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'Wonderful! I didn't want to put this book down' Amazon reviewer. Perfect for fans of The Villa in Italy, Island of Secrets and Amy Snow.Alix Gower may be poor but she's also ambitious, and she'd do anything to secure her dream job in one of Paris' premier fashion houses. But Alix also has a secret: she supports her family by stealing from the very houses she so adores. Then Alix is unexpectedly given a break - a way to support her elderly grandmother and a future she can believe in . . . but it...

Catherine Channer's committment to the hand-made lace industry and its workers, and her first hand knowledge of each, are illustrated in her book Lacemaking in the Midlands Past and Present, written in co-operation with her friend Margaret Roberts. Although published 90 years ago, this book has few modern rivals, and is reprinted here for the firt time within a more extensive work by Anne Buck.

A companion to the bestselling Torchon Lace Workbook, these 28 lovely patterns are all centered around a sampler. Includes concise at-a-glance guides to techniques and terminology.

A stunning collection of 50 Withof and Duchesse patterns for beginning and experienced lace-makers.

This is a guide to the techniques of designing and making Torchon lace. The book deals with equipment and choice of thread, how to make prickings, the basic stitches, and the principles of pattern design, followed by a series of graduated patterns showing how to create narrow edgings, circular motifs, square and rectangular mats, braids, triangles, circular edgings, collars and insertions.

A fully illustrated colour book that combines various lace-making techniques and patterns with the craft of fan making. The lace patterns as well as general instructions are complemented by photography of the finished work. The book covers: A short history of fans with special emphasis on lace; How to make a fan, from design to finished product; Bobbin lace fans; Experimental Bobbin lace fans with colour; Embroidered lace fans; Needlelace fans; Mixing lace techniques; Themed lace fans; Dimension...

For centuries, French tassels have been an essential decoration adorning the finest furnishings and accessories. This text is intended for anyone with an interest in creative embroidery and home decorating. It provides detailed instructions on tassel-making, unravelling the secrets of the French tassel-making houses so that readers can make tassels that look as professional as the commercially made variety. A unique flip section allows the reader to create a limitless number of designs by mixing...

Beginning with the basic stitches and lace edgings, the book then gives fourteen traditional patterns presented as a progression of increasing skill levels. The author assumes that most readers will come to Bucks Point lace with a knowledge of bobbin lace methods, but it is possible to begin lacemaking using this book and an appendix gives additional information. Following the first section of traditional patterns, there are examples of decorative hexagons and length, shapes not normally found i...

Needlepoint lace originated in Italy in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. 'Needle Lace in Photographs' is a comprehensive guide to this craft.