Love Entwined

Love Entwined

Author: Helen Sheumaker

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2007-05-29

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780812203400

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Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and examples of hairwork, Love Entwined traces the widespread popularity of the craft from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.


A Practical Guide to Needle Lace

A Practical Guide to Needle Lace

Author: Jacqueline Peter

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 2020-01-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764358692

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The supportive, detailed guide that crafters want for frustration-free learning of all the basics, including core techniques and 40 different patterns.


Needlework and Women’s Identity in Colonial Australia

Needlework and Women’s Identity in Colonial Australia

Author: Lorinda Cramer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-09-05

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1350069639

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In gold-rush Australia, social identity was in flux: gold promised access to fashionable new clothes, a grand home, and the goods to furnish it, but could not buy gentility. Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia explores how the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters who migrated to the newly formed colony of Victoria used their needle skills as a powerful claim to social standing. Focusing on one of women's most common daily tasks, the book examines how needlework's practice and products were vital in the contest for social position in the turmoil of the first two decades of the Victorian rush from 1851. Placing women firmly at the center of colonial history, it explores how the needle became a tool for stitching together identity. From decorative needlework to household making and mending, women's sewing was a vehicle for establishing, asserting, and maintaining social status. Interdisciplinary in scope, Needlework and Women's Identity in Colonial Australia draws on material culture, written primary sources, and pictorial evidence, to create a rich portrait of the objects and manners that defined genteel goldfields living. Giving voice to women's experiences and positioning them as key players in the fabric of gold-rush society, this volume offers a fresh critical perspective on gender and textile history.


The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery

The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery

Author: Royal School of Needlework

Publisher: SearchPress+ORM

Published: 2018-06-01

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1781265437

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An all-in-one volume covering crewelwork, canvaswork, and six other types of hand embroidery, from the renowned school established in nineteenth-century England. This beautiful book is a rich source of embroidery techniques, stitches, and projects, covering eight key subjects in detail: crewelwork, bead embroidery, stumpwork, canvaswork, goldwork, whitework, blackwork, and silk shading. Collecting all the books in the trusted, bestselling Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guide series, plus a new section on mounting your finished work, this fantastic book—heavily illustrated with photos—is a must-have for all embroiderers.