Some great finds at a public library sale
Comments (3) Earlier this week, our local public library was having a book sale, and I scored three great 1970s books for two dollars each.
I first got involved in crafting in the ’70s, and I remember buying the Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. I also remember giving it away (What was I thinking?) and now I have it again. It’s a great resource book with lots of detailed technique diagrams.
The second book is by Erica Wilson who had a needlecraft show on PBS in the ’70s. I hadn’t seen this book before, it’s fabulous.
The last book is Designing for Embroidery by Jan Messent. What’s especially useful in this book it that the author shows how to take images and simplify them for embroidery designs. The same techniques can be applied to beadwork designs.
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