I don't have DMC books but I do have two books that have been invaluable they
are:1981 edition of Readers Digest Complete Guide to Needlework and a 1976
edition of Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Dear Friends,
> I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia
> of Needle work*? and who has the oldest?
Mine is 1928
David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS
I also have 2 copies. One is marked 412, April of 1912. The other is
older. The beginning is laid out the same except
Hi,
I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia of
Needle work*? and who has the oldest?
I also have 2 copies. One is marked 412, April of 1912. The other is
older. The beginning is laid out the same except that the page in the
newer book which has the 412 on it
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> I wonder how many of us have copies of the classic DMC *Encyclopedia of
> Needle work*?
I had bought a copy of that book for sentimental reasons. My mother was
given one that belonged to my fatherâs aunts and, as a little child, I used
to love poring over it. Hence, it was one of the first
Thank you to everyone who has responded to my query, either directly or via
Arachne, about dating pattern and instruction books. I should perhaps
apologise for not going first to the Arachne archives, but if I had done
that I would probably not have raised a topic which is obviously of
interest to
That's where it was! I've just been hunting through old messages in the
rec.crafts.needlework group, uk.rec.crafts, etc, (I'm amazed they're still
going!) as I thought the discussion was on there rather than on Arachne - it
must have been late 1990s as I'm sure it was in the early days. (We've had