The 8 best needlepoint books for 2022
Finding the best needlepoint books suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
1. The Needlepoint Book: New, Revised, and Updated Third Edition
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Now in paperback, The Needlepoint Book is the only needlework guide youll ever neednow including 436 stitches and 1,680 illustrations.Since its original publication in 1976, The Needlepoint Book has become known as the bible for all stitching enthusiaststhe one resource for every needlepoint aficionado. Whether youre new to the craft or have been practicing for years, this guide covers your sewing journey from inspiration to achievement with specific guidelines on how to make the painted canvas yours.
Featuring all-new projects and stitch patterns for every level of expertise, you will learn practical skills, such as how to:
-Choose your project with purpose
-Tell its story with stitches and fibers
-Create mood with color and texture
-Fill that blank background
-Select and use embellishments such as beads and sequins
Included in this revised and expanded edition is a crash course on how to use new fibers; updated information on materials, as well as how to work with and care for them; dozens of new stitches; and diagrams and stitch guides for select projects included in the book. Also featured are thirty-two pages of color photographs with all-new projects; dozens of new stitches explained with photos and drawings; and a new ribbon stitch chapter.
The Needlepoint Book is the one book to own on the topic. In one comprehensive volume, it has everything you'll need to create your own artistic, high-quality heirloom.
2. The Big Book of Small Stitches for Needlepoint
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With over 100 stitches and a gallery of inspirational samplers -- you'll never be at a loos for a small needlepoint stitch again. The four quilt-inspired samplers showcase 25 stitches each in blocks large enough to teach the stitch, but small enough to show off how great they look in small spaces. Your needlepoint will sing with these great stitches!3. A-Z of Needlepoint (A-Z of Needlecraft)
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Search Press BooksA-Z Of Needlepoint
Softcover; 128 pages
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The book encompasses 65 stitches, including the most popular and commonly known, cross stitch and tent stitch, with easy to follow instructions and over 1200 step-by-step photographs.Up-to-date information about fabrics, threads and tools along with dozens of helpful hints makes A-Z of Needlepoint a must have addition to any embroiderer's library.
4. 101 Needlepoint Stitches and How to Use Them: Fully Illustrated with Photographs and Diagrams (Dover Embroidery, Needlepoint)
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Dover PublicationsDescription
Tired of doing the same basic stitches over and over again? Noted designer Hope Hanley can help you bring new excitement and beauty to your needlepoint in more than a hundred different ways. In this practical, extremely well-organized guide she presents a treasury of 101 decorative stitches, with an easy-to-read chart and an actual-size photograph for each one.
Only stitches which adequately cover the canvas have been included in this versatile collection. In Tapestry no warp threads are allowed to show through, so why let canvas show in needlepoint? Enhance and individualize your needlepoint projects with expert advice on a host of exquisite stitches: rep stitch; fancy cross stitch; Renaissance stitch; cross stitch; Herringbone stitch; shaded stripe stitch; double stitch; mosaic stitch; French stitch; Greek stitch; velvet stitch; closed cat stitch; and scores more.
The author explains precisely where and how to make best use of each stitch (as a filling stitch in small areas, as a background or a grounding pattern), and tells whether each is slow or quick to work up and whether it's best on mono or two-thread canvas. No stitch combinations have been included, just the fundamental stitch. Think up your own combinations there are hundreds of them!
Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced needleworker, give your needlepoint a vibrant new look with this modestly priced, indispensable reference work.
5. RSN ESG: Canvaswork: Essential Stitch Guides (Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides)
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Search PressDescription
Rachel Doyle presents an expert guide to canvaswork, and includes complete information on the major stitches while offering stunning new design ideas. Here you will find diagonal stitches, horizontal and vertical stitches, raised, textured and filling stitches. Decorative effects are explored too, making this a fantastic source book and an invaluable reference for canvaswork stitches.6. The Ehrman Needlepoint Book
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Offers thirty-five original needlepoint designs with full-color charts for each pattern and ideas for adapting or altering the designs7. Kaffe Fassett's Bold Blooms: Quilts and Other Works Celebrating Flowers
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Hardcover 224 Page Book, Sold IndividuallyDrawing inspiration from the natural beauty of flowers, Kaffe Fassetts Bold Blooms invites crafters to explore the behind the scenes process and fascinating design methods used to create Kaffes bold fabrics and modern color palettes.
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Drawing inspiration from the natural beauty of flowers, Kaffe Fassetts Bold Blooms invites crafters to explore the behind-the-scenes process and fascinating design methods used to create Kaffes bold fabrics and modern color palettesfrom sketching with fabric swatches to creating mood boards and renderings to sewing visually striking quilts. Featured throughout are 18 new quilt patterns and seven new needlepoints.
Ideas bloom on each page as eye-catching artwork, inventive quilt designs, needlepoint canvases, and bold ribbon patterns grow from concept to completion.Renowned for his use of color, Kaffe creates unique palettes from nature and his surroundings to create color moodsfrom neutrals and soft pastels to rich, dark tonesand he shares his design ideas, practical quilting advice, and needlepoint techniques useful to both novice and seasoned crafters throughout these colorful projects.
With an emphasis on patchwork and needlework, the inventive designs and fresh color palettes translate to many creative disciplines ranging from mosaic, beading, fiber arts, embroidery, floral arrangements, and home dcor. Accessible to quilting and sewing beginners and experts alike, the lively floral designs on each page are sure to inspire and send readers off on a color-filled creative journey, offering something for makers of all skill levels.
Also available from Kaffe Fassett: Kaffe Fassett's Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts, Kaffe Fassett: Dreaming in Color, and Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes.
8. Embroider Everything Workshop: The Beginner's Guide to Embroidery, Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint, Beadwork, Applique, and More
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