MBR: The Needlecraft Shelf

The Needlecraft Shelf

Coast to Coast in Punch Needle
Landauer Books
3100 101st Street, Urbandale, IA, 50322
9780979371141, $21.95, www (dot) landauerbooks (dot) com

One way to celebrate ones pride for the fifty states of the union –
needlecraft. "Coast to Coast in Punch Needle: The 50 States, State
Flowers, Birds, & Trees" is a complete and comprehensive guide to
creating needlecraft patterns dedicated to each of the fifty states,
with information involving each state's official nickname, motto,
tree, bird, and flower. Enhanced with full color photos, "Coast to
Coast in Punch Needle: The 50 States, State Flowers, Birds, & Trees"
is deftly composed and highly recommended to community library
needlecraft collections.

Martingale & Company
20205 – 144th Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA 98072-8478
www (dot) martingale-pub (dot) com

Nancy Mahoney's RIBBON STAR QUILTS (9781584777935, $16.95) offers five
quilts with traditional-style blocks enhanced with woven ribbon
illusions, and builds ideas upon these for more ribbon quilting
projects. Numerous full-sized and small color photos supplement easy
how-to directions offering plenty of ideas and flexibility for changes
and embellishments. Dawn E. Navarro's COPY CAT QUILTS (9781564777812,
$19.95) offers easy directions for a popular cat pattern which was
first published in the 1980s. Kitties on quilts, pillows and wall
hangings embellish pages of step-by-step details including color
photos as well as written text, making it quick and easy to produce
cat quilts that work well. Mary M. Covey's FOLLOW-THE-LINE QUILTING
DESIGNS V. 3: FULL-SIZE PATTERNS FOR BLOCKS AND BORDERS
(9781564778178, $24.95) is not so much a book as a box of patterns for
tracing, transferring and stitching, presented in full size for easy
use. Twenty new pattern groups including designs for blocks, borders
and setting triangles and can be used on a regular home sewing machine
or by hand alike – as well as on a long-arm quilting machine for
professionals. An outstanding, flexible guide.

Things I Learned From Knitting Whether I Wanted to Or Not
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Storey Publishing
210 MassMoca Way, North Adams, MA 02147
9781603420624, $10.95 www (dot) storey (dot) com

Knitter fanatic Stephanie Pearl-McPhee always has too many projects on
needles, and here celebrates her knitting passion in a series of
admonitions and adages perfect for knitters who 'have everything' in
the way of instructionals. From pairings of feelings about yarn to
boyfriends to descriptions of patterns of risk, this funny yet pointed
collection is the perfect gift for any who love to knit, and a fine
addition to collections catering to them.

Picture Yourself Felting Your Knitting
Sarah E. White
Course Technology Cengage Learning
25 Thomson Place, Boston, MA 02210
9781598634853, $24.99, www (dot) courseptr (dot) com

The fabric of felt can be one that's far more pleasing than that of
wool – however it requires a bit more skill than normal knitting.
"Picture Yourself Felting Your Knitting: Step-by-Step Instruction for
Perfectly Felted Crafts" is a guide to assist knitting enthusiasts
everywhere in the practice of felting their work. Enhanced with easily
executed step-by-step guides and full color photos, it's the complete
and comprehensive guide on felting. "Picture Yourself Felting Your
Knitting: Step-by-Step Instruction for Perfectly Felted Crafts" is a
must for anyone looking into getting into the art of felting and for
community library needlecraft collections.

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