Needlepoint by Design - Variations on Chinese Themes

This is a hardcover needlepoint book by Maggie Lane with an introduction by Clare Boothe Luce, copyright 1970. The cloth cover is in excellent condition. The book jacket shows some wear but is complete and I would call it very good.

This book introduces the author's method of working directly from a charted design onto an unmarked canvas, and gives completely worked-out, large scale graphs for 24 Orientally inspired designs which, with clear directions, even an unexperienced needlepointer can easily follow. Most of the graphs show a central motif and a border. By interchanging these, there are over 90 possible designs for pillows, rugs, Parsons tables and small accessories. Directions for making up the finished pieces are also included.

Maggie Lane was born in China of missionary parents and came to the United States shortly before Pearl Harbor. Her love of things Chinese is expressed in her striking needlepoint designs. An artist by training and profession, she has for several years done custom designing of needlepoint for a very select clientele. 

                                      

Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Materials
• Stitches
  • Continental Stitch
  • Basket Weave Stitch
  • Smyrna Cross Stitch
  • Double Leviathan Stitch
  • Triple Cross Stitch
• Starting to Work
• Working and Finishing
• Notes on Color

The Designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stag Beetle Pillow	Turtle Pillow	Baby Turtle Pillow	Fish Pillow
Bumblebee Pillow	Frog Pillow	Crab Pillow	Butterfly Pillow
Circular Floral Pillow	Serenity Pillow	Double Dragon Pillow	Mouse Eating Aprocots Pillow
Lion Pillow	Parsons Table	Glasses Case	Beetle Glasses Case
Needlebook	Scroll Pattern	Braid Pattern	Alphabet

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Author:	Maggie Lane
Publisher:	Charles Scribner's Sons
Format:	Hard Cloth Cover
Pages:	114
Copyright Date:	1970
Product Dimensions:	8 x 10.75 x .75