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FLEURS ET ALPHABETS FLEURIS a broder au
point de croix
by Veronique Maillard
If you have Alphabets Anciens by
the same author, this beautiful Flammarion edition expands
upon that, with 155 pages of beautifully printed and easy to
follow graphs from traditional French samplers, including
alphabets, cartouches, flowers, and birds. Hardbound, 155
pages, $54.00
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BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BLACKWORK
by Lesley Wilkins
The author shows how to create
traditional blackwork embroideries using simple stitches on
evenweave fabric. Step-by-step photographs, and a wealth of
charts, illustrate how traditional motifs, patterns and
borders can be combined to create historically authentic
designs. Softbound, 64 pages, $15.95
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THE
STITCHES OF CREATIVE EMBROIDERY (Revised and enlarged edition)
by Jacqueline Enthoven
241 stitches are clearly
described and illustrated in this comprehensive book.
Instructions, with step-by-step diagrams for individual
stitches constitute the major part of the book. The stitches
are arranged logically according to basic types (flat, looped,
chained, knotted, couching, laid, etc). Softbound, 240 pages,
$20.00
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The Red Book
of Sampler Stitches
by Eileen Bennett
This book has excellent
descriptions and diagrams for many
of the complicated stitches found
on 17th century needlework. Very
user friendly, and essential for
fans of early needlework. Spiral
bound, 62 pages, $29.00
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ALPHABET DE LA BRODEUSE:
Monogrammes et Festons for cross stitch embroidery and
whitework.
 This
facsimile edition of a book of French alphabets,
monograms, motifs, and borders includes eighty patterns
in red and blue, in many different styles. Softbound, 90
pages, $17.95
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