Embroidering Faces?
Are you interested in embroidering faces and people? If so, take a look at our video, where LLNA Librarian Natalie is flipping through the book “Embroidered Portraits: Ideas, Inspiration, and Techniques” by Jan Messent. Join Natalie as she tells you about some of the topics in the table of contents and flips through to show the level of detail in this informative and inspirational book. Learn more about our library, who can borrow books and how!
LLNA Library Books Flip-through
The EAC/ACB Library books cover a wide range of topics. Some books are how-tos, others are inspiration, and others contain research. Librarian Natalie gives a glimpse into a book about sweet bags, a how-to book for embroidery on paper and a book of inspirational art nouveau designs.
LLNA Library: Author Thomasina Beck
Librarian Natalie Dupuis shares a peek inside two of the books in the LLNA Library written by Thomasina Beck. Gardening With Silk and Gold: A History of Gardens in Embroidery was published in 1998. This book explores how gardens have been depicted in embroideries. Another of Beck’s books in the library is The Embroiderer’s Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day (1995). This book covers the evolution of embroidery from the Renaissance and how it has been depicted in paintings over the same period.
610 of 2000± Titles
True confessions from your new librarian, Natalie The unpacking of the library is taking more than a day. In fact, it is taking many, many, many days with numerous volunteers sorting and organizing! I must have been out of my mind with ambition. Since the last update, a team of six volunteers and I have put in about 90 hours of work to perfectly alphabetize the books, identify books that need repair, conduct a meticulous, complete inventory, and manually upload every title to a lovely and modern online platform. So far, we have worked through the sections of Assisi, Banners & Collage, Beadwork, Brazilian, Canvas & Needlepoint (HUGE), Clothing & Costume, Conservation, Counted Thread General, Crewel, Cross Stitch, Darning Patterns & Kogin, Design & Colour, Pulled & Drawn Thread, and Needlework Tools and Accessories. The online platform that I am initially loading every book onto is called LibraryThing. This is the “filing cabinet” from which the titles will be taken to make a borrowing catalogue next year. In the borrowing catalogue, you will be able to see images of the books, read reviews, see page counts, and most importantly, see if a book is out on loan, request the book, and get reminders if you have borrowed a book! More coming soon! Please return all outstanding loans to the new library address so I can complete an accurate inventory.  Leonida Leatherdale Needle Arts Library, â„… Natalie Dupuis, 3461 Northcliffe Avenue, Montreal QC H4A 3K8