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Well, after nearly a year of waiting I finally received Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Techniques - I bought it on sale and it got backordered. Nice looking book, but in order to really assess how good it is I'll have to sit down and actually work my way through it. That could be a bit of a problem. I get the sense that it provides an introduction to several types of needlework and is therefore a bit superficial. Plus I don't really care for some of the projects. No way I'm stitching a DOG!

I'm not biased.

Anyone else buy/receive any books recently? Dora

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bungadora
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A well-written book. You'll be glad you have it in your library. Worth the year-long wait.

Yes, it covers many different types of embroidery. Pick one that interests you, then follow along.

Not superficial at all. Quite in depth, actually. And it has what I always look for: close ups of real embroidery so you can see how its done by the masters. Also, lots of excellent background reading.

A dog portrait is just one type of long/short that you can learn. There's the lovely iris, if you prefer. Both teach the same basic techniques. Who knows. You might want to do a tiger some day.

Dianne

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Dianne Lewandowski

I'll probably go with the iris. I'll have to make up my own kitty drawing I guess.

I think I'm saturated with books for now. I 'm at the point where I have to get to know what I've got. Of course this may be a consequence of having taken my bookcase apart this weekend as part of painting the living room. Too many books! I actually started to contemplate giving some of them away, but discarded that notion fairly quickly. I'm not ready to let go. Dora

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bungadora

Dora, There is no such thing as too many books, just too few bookshelves... C

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Cheryl Isaak

Bravo!!! More bookshelves! Those words make my husband go pale. Deb

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thistletoes

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Mine too!

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

I recently had a premature "happy birthday to me" while the $AU was very favourable against the $US and bought Frises & Alphabets Anciens Bicolores and 3 of the Rouge du Rhin Alphabet books from

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and I adore them all. I have no idea what I intend to use these for, but I feel so much better just for knowing they are on my groaning bookshelves. In addition to the books I treated myself to some delightful Maison Sajou threadwinders and a lovely pair of scissors which look so beautiful but whose points are not quite perfect.

Cheers

Joanne in Perth, Western Australia where Spring is threatening (roses are back in foliage and wisteria is trying to bloom)

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The Lady Gardener

I think it was the recent memory of all my files and books piled in little heaps down the hallway and in every margin of every tiny room that led me to make that statement. I'm going to have to go through this again next year as when I get the floors done so it was a good test run. I Dora

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bungadora

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