Sewing book collection

When I first began my sewing adventure, my mom gifted me something important, her 1970's version of The Bishop Method sewing book. I was fourteen, and fell in love with the amazing, new-to-me methods. Catch Stitch, Arrowhead tacks, the proper way to place buttons on a shirt. Oh, and don't get me started on the…

New additions to my personal library

Last month, I received a very sweet package from a friend, and blog reader. And I treated myself to a book that's been lurking in my wishlist for a while.My friend, Miss Mary graciously sent me the Tailoring and Clothing Construction books after reading a few of my blog posts. When I got them in…

Gettin’ Stitchy with it

Hello fellow bloggers!I felt my slowly growing collection of knitting and crochet related books was missing something. Something... important.After a little over a year, I finally bought a stitch dictionary. This particular dictionary is pretty informative. I can't wait to start sampling some of the designs!This Leafy Vine stitch would look nice on a hat,…

Book and embroidery

One day, I'll come up with good blog titles. One day.On Saturday, I arrived home to a lovely package. It was the book I won from the contest on Knit Cast!The prize was Mags Kandis' book, Gifted. It's really an adorable book, filled with loads of sweet gift ideas. All the ideas can be completed…

Books

This was going to be titled 'Oh no, you left her alone in a bookstore, with money?!' But that was too long.A couple of hours ago, I felt it was a lovely day, and decided to venture downtown to the bookstore. I planned to just buy two semi-specific books; one on amigurumi, the other was…