Handicrafts - Needlework Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Handicrafts - Needlework category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/29.html Synopsis: A collection of needlepoint charts and kits, divided into 13 themes. The themes range from country florals to antique textiles. Each contains between one and four project ideas which illustrate the range of items that can be made up from needlepoint, from cushions to footstools and boxes.Comments: pristine -as new- immediate dispatch. Format: Hardcover. Pages: 192. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/91809762.html Batsford 1994: soft cover approximately 8 .5 x 11 inches tall: very clean and good overall: immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0713473886.html Comments: 1989 edition clean and very good/ as new condition . Format: Hardcover. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0855324562.html Synopsis: Nursery rhymes were a popular theme with 19th-century artists, and this work has used many of their illustrations as a source of inspiration for a collection of cross stitch designs. Each project is photographed, and each one is accompanied by a counted thread chart with a colour key.Comments: pristine -as new- immediate dispatch . Format: Paperback. Pages: 128. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1853912433.html Hamlyn 1969 third impression: purple cloth hardcover: gilt lettering and decoration: no dust jacket: approx 8" x 11" tall: 276 pages : b/w charts, diagrams and illustrations throughout; some colour plates. Synopsis: A handbook of reference and detailed instruction for Needlework and Knitting enthusiasts. With copious diagrams and clear instruction on technique, a short chapter entitled " Our Needlework Heritage " is followed by extensive coverage of embroidery ( crewelwork, basic stitches, ornaments, flower prints, embroidery on ticking, canvas work, including needlepoint, cross-stitch, monogramming, openwork, cutwork, drawn work, Teneriffe embroidery, Hardanger work, Faggoting embroidery, on net, smocking techniques, Huck embroidery, applique embroidery, sewing machine embroidery, beading); quilt making( copying old quilts, combining four techniques, patchwork applique, fold and cut design, Hawaiian Raised quilting, Trapunto and Italian methods, Candlewicking blue embroidered bedspreads, quilting and tufting techniques); knitting; crochet; and tatting ; and the technical aids available( embroidery equipment and threads, enlarging or reducing designs, mounting and framing needlework pictures, designing needlepoint, needlepoint upholstery, blocking, finishing and lining knitted and crochet garments, glossary of terms , additional embroidery stitches), . Condition: spine slightly shelf - faded: overall very clean and good: immediate availability http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00231211.html Murdock Books paperback: approx 8.25" x 11" tall: 112 pages: b/w diagrams, charts and detachable transfers: Colour diagrams illustrations, and full-page plates. Contents: Canvas Work, Cross Stitch, Crochet, Hardanger, Free Machine embroidery . Condition: As new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0864111762.html W.I.Books 1979: first edition paperback: approx 8" x 10" tall: 30 pages; b/w templates and diagrams; coloured illustrations. Synopsis: An illustrated W.I Guide to equipment, fabrics, shapes and techniques for home skills in Patchwork and Quilting. Condition Very clean and good overall/ almost as new. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00122131.html Ebury 1982: hrdcover in dust jacket with laminated cover: 96 pages: colour illustrated throughout. Condition; very clean and good overall/ almost as new. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0852232020.html Pearson 1953: grey hard cover: no dust jacket: 162 pages including index: 237 line drawings: 12 colour illustrations.Contents : The first steps : Stitches: Applique work; Patch work ; quilting : Cross Stitch; Assisi work : Canvas filling stitches : Wool work : Roumanian work : Black work and Mountmellick work; Darning stitch : Needle weaving : open work : nursery embroidery : Smocking: Embroidery on net : Embroidered initials ; Finishing ; Silk embroidery : Gold embroidery. Index . Condition: used with small stains to back cover, and some foxing to pagers: ownership inscription: overall instructive and acceptable http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw972.html Synopsis: A collection of over 80 original needlepoint designs of flowers, fruit and animals together with reproductions of Victorian garden paintings.Comments: quarter inch repair to dust cover otherwise as new . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 144. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1851709746.html Synopsis: This title offers a wealth of fresh designs on the theme of fruit and vegetables. It includes a range of designs for curtain tie-backs, table linen and traditional samplers, as well as gift ideas.Comments: pristine -as new- immediate dispatch . Format: Paperback. Pages: 48. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1853914460.html 192 pages. Well Illustrated in colour http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0091809762.html Synopsis: The versatility of decorating with contemporary needlepoint is explored through the designs created by Catherine Reurs. The author has drawn on the heritage of European, Oriental, American and contemporary styles for her own designs for cushions, teacosies, slippers and floor coverings. A hundred colour photographs showing the needlepoint pieces in a variety of traditional and contemporary interiors and an appendix of four-colour patterns of selected designs show the reader how to achieve the same style as seen in the book.Comments: pristine . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 133. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1556701853.html Comments: pristine - as new- immediate dispatch . Format: Paperback. Pages: 48. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0860209814.html