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18th CENTURY EMBROIDERY TECHNIQUES Hard back book, 192 pages, text by Gail Marsh, published by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications. 18th Century Embroidery Techniques is an exquisite book brimming with information on the stitches, ornate embellishments and striking designs that were characteristic of 18th-century embroidery. It features beautiful illustrations and colour photographs of a wonderful array of museum-held 18th-century costume pieces and, with quotes and extracts taken from 18th-century journals and articles, provides a fascinating insight into the importance that was placed on suitable attire. BOOK COST (MB18CET) 18th Century Embroidery Techniques Book: $29.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BRITISH EMBROIDERY Curious Works from the Seventeenth Century Soft back book, 109 pages, text by Kathleen Epstein, published by Colonial Willamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va and Curious Works Press, Austin Tex. This book is a history of embroidery from the 17th century, featuring jewel-like caskets with multilayered needlework and detailed 3-dimensional pictures (Stumpwork), intricate samplers and different types of lace. Kathleen Epstein has embraced the study of seventeenth-century textiles with meticulous research and contagious enthusiasm. She recognizes that the needlework can be studied on multiple levels including such diverse and surprising topics as politics, religion, trade, education and social status. One of the intriguing questions she raises is who made these marvelous pieces. Kathy points out that they were made by school girls, amateur needleworkers, and professionals who were trying to earn a living. A wide range of ages is represented , from girls as young as eight to grown men and women in their sixties and seventies. Although individual seventeenth-century textiles have been displayed in the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Gallery since its opening, this is the first time the collection has been seen as a whole. Kathy Epstein has assembled more than 115 pieces of exquisite needlework and related artifacts form the collections of Colonial Wiilliamsburg and private lenders. These objects invite our sturdy comparison and contemplation. Equally as important they provide sheer visual delight to the viewer. BOOK COST (MBH2) British Embroidery Book: $34.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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THE ART OF ANNEMIEKE MEIN Wild Life Artist in Textiles Soft back book, 159 pages, by Annemieke Mein, published by Search Press. I love this book. The book features the work of Annemieke Mein who is a Dutch textile artist. Her work depicts scenes in nature from birds, butterflies, grass hoppers, dragonflies, frogs and more wonders of the world. She stitches her subjects in a mixture of hand and machine embroidery, dyeing, applique, trapunto, quilting, pleating, felting, beading, weaving and plying in often a 3-dimensional manner. This is a book to wonder at and admire and simply enjoy. BOOK COST (MBAAM) The Art of Annemieke Mein Book: $42.00 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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WINDOW GARDENS IN BLOOM Soft back book, 64 pages, written by Margaret Vant Erve and published by C&T Publishing Inclusive. Take your hand embroidery to the next level with flowering window gardens. Pick your favourite flowers from a stitch directory of 25 flowering plants. The flowers can be embroidered on an outdoor window box and indoor window sill. Create the backgrounds for your embroidery with easy fabric painting techniques, photos show several different backgrounds for you window box to be against from brick, slate, wood or plain. If you are not partial to painting the flowers featured in the book will make lovely individual studies, or group them together to make great a garden. BOOK COST (MBWGIB) Window Gardens in Blossom Book: $25.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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