Book Review-Encyclopedia of Needlework
September 21, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under book review
Here’s one of my ‘Desert Island books’: The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese de Dillmont.
I have had this wonderful
book since my student days.
Long ago and far away,
a friend said to me:
“I just bought a book
that I think you’ll like
but I don’t much.
Wanna trade?’
I took one look, snatched it from
her hands and clutched it to
my heart.
Books have come and gone from my book shelves, but this one is not going to be leaving my collection.
I can’t find the original
date of publication for
this wonderful compendium
of needlework techniques,
but it looks to me like
it was published first
in the late 19th C or early
20th …read more
