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Early American Crewel Design (International Design Library)

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I found "Early American Crewel Design" to be a very good pictorial resource. It did not contain a lot about the history of crewelwork, or any references for the sources of the various designs for history buffs or reenactors. But, if you are looking for inspiration or traditional American designs, this is a good basic design book.

This 48 page soft cover book offers a brief but concise introduction of early American crewel work. The designs in the book are actual designs from early American textile works.

Although the designs are real, the textiles they are from are not referenced, which is the only negative within the book.

The images are easy to duplicate since they are large and are mostly on one page each. No color choices are offered but intermediate embroiderers can easily chose what colors will work best. This is a must have for a reenactor's reference library.

I really like the patterns in this book. I love the colonial look, well duh, it's a colonial craft... I also use the patterns on background pages in my scrapbook. I just stich them right onto plain cardstock (poke small holes with an exacto knife). Very nice book, I wish there were a bit about the history of American crewel.