Needlework in miniature
Subtitle: techniques and inspiration for making miniature rugs, upholstery, pillows, bedspreads, bed trimmings, doll clothes, and many more
By: Virginia Merrill & Jean Jessop.
Contributors: Jessop, Jean, joint author.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 978-0517528259
Subjects: Needlework.; Miniature craft.
First sentence: Needlepoint needles, usually called tapestry needles, are blunt
Notes: Bibliography: p. 187-188.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements * vii; title: Preface * viii; title: 1 * Everything starts with materials * 1; title: Needles * 1; title: Canvas * 1; title: Thread * 2; title: Colour Pens and Pencils * 4; title: Magnifying equipment * 4; title: Lighting * 4; title: Graph Paper * 5; title: Blocking Supplies * 5; title: Adhesives * 5; title: Embroidery Hoops * 6; title: Scissors * 7; title: Thimbles * 8; title: Masking Tape * 8; title: 2 * Petit Point * 9; title: Preparing the Canvas * 9; title: Transferring the Design onto Canvas * 10; title: Creating Your Own Design * 10; title: The Stitches * 11; title: Following Charts * 17; title: Charted Rug Designs * 18; title: Charted Smaller Designs * 65; title: Ripping Out Needlework * 97; title: Mending Canvas * 97; title: Washing * 98; title: Finishing Procedures * 98; title: Petit Point Applied to Furniture * 102; title: Making Cording and Fringe * 105; title: Completed Rugs and Small Pieces * 108; title: Petit Point Applied to Furniture * 121; title: Petit Point Appiled to Pillows * 126; title: 3 Other Needlework Techniques * 129; title: Embroidery and Cross Stitch * 129; title: Basic Working Materials * 129; title: Transferring the Design * 131; title: The Stitches * 133; title: Finishing * 137; title: A Gallery of Examples * 137; title: Braided Rugs * 141; title: Hooked Rugs * 147; title: The French Knotted Rug * 148; title: A Patchwork Quilt * 151; title: Dressing a Doll * 155; title: Making a Parasol * 162; title: Making a Pair of Ladies Slippers * 165; title: Examples of Hand Dressed Dolls * 169; title: Dressing a Bed * 175; title: Quilted Bedspread * 184; title: Bibliography * 187; title: Supply Sources * 189; title: Index * 195