Weldon's Practical Needlework, Volume 9 - Hardcover

PieceWork Magazine

 
9781931499309: Weldon's Practical Needlework, Volume 9

Synopsis

This collection of premiere needlework newsletters from turn-of-the-century England includes exact reproductions of hundreds of patterns for monograms, initials, and plain needlework. The discussion of monograms and initials covers techniques for applique, embroidery, and cross-stitch and provides two full cross-stitch alphabets for monogramming. The plain needlework section includes sewing buttons and buttonholes, hemming, piping, pleating, fancy lettering, and stitch variations. For crocheters the book features doll clothes, bedspreads, and shawls and jackets for ladies, and for knitters there are a number of garments for children including gloves, hoods, baby booties, and stockings.

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About the Author

PieceWork magazine celebrates and expresses historic and ethnic fabric-related handwork in stories and selected projects on quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross-stitch, basketry, and beadwork. It is located in Loveland, Colorado.

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