Embroidery Stitches eBook Mary Elizabeth McNamara Wilkinson
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Embroidery Stitches eBook Mary Elizabeth McNamara Wilkinson
I can't find much information on author Mary Elizabeth McNamara Wilkinson except that she was born in 1872 and was obviously an expert needlewoman. She is similar to Mary Thomas and Thérèse de Dillmont in being a pioneer of publishing stitch guides for the common woman of her day. The blurb above is most of the preface of the book. As you can see, the author sincerely enjoys stitching and recognizes the practicality of employing some portion of the 200 stitches she displays in this book. I'm surprised to see a reviewer of the kindle format stating that the illustrations are good as this is almost unheard of with an antique book like this. For being 102 years old, I can find no fault in this book. I own about a thousand needlework books and of my dozens of stitch guides, this doesn't fall among the most helpful. But for the time it was published, this book would have been amazing: the hand-drawn illustrations are not fussy and overly detailed as many other old needlework guides are; rather the drawings are fairly simple and clear. This is true only if you are an experienced stitcher, however. A raw beginner could not pick up this book and start stitching anything. But it serves as a good reminder for intermediate stitchers and can give advanced stitchers ideas for expanding their repertoire.Interestingly, some of the stitches are graphed and others actually show the needle going in and out of the fabric. These are usually lacking. Still, here is the full description of the "loop stitch," our lazy daisy:
"This stitch is used in making very small leaves, and also as powdering. To work, bring the needle to the surface of the material, hold the thread down under the left thumb, put the needle back into the hole whence it came, and bring it out slightly further on (according to the size of the loop required), still keeping the thread held down close to the material, so that it does not pass over the working thread which is being drawn through. Put in the needle again almost close to where it came out last, but *over* [in italics] the loop thread. This makes a tiny stitch which holds the loop down."
The picture to the left of this discussion shows 4 individual lazy daisies and then a small square with the stitches radiating outward.
I rather like this book because I love not only needlework but also needlework history. Long the bastion of male professionals, female embroiderers came into their own only in the last century and half. I don't doubt that when this was published, it marked an advance in the value of female authors and of this art we all enjoy.
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Embroidery Stitches eBook Mary Elizabeth McNamara Wilkinson Reviews
Not for beginners, but a great resource for intermediate stitchers. Seems to be a very old archive but could find no publish date. Will be well used!
Great little stitchery book, well illustrated and very complete. If I had only one book to buy this would be it. Expensive but worth it.
I think there is something wrong with the book. 1) it's not for true beginners but 2) where there should be a picture there are codes and shapes. R these symbols natural is it like hyrogliphics?
This pre-World War one reference is a dictionary of artistic stitches. Very few of the stitch diagrams show needle insertion points. The stitches have cross references to other foundation stitches and is extremely well indexed. Conversion to the format was done with great care and detail.
I love everything about this book, but most of all the fall-back writing and image styles.
It's always a pleasure to settle down-- Read, Relax and Learn about making techniques and materials during the years of long ago.
THE definitive book on embroidery stitches. It's an exhaustive study of every embroidery stitch I've ever seen ... and then some. I've been embroidering for over 50 years, so I do have a little experience with the various stitches. However, this book not only shows the primary stitches, but also the variations on them.
I have seen other complaints that there are no illustrations to go with the explanations. That isn't true. There are some tiny illustrations sprinkled throughout the work. However, the explanations are so thorough that I find I don't really need really detailed illustrations. But, I'm an experienced embroidery worker. Someone with little or no experience with embroidering might find the book to be a little daunting.
I don't know how I ever got by without this book now that I have it.
I picked this up for my and was amazed at how good it was. It shows stitches that modern books do not cover. Highly recommended for all levels of embroiderers. version was great! Some of these older books do not have the stitch diagrams included in the version, but this one does and they are easy to understand. Index at the front can be used to access the individual stitches quickly. The author also connects stitches to more than one name, very useful as the names have been altered by the various schools of embroidery. She also offers tips to make the stitch easier and gives suggestions for its use. Very highly recommended!
I can't find much information on author Mary Elizabeth McNamara Wilkinson except that she was born in 1872 and was obviously an expert needlewoman. She is similar to Mary Thomas and Thérèse de Dillmont in being a pioneer of publishing stitch guides for the common woman of her day. The blurb above is most of the preface of the book. As you can see, the author sincerely enjoys stitching and recognizes the practicality of employing some portion of the 200 stitches she displays in this book. I'm surprised to see a reviewer of the kindle format stating that the illustrations are good as this is almost unheard of with an antique book like this. For being 102 years old, I can find no fault in this book. I own about a thousand needlework books and of my dozens of stitch guides, this doesn't fall among the most helpful. But for the time it was published, this book would have been amazing the hand-drawn illustrations are not fussy and overly detailed as many other old needlework guides are; rather the drawings are fairly simple and clear. This is true only if you are an experienced stitcher, however. A raw beginner could not pick up this book and start stitching anything. But it serves as a good reminder for intermediate stitchers and can give advanced stitchers ideas for expanding their repertoire.
Interestingly, some of the stitches are graphed and others actually show the needle going in and out of the fabric. These are usually lacking. Still, here is the full description of the "loop stitch," our lazy daisy
"This stitch is used in making very small leaves, and also as powdering. To work, bring the needle to the surface of the material, hold the thread down under the left thumb, put the needle back into the hole whence it came, and bring it out slightly further on (according to the size of the loop required), still keeping the thread held down close to the material, so that it does not pass over the working thread which is being drawn through. Put in the needle again almost close to where it came out last, but *over* [in italics] the loop thread. This makes a tiny stitch which holds the loop down."
The picture to the left of this discussion shows 4 individual lazy daisies and then a small square with the stitches radiating outward.
I rather like this book because I love not only needlework but also needlework history. Long the bastion of male professionals, female embroiderers came into their own only in the last century and half. I don't doubt that when this was published, it marked an advance in the value of female authors and of this art we all enjoy.
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