Virginia Avery's Nifty Neckwear
Crammed into this slim volume are a dozen basic techniques and about two dozen project ideas for unusual and colorful neckwear. Incorporating various fabrics, ribbons, buttons, beads, cording, and other embellishments, projects--which are more like soft-sculpture pieces than traditional necklaces--include an elaborate shawl collar laden with French-wire ribbon flowers, chokers of embroidered fabrics arrayed in layers, and shaped collars of satins and metallics pieced into a vivid crazy-quilt look. Though a few items appear to be a bit dated, most are wonderfully innovative. A large tear-out sheet bound into the back of the book provides full-size patterns for the projects.