Still thinking about needlework books (actually, come to think of it, when do I ever stop?!).
Since my post the other day about favourite needlework books, I’ve got some of you thinking about the embroidery books you can’t do without. What about the books that you have to do without because they haven’t been written yet? If there was one needlework book that you wish had been written, but hasn’t yet, what would it be?
I have several that fit this category, and all of them are on my list of books to write! If I could just wish them into existence without all that hard work, I would!
So what needlework book/s do you wish someone would write?
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
I was looking for some modern whitework patterns recently, involving medium size flowers and borders in an arrangement for a cloth to sit a vase on or just to place on a table. I would like to use pastel floss on a white background to result in a pretty picture. I have Whitework edited by Carter Houek but can’t seem to find any other book about whitework itself. This is my wish for a new written book.
Enough of the cultural/political dissection of raised work (what WAS Bethusalah doing with that cow, anyway?) and much much more of the technical side of actually doing it. Some of this is just starting to happen through Thistle Threads – yay! Same goes for Elizabethan surface embroidery. (my two favourite types of embroidery).
Also, more on how to/reconstructing historical goldwork wouldn’t go astray – yes it’s incredibly elaborate,- modern stuff is so stripped back in comparison. And tends to be leaves and flowers, as opposed to an emblem, say.
I will do the Hilda Helga motif one day, I will!