American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty...
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Hazel Ulseth and Helen Shannon have written several doll dressmaking resource books over a number of years. Among their most popular are Costume Cameos 1 through 5, A Handbook for Doll Costumers, and Creating Fur Teddy Bears: Mink and Fake Fur. Ulseth and Shannon have contributed many doll and Teddy Bear costume and making project to Doll Reader and Teddy Bear and friends magazines. They frequently give workshops on doll costuming and teddy bear making at large toy and doll shows throughout the country.
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Author Heather Toomer is a respected expert on old lace. She has studied and collected antique lace for over 25 years, lectured, organized a touring exhibit of lace, and advised museums on displaying their lace collections. She lives near Bath, England. Cynthia Voysey took most of the photographs for this book. She is an authority on Honiton lace-making who has taught extensively in England and written and co-authored several books about lace.
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Nerylla Taunton was acknowledged as a world class dealer with expertise int he filed of antique needlework implements, ladies' fashion accessories, lace and embroidery.
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Debra Bonito lives in Connecticut. She has been a collector of fine linen and lace for twenty-five years, and frequently presents lectures about them. Photographer Charles Fields lives in Wallingford, Connecticut.
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Eleanor Johnson has been interestedin needlework and other handicrafts for most of her life. She is also the author of the Shire book 'Thimbles and Thimble Cases'.
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Kay Sullivan's interest in needlework tools began at an early age when she spent many hours in her father's bespoke tailoring workshop just outside London, making new clothes for her dolls. Her father discouraged her from taking up sewing as a profession and she consequently studied English language and commercial subjects. After moving to Holland to be with her Dutch husband, she took a degree to enable her to start her own business, specialising in antique needlework tools and accessories. In the early 1980s, encouraged by collectors and friends, she issued a quarterly Magazine for collectors of thimbles and associated sewing tools. De Vingerhoed was published for ten years and achieved a worldwide membership. She has travelled in Europe and America, giving lectures to thimble, sewing tool and handwork societies. Today, she is considered an authority on the subject of needlework tools and runs a business from her home just outside Amsterdam.
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"This important and comprehensive reference features a wonderful range of needleworks."
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Much more than just a routine task, sewing is an art form, a hobby, a business, a social activity, and a passion for many people. This collector's guide is a valuable tool for all sewing enthusiasts and collectors. There are a helpful glossary, bibliography, and index provided. -John Alvey
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