Full-Color Historic Textile Design
Dupont-Auberville, M.
Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1995
ISBN# 0-486-28718-1
100 plates showing 500 forms of textiles designs, many pre-1600. This reproduction of a 19th C portfolio will acquaint the viewer with patterns which appear in all forms of textiles – woven, painted, needleworked, etc. The patterns also show the intense color and sense of style which are only hinted at in the fabrics shown in portraits. SB
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The New Carolingian Modelbook: Counted Embroidery Patterns from Before 1600
The New Carolingian Modelbook: Counted Embroidery Patterns from Before 1600
Salazar, Kim Brody
Outlaw Press, Albuquerque NM , 1995
ISBN# 0-9642082-2-9
Kim, AKA IanthZÿ de Averoigne. OL in the SCA, has re-charted counted thread patterns from period sources and various cultures. By her own admission, her book contains designs from books printed before 1600 as well as her own graphs she produced from photos of original historical pieces. Great patterns for borders in blackwork, cross stitch, canvaswork, lacis and drawn thread. Nice period stitch diagrams. IB
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Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs recharted by Kathryn Newell from Johan Sibmacher’s Schšn Neues Mšdelbuch 1597
Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs recharted by Kathryn Newell from Johan Sibmacher’s Schšn Neues Mšdelbuch 1597 published on Read more posts by the author of Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs recharted by Kathryn Newell from Johan Sibmacher’s Schšn Neues Mšdelbuch 1597, wkneedleNo Comments on Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs recharted by Kathryn Newell from Johan Sibmacher’s Schšn Neues Mšdelbuch 1597
Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany: Designs recharted by Kathryn Newell from Johan Sibmacher’s Schšn Neues Mšdelbuch 1597
Newell, Kathryn
Costume & Dressmaker Press, Boulder CO, 1999
IB. Known in the SCA as Mistress Kathryn Goodwyn, OL she has undertaken to chart patterns from Sibmacher which would be quite appropriate for use on clothing and linens. Suitable for use with cross stitch, long arm cross stitch, and canvaswork. The 1597 is not the same patterns as in the 1604 Sibmacher for those wondering. SB (recommended by IB)
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Celtic Charted Designs
Celtic Charted Designs
Spinhoven, Co
Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1987
ISBN# 0-486-25411-9
The patterns are charted for counted cross, but could be interpreted in other stitch techniques. Whether any of these designs would have been used historically on clothing has yet to be shown, so care should be used with these designs. SB
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The Art of Manipulating Fabric
The Art of Manipulating Fabric
Wolff, Colette
Krause, Iola, 1996
ISBN# 0-8019-8496-3
The best how-to I’ve found on gathering, shirring, smocking, quilting, trapunto, stuffed quilting, cord quilting, etc. SB
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Dianne Durand’s Complete Gook of Smocking
Dianne Durand’s Complete Gook of Smocking
Durand, Diane
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1982
ISBN# 0-442-24510-6
Excellent overview of modern smocking techniques. The hints in this book make it a must for the smocker. SB
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Diane Durand Smocking Technique, Projects and Designs
Diane Durand Smocking Technique, Projects and Designs
Durand, Dianne
Dover, New York, 1979
ISBN# 0-486-23788-5
One of the best pamphlets out on Smocking. Covers all the basics. SB
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A-Z of Smocking
A-Z of Smocking
Garner, Sue ed.
Country Bumpkin Publications, South Australia, 2000
ISBN# 0 9577159 35
Spiral bound and easy to use. This book walks through all the stitches and techniques for modern smocking. An excellent resource book on how-to. SB
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Tudor Treasures to Embroider
Tudor Treasures to Embroider
Warner, Pamela
Guild of Mastercraftsmen, Sussex UK, 2002
ISBN# 1 86108 249 5
Fun book of projects which are not within our period. However, the author has charted a number of historic slips, blackwork and designs for knotwork that could be used in a more historic manner than suggested in the book. SB
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Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Patterns and Project Ideas
Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Patterns and Project Ideas published on Read more posts by the author of Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Patterns and Project Ideas, wkneedleNo Comments on Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Patterns and Project Ideas
Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Patterns and Project Ideas
Phelan, Dorothy
St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1991
ISBN# 0-312-06882-4
[originally published as Florentine Canvas Work by Batsford] Good clear diagrams and patterns for understanding Florentine and Hungarian Point stitches and patterns. SB
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