Transformative Stitching Book Review
Needlework on the Diagonal, Dawn R. Donnelly, self-published, coil-bound, 2021 Before I got this book from the innovative teacher, Dawn Donnelly, I had a hard time getting my head around the idea of...
View ArticleWhimsical Stitches, Volume 2 Book Review
Mary Legallet, self-published, coil-bound, 2021 Looking at my copy of this newer book I find it full of Post-It tags marking stitches I want to try. I’ve already used many, particularly the ones in the...
View ArticleDiaper Patterns – book review
DIAPER PATTERNS, Ann Strite-Kurz, book with CD, self-published Updated September 8, 2021. I first became acquainted with Ann’s love of diaper patterns in the early 80’s when I did her Group...
View ArticleSpectrum Book Review
Heritage Patterns & Colors, Victoria & Albert Museum, (Thames & Hudson), 2018, $45. ISBN: 978-0-500-48026-7 I just got this book on Friday, and I am completely smitten with it. It’s packed...
View ArticleShapes of Needlepoint Series IV – Book Review
Sandra Arthur, self-published, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9829427-2-7. $48.95 Updated October 26, 2021. Shapes of Needlepoint Series IV is the fourth book in this innovative series. The books look at stitches...
View ArticleStitchapalooza Book Review
Stitchapalooza is the fourth and latest book of stitches from the folks at Gone Stitching in New Jersey. The book is spiral-bound and small enugh to fit in a project bag. In fact I had to fish my copy...
View ArticleBargello Book Review
Nerrisa Pratt,,Quadrille, 2021, ISBN978-1-78713-725-7, $22.99 Bargello seems to have taken the needlework world by storm. There are new books about the technique, this is one, new companies such as...
View ArticleTisiket, Tased Lots & Lots of Baskets Book Review
Sandra Arthur, Duo Designs, Lexington, KY, 2021 The fourth book in Sandra’s Pocketbook Series, Ticket, Basket will give you tons of ideas for stitching baskets. The book is divided into eight chapters,...
View ArticleTreasured Techniques Book Review
Sandra Arthur, self-published, Lexington, KY, 2021 Have you been longing to do something different with your needlepoint? Do you wish that you knew moreways to incorporate depth and dimension to your...
View ArticleBest Needlepoint Background Books
Updated January 11, 2022. A reader about several books, wanting to know which I thought were the best needlepoint background books. Here’s what I told her: I can’t speak to Tony’s Back to Basics DVD...
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