McCall's Big Book of Country Needlecrafts

ISBN: 0801973643

Author: McCall's Needlework & Crafts

Condition: New

For the lover of Early American furnishings, this McCall's Big Book features hundreds of projects for the needleworker and the do-it-yourselfer-- plus a collector's guide to buying and restoring treasures from the past.

Major room renovations include detailed instructions for installing exposed beams, plank floors and Colonial windows. Then, the reader can replicate McCall's Needlework & Crafts furnishings room by room, or mix and match at will. Needleworkers will enjoy the beautiful items to quilt, sew, knit, crochet, or embroider for living, and dining rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. Handsome designs are supplied for stenciling floors, fabrics and accessories. Woodworking projects include chests, candleholders, a plate rack, bandboxes and more. Complete directions are also given for rosemaling, tackwork, reupholstery and reweaving chair seats. And, there's a connoisseur's collection of hooked and braided rugs to complete the American look. 32 pages of full-color photos include traditional and eclectic room settings to duplicate or to stimulate the reader's own ideas.