Authentic Victorian Mountmellick Work - Embroidery Stitches Instructional
Spiral Bound Book Republication
Originally published in 1886!
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135-year-old Victorian and Dickensian Mountmellick Work Embroidery Stitch Designs & More!
35 richly textured embroidery stitches and 7
crochet patterns! Plus, like era BONUS Mountmellick Embroidery Stitches and Pattern Designs!
This item includes the following designs & stitch and silk thread pallet instructions! All couched in the lovely, florid and archaic speech of the enchanting Victorian days! (Original not for sale)
Our new line of Spiral Bound Book Republications oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in use!
This is a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to read a pattern's instructions while your hands are full of your in progress project. As an avid needleworker myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral binding for it's ease-of-use alone. I bet you'll love it too!
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An excerpt:
"Designs of large flowers and leaves, trailing vines, etc., look particularly well in this work; and borders for mantles (capes), table-covers, and curtains can be effectively decorated with it. The pattern is stamped as for ordinary embroidery and the designs and stitches used are such as will have the richest effect. Conventional roses, sun-flowers and lilies are very desirable; also the passionflower, ivy, chestnut, and pomegranates, too, are very handsome as are ears of wheat and barley, grapes, berries, etc., all work in well."
Pansies, blackberries and leaves, maiden-hair fern are also thrown in the mix in this item!
Included in this historic treasure-house are many etchings and illustrations to assist one in completing the examples included! Of course, the clever needle worker will be able to create her own designs as her personal muses so desire...
This item contains patterns for the following rare, delicate, feminine and delightful items!
Contents:
"New Stitches in Embroidery"
1) Outline stitch, or Stem stitch
2) Brier, Feather or Coral stitch
3) French knot
4) Bullion, Wound or Point de Minute stitch
5) Satin stitch
6) Queen Anne, or Darning stitch
7) Kensington Filling-in stitch
8) Bird's-eye stitch
9) Beading stitch
10) Laid Stem stitch or Overcast
11) Twisted stitch
12) Buttonhole stitch, or Scallop stitch
13) Ladder stitch
14) Janina stitch
15) Couching stitch
16) Italian, or Holbein stitches
17) Point de Russe
18) Dot stitch
19) Plush stitch
"A number of new stitches have recently made their appearance in art embroidery. They are not, strictly speaking, new, but are in reality, old ones revived. Their adaptation, however, is new. Among the stitches newly adapted are the following:
20) Gobelin stitch is one copied from old tapestries.
21) Ismit stitch is one borrowed from Turkish embroideries.
22) Bulgarian stitch
23) Darning stitch
24) Half solid Kensington stitch
25) Brick
26) Brick couching
27) Point de Bruxelles stitch
28) Point de Feston
29) Cat stitch
30) Border stitch
31) Herring-bone stitch
32) Single Brier stitch
33) Double chain stitch
34) Persian stitch
35) Roman stitch
36) Leviathan stitch
The following Victorian crochet patterns are included:
37) Suspenders
38) Fan tidy
39) Silk slippers
40) Handkerchief case (looks like the most adorable archaically-styled purse!)
41) Lamp Shade with Tassels (I got to make this one! Wow!)
42) Crocheted Garter Pattern #1
43) Crochet Garter Pattern #2
Plus,
we have included 41 additional pages of Mountmellick information from
1902, 1908 and 1920 for your historical study pleasures of this lovely
needle-art craft!
What a historically educational and delightful knit and fancywork thread and yarn art instructional piece this is!
The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needleworker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.
The antique and vintage threads, yarns, needles, hooks, etc., can be found on eBay quite readily. You just have to hunt a little bit! Or, of course, you can utilize contemporary tools and materials found at a nearby fabric, craft or hobby store…
The Spiral Bound Book Republication™ you will receive is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!
You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come. This information has been scanned at a high resolution and electronically revamped to provide you with the very best hardcopy reproduction. Unlike other reproduction sellers this is NOT a cheap, grainy photocopy! Our Spiral Bound Republication™ has so many more advantages over the original book.
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* These scans are enlarged to full-page dimensions for ease of viewing!
* You can gift these wonderful Victorian, Edwardian pattern book finds with family and friends!
You will appreciate the attention we have taken in providing you with a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that will be use for many years to come...
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