Product Description: This important book is a comprehensive examination of needlework tools from the seventeenth century to the Edwardian era. The author, an expert with over twenty years' first-hand experience of her subject, has grouped needlework tools into specific periods, linking these to the style of embroidery that was in fashion and the social background of the time...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools.

Describes the forms and uses of winders, bobbins, hoops, frames, bodkins, and other sewing implements used in various world cultures