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Tudor Treasures to Embroider

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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
Beginner

Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Patterns and Project Ideas

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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
Beginner

The New World of Needlepoint: 101 Exciting Designs in Bargello, Quickpoint, Grospoint, and Other Repeat Patterns

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The New World of Needlepoint: 101 Exciting Designs in Bargello, Quickpoint, Grospoint, and Other Repeat Patterns
Perrone, Lisbeth
Random House, New York, 1972
ISBN# 0-394-47265-9
Contains excellent charts for a number of older patterns which are unfortunately not identified. SB
Intermediate

The Needlepoint Book: 303 Stitches with Patterns and Projects

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The Needlepoint Book: 303 Stitches with Patterns and Projects
Christensen, Jo Ippolito
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1976
ISBN# 0-13-610980-2
If you had no one to teach you the wide variety of stitches for modern canvaswork or how to deal with patterns and materials, this would be the book for you. Little relevance to historic work, but included here for completeness. SB
Beginner

The Margaret Boyles Bargello Workbook: A Collection of Original Designs

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The Margaret Boyles Bargello Workbook: A Collection of Original Designs
Boyles, Margaret
MacMillan Publishing Co, New York, 1976
ISBN# 0-02-514330-1
Wonderful patterns and projects, but as the title says “Original Designs”. SB
Intermediate

The Batsford Book of Canvas Work

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The Batsford Book of Canvas Work
Rhodes, Mary
B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, 1983
ISBN# 0-7134-2669-1
Wonderfully useful historical overview – with considerable depth for each time period including early, medieval, and Elizabethan. Review of threads, stitches, patterns, along with who and why. A brief stitch description section of referenced stitches completes the book. SB
Begins with the Origins of Canvas work includes German work; things from the Crusades; Mediaeval; Elizabethan period and on into the 17th, 18th ,Victorian and 20th c. CL
Intermediate

Practical Canvas Embroidery: A Handbook with Diagrams and Scale Drawings taken from XVIIth Century Samplers and othe Sources

Practical Canvas Embroidery: A Handbook with Diagrams and Scale Drawings taken from XVIIth Century Samplers and othe Sources published on 2 Comments on Practical Canvas Embroidery: A Handbook with Diagrams and Scale Drawings taken from XVIIth Century Samplers and othe Sources

Practical Canvas Embroidery: A Handbook with Diagrams and Scale Drawings taken from XVIIth Century Samplers and othe Sources
Pesel, Louisa F.
B. T. Batsford Ltd., London , 1929
Wonderful book and very hard to get. She identifies the stitches which were used in addition to patterns. Most of the patterns have identified dates. SB
Advanced

Oriental Carpets in Miniature: Charted Designs for Needlepoint or What You Will

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Oriental Carpets in Miniature: Charted Designs for Needlepoint or What You Will
Cooper, Frank M.
Interweave Press, Loveland Colorado, 1994
ISBN# 0-934026-98-X
Useful for developing your own table carpets as well as floor carpets. The pattern sources are identified and some adapt well for our uses. SB
Intermediate

Oriental Carpets

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Oriental Carpets
Gantzhorn, Volkmar
Taschen, Köln, Germany, 1998
ISBN# 3-8228-0545-9
Extremely useful in researching patterns of floor and table carpets as the text identifies the sources of patterns as seen in paintings throughout the Middle Ages. Examples of many are also shown in sufficient detail or line drawings to make your own patterns. Note that some of the patterns also translate to embroidered trims on clothing. SB
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