheme Carroll, Amy (Ed.), The Pattern Library, Embroidery, Ballantine Books, 1981 Christie, Grace Samplers and Stitches, (3d Ed) B. T. Batsford, 1934 Coats and Clark Inc., 100 Embroidery Stitches, Coats & Clark, Inc. 1964 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches for Counted Thread Embroidery 2, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches 1, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Sewing Group, 100 Embroidery Stitches, J.P. Coats (U.K.) Ltd., 1967 Dreesmann, Cecile, Embroidery, MacMillan Company, 1971 Earnshaw, Pat, Needlelace, Merehurst, 1992 Eaton, Jan, The Complete Stitch Encyclopedia, Barron's, 1993 Eaton, Jan, Mary Thomas's Diceionary of Embroidery Stitches (New Edition), Hodder & Stoughton, 1993 Enthoven, Jacqueline, The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1964 Fry, Gladys Windsor, Embroidery and Needlework (4th Ed), Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1950 Fry, Mary, Pulled Thread Workbook, American Crewel & Canvas Studio, 1978 Goldberg, Rhoda Ochser, The New Dictionary of Needlepoint & Canvas Stitches, Crown Pub., 1994 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1987 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Crewel Stitches and Patterns, David & Charles, 1989 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Canvas Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Howard, Constance, The Constance Howard Book of Stitches, Batsford, 1991 McNeill, Moyra, Pulled Thread Embroidery, Dover Publications, 1993 Montano, Judith Baker, Elegant Stitches, C&T Publishing, 1995 Nordfors, Jill, Needle Lace & Needleweaving, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974 O'Steen, Darlene, The Proper Stitch, Symbol of Excellence, 1994 Paternayan, Stitch Techniques Booklet, JCA Pesel, Louisa, Stitches From Old English Embroideries, Percy Lund Humphries Petersen, Grete, Stitches and Decorative Seams, Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1983 Snook, Barbara, Embroidery Stitches, St. Martin's Press, 1985 Stockett, Mary Bartley (Ed.), Decorative Stitches, Graphworks International 1993 Thomas, Mary, Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934 |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"Dianne Lewandowski" wrote in message ... Ooooh, there's a few on this list I would like to add . . . but only a few. You're a counted stitcher, and your list exemplifies it. huge grin Well actually I'm more of a surface or free embroidery stitcher but there are very few books dedicated to surface embroidery stitches (as opposed to technique books which present the stitches for that particular surface technique and projects using them). On a desert island - with choice of only one - I'd choose Dillmont. Excellent choice. If taking a compendium to an island I might also put forth Erica Wilson's "Embroidery Book" as an option or a little known choice "Needlework School" ISBN 0 89009 785 2 Fernau's Schwalm; several of the Lacis reprints of needlelace, net lace, Mountmellick, drawn thread Almquist "Mountmellick" Metrofanis "Casalguidi" Agnes Bryston's "Ayrsire Embroidery" Great technique choices Sheila Paine's "Chikan Embroidery" May I suggest you read in tandem with this book Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber's "Embroidering Lives, Women's Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry" ISBN 0 7914 4088 5 Margaret Pierce's 4 books on hand sewing and embroidery/cutwork. Hollis & Bell's wonderful book on 19th century American hand sewing - this is one highly researched book. Some for my list. "A to Z of Embroidery" - Country Bumpkins's exquisite dictionary that takes you in a lot of directions - perfect for "beginners". I keep saying "I need to buy thisG" I missed two more books that turned up after I posted the list: Another Coats publication - this time from South Africa published by Delos "50 Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches" 1990 And - how could I miss: Lantz, Sherlee and Lane, Maggie "A Pageant of Pattern for Needlepoint Canvas" , Atheneum 1973 Thanks for some new titles for my 'wish list" Linn Skinner Skinner Sisters www.skinnersisters.com |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Here's a couple of books that I like:
Embroideries and Patterns from 19th Century Vienna- Raffealla Serena Glorious Color for Needlepoint and Knitting -Kaffe Fassett Glorious Needlepoint - Kaffe Fassett The Glorifilia Needlepoint Collection - Berman and Lazarus Needlework Masterpieces from Winterthur - Hollis Greer Minor The Art of William Morris in Cross Stitch - Beth Russell William Morris Needlepoint - Beth Russell The Ehrman Needlepoint Book - Hugh Ehrman Romantic Needlepoint - Candace Bahout Flowers, Birds and Unicorns - Cnadace Bahouth Decorative Needlpoint - Julia Hickman Needlework Animals - Elzabeth Bradley The Emroiderers Story - Thomasina Beck The Embroiderers Garden - Thomasina Beck Readers Digest Complete Book of Embroidery English Countrside Embroidery - Stafford Whittaker BH&G 101 Best Loved Designs and of course: An Elizabethan Alphabet A Elizabethan Christmas Elizabethan Nedlwork Accessories Festive Elizabethan Creations Exploring Elizabethan Embroidery Marie C. "Linn Skinner" wrote in message ... Our recent chat about stitches got me to putting my stitch books in order and making sure they were all listed in my database and making a bibliography list of them. These are not a definitive list of stitch books by any means and I only included those books that were in the 90% of stitch instructions. Many general embroidery books have a lot of good information about stitches as well. I have to say - if I was on a desert island and could only have 1 stitch book it would be hard to choose amongst several I use frequently including Mary Thomas and Jan Eaton's fine revision; Eileen Bennett's books but I probably would have to plump - push come to shove for Constance Howard. How about everyone else? Favorites and why? Linn Skinner Skinner Sisters www.skinnersisters.co BIBLIOGRAPHY, STITCHES Ambuter, Carolyn, Carolyn Ambuter's Complete Book of Needlepoint, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1972 Ambuter, Carolyn, The Open Canvas, Workman Publishing, 1982 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Pulled Thread Stitches, The Sampler House, 1999 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches, The Sampler House, 1993 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches Book Two, The Sampler House, 1999 Bradshaw, Rebecca, Needlecraft Magazine Book of Embroidery Stitches, Future Pub. 1994 Campbell, Marion W., Embroidery Stitches Book No. 2, Needlework Development Scheme Carroll, Amy (Ed.), The Pattern Library, Embroidery, Ballantine Books, 1981 Christie, Grace Samplers and Stitches, (3d Ed) B. T. Batsford, 1934 Coats and Clark Inc., 100 Embroidery Stitches, Coats & Clark, Inc. 1964 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches for Counted Thread Embroidery 2, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches 1, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Sewing Group, 100 Embroidery Stitches, J.P. Coats (U.K.) Ltd., 1967 Dreesmann, Cecile, Embroidery, MacMillan Company, 1971 Earnshaw, Pat, Needlelace, Merehurst, 1992 Eaton, Jan, The Complete Stitch Encyclopedia, Barron's, 1993 Eaton, Jan, Mary Thomas's Diceionary of Embroidery Stitches (New Edition), Hodder & Stoughton, 1993 Enthoven, Jacqueline, The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1964 Fry, Gladys Windsor, Embroidery and Needlework (4th Ed), Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1950 Fry, Mary, Pulled Thread Workbook, American Crewel & Canvas Studio, 1978 Goldberg, Rhoda Ochser, The New Dictionary of Needlepoint & Canvas Stitches, Crown Pub., 1994 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1987 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Crewel Stitches and Patterns, David & Charles, 1989 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Canvas Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Howard, Constance, The Constance Howard Book of Stitches, Batsford, 1991 McNeill, Moyra, Pulled Thread Embroidery, Dover Publications, 1993 Montano, Judith Baker, Elegant Stitches, C&T Publishing, 1995 Nordfors, Jill, Needle Lace & Needleweaving, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974 O'Steen, Darlene, The Proper Stitch, Symbol of Excellence, 1994 Paternayan, Stitch Techniques Booklet, JCA Inc., 1992 Pesel, Louisa, Stitches From Old English Embroideries, Percy Lund Humphries Petersen, Grete, Stitches and Decorative Seams, Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1983 Snook, Barbara, Embroidery Stitches, St. Martin's Press, 1985 Stockett, Mary Bartley (Ed.), Decorative Stitches, Graphworks International 1993 Thomas, Mary, Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934 |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
All great books and most of them in my "General Collection" Do you have any
books dedicated to just stitches? I'm always looking for moreG Linn |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Linn,
I have just ordered Darlene O'Steen's book "The Proper Stitch." I paid an arm and a leg for it. PLEASE tell me if it is going to be worth it. BTW, I do have some of the books you list and love them, and I plan on keeping your list as a reference. Susie Jordan "Linn Skinner" wrote in message ... Our recent chat about stitches got me to putting my stitch books in order and making sure they were all listed in my database and making a bibliography list of them. These are not a definitive list of stitch books by any means and I only included those books that were in the 90% of stitch instructions. Many general embroidery books have a lot of good information about stitches as well. I have to say - if I was on a desert island and could only have 1 stitch book it would be hard to choose amongst several I use frequently including Mary Thomas and Jan Eaton's fine revision; Eileen Bennett's books but I probably would have to plump - push come to shove for Constance Howard. How about everyone else? Favorites and why? Linn Skinner Skinner Sisters www.skinnersisters.com BIBLIOGRAPHY, STITCHES Ambuter, Carolyn, Carolyn Ambuter's Complete Book of Needlepoint, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1972 Ambuter, Carolyn, The Open Canvas, Workman Publishing, 1982 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Pulled Thread Stitches, The Sampler House, 1999 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches, The Sampler House, 1993 Bennett, Eileen, A Note Book of Sampler Stitches Book Two, The Sampler House, 1999 Bradshaw, Rebecca, Needlecraft Magazine Book of Embroidery Stitches, Future Pub. 1994 Campbell, Marion W., Embroidery Stitches Book No. 2, Needlework Development Scheme Carroll, Amy (Ed.), The Pattern Library, Embroidery, Ballantine Books, 1981 Christie, Grace Samplers and Stitches, (3d Ed) B. T. Batsford, 1934 Coats and Clark Inc., 100 Embroidery Stitches, Coats & Clark, Inc. 1964 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches for Counted Thread Embroidery 2, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Patons Crafts, 32 Embroidery Stitches 1, J.P. Coats Ltd., 1993 Coats Sewing Group, 100 Embroidery Stitches, J.P. Coats (U.K.) Ltd., 1967 Dreesmann, Cecile, Embroidery, MacMillan Company, 1971 Earnshaw, Pat, Needlelace, Merehurst, 1992 Eaton, Jan, The Complete Stitch Encyclopedia, Barron's, 1993 Eaton, Jan, Mary Thomas's Diceionary of Embroidery Stitches (New Edition), Hodder & Stoughton, 1993 Enthoven, Jacqueline, The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1964 Fry, Gladys Windsor, Embroidery and Needlework (4th Ed), Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1950 Fry, Mary, Pulled Thread Workbook, American Crewel & Canvas Studio, 1978 Goldberg, Rhoda Ochser, The New Dictionary of Needlepoint & Canvas Stitches, Crown Pub., 1994 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1987 Harlow, Eve, The New Anchor Book of Crewel Stitches and Patterns, David & Charles, 1989 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Canvas Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Harlow, Eve, The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches, David & Charles, 1997 Howard, Constance, The Constance Howard Book of Stitches, Batsford, 1991 McNeill, Moyra, Pulled Thread Embroidery, Dover Publications, 1993 Montano, Judith Baker, Elegant Stitches, C&T Publishing, 1995 Nordfors, Jill, Needle Lace & Needleweaving, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974 O'Steen, Darlene, The Proper Stitch, Symbol of Excellence, 1994 Paternayan, Stitch Techniques Booklet, JCA Inc., 1992 Pesel, Louisa, Stitches From Old English Embroideries, Percy Lund Humphries Petersen, Grete, Stitches and Decorative Seams, Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1983 Snook, Barbara, Embroidery Stitches, St. Martin's Press, 1985 Stockett, Mary Bartley (Ed.), Decorative Stitches, Graphworks International 1993 Thomas, Mary, Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934 |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Susie:
Re Proper Stitch - I find it very helpful in some ways. I have an extra copy of it I'm going to put on the market one of these days now that it has increased in value. I might opt for the CD if I hadn't bought them at $30+ several years ago. It all depends on if you want it to hold in the hand. I have paid the price Proper Stitch is going for for older out of print books and have never regretted the purchases. The book that stays by my computer is Arthur Lotz' "Modelbucher" and I turn to it almost daily. Well worth the $200 or so I paid for it. One of the books I crave is Mrs. Christie's Medieval Embroidery (seldom on the market at going at $2,000 or so a copy) Linn Skinner Skinner Sisters www.skinnersisters.com "Susie Jordan" wrote in message om... Linn, I have just ordered Darlene O'Steen's book "The Proper Stitch." I paid an arm and a leg for it. PLEASE tell me if it is going to be worth it. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Linn Skinner wrote:
One of the books I crave is Mrs. Christie's Medieval Embroidery (seldom on the market at going at $2,000 or so a copy) Oh, I've not heard of that one. I crave Let Virtue be a Guide to Thee by Betty Ring, and an original edition of American Samplers by Bolton & Coe. I love to look at the pictures! Nancy Sue, Professional Project Starter |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Susie Jordan wrote:
I have just ordered Darlene O'Steen's book "The Proper Stitch." I paid an arm and a leg for it. PLEASE tell me if it is going to be worth it. It is worth it, IMO. She doesn't just tell you how to do the stitch, but gives details about compensating at the beginning & end. She also explains ending off your threads and turning corners. Plus, you get 2 sampler patterns. Such a deal! BTW, when you get it, take a close look (with magnifier, if necessary) at the alternating backstitch on the cover (in white). You will see the horizontal compensating stitch I talked about last week in the Lost Stitches thread. In the book, that stitch is charted with a diagonal compensating stitch. HTH Nancy Sue, Professional Project Starter |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
extra money for your crafts | Onemoredrunk | Marketplace | 0 | October 11th 04 01:44 AM |
N E W Craft Books and Magazines Too Many to List | karensvariety | Marketplace | 0 | March 17th 04 12:51 PM |