{"id":520,"date":"2006-06-14T20:12:20","date_gmt":"2006-06-15T00:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.52.55.152\/?p=520"},"modified":"2006-06-14T21:47:56","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T01:47:56","slug":"sbq-do-you-like-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"SBQ – Do You Like Books?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s SBQ was suggested by Angela<\/a> and is:<\/p>\n

\nHow many cross stitch books do you own and how often do you use them?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m answering this from the standpoint that a “book” is some sort of instructional book. Patterns might be included, but it’s not solely a book of designs. At least, this will be my definition for this question.<\/p>\n

I have several such books:
\n – The New Anchor Book of Pulled Thread Embroidery Stitches<\/a> (signed by Christine Wilkins, of Alchemy Stitchcraft, who created the designs used in the book)
\n – Stitch Sampler<\/a> (a good visual stitch reference)
\n – The Cross Stitcher’s Bible<\/a> (I’m not wild about this one)
\n – The Embroidery Stitch Bible<\/a> (I found this one extremely helpful when I was designing my mini band sampler for the Friendship Tapestry)
\n – Ultimate Big Book of Finishing, Needlework Knowledge and Techniques<\/a> (handy for finishing ideas)
\n – Hardanger Basics and Beyond<\/a>
\n – Hardanger Fundamentals Made Fancy<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve used nearly all of them at some point. The last two I absolutely would not want to live without. They are by Janice Love and are incredible books that I would recommend for anyone who wants to learn or already does hardanger embroidery. I use them on a regular basis, in fact, I use them nearly every time I pick up a hardanger project just to refresh my memory and make sure I’m doing the filling stitches correctly. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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