From GoodOldBooks

Needlepoint Design by Louis J. Gartner Jr.


Published by William Morrow and Company, NY in 1970.

The book is in very good condition but the dust jacket is chipped and has tears, some of which have been repaired.

This is the first book ever written on how to design your own needlepoint so you can do the designs you want, instead of having to buy whatever prepared canvas you can find. It is also a comprehensive needlepoint book, with complete information on canvases and wools, how to do the several forms of the needlepoint stitch, and how to prepare a canvas, work your designs, and block the finished product.

There are 191 pages, with index; 40 color plates, and 83 patterns, how-to drawings and photographs. Edition not stated but believed to be a first.

$10.00 USD

Only 1 available

Overview

• Vintage item from the 1970s
• Material: paper
• Ships worldwide from Valley Stream, New York

• This shop accepts Etsy Gift Cards

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Car News

Spotted by AuntMartha turning the corner in Salt Lake City. Unfortunately, she was too late to get a free whistle.

The Oscar Mayer Wiener Car. 

Tuesday Tinker - AuntMartha

AuntMartha used to be an Antique and Collectibles dealer. When she closed her business, she just packed up her stock and put it in her basement and her attic. Now she's started to open the boxes and put the pieces up for sale in her shop. It's a good idea to check her store often because she tries to list at least one new piece a week. 

The Sunday Supplement - On Location with our next Tuesday Tinker

As a larger part of the country is still baking in the summer heat, we all dream of the cooler weather, colorful leaves and pumpkins of October!   Our Etsy Freethinkers Team member AuntMartha, to fill our longing for fall, has shared some vacation photos she took while hiking in the Loire Valley of Central France several years ago.

The Loire River

 The house on a little creek running into the Loire where they stayed

A picturesque building near the trail.

Bluebeard's Castle - apparently the man who owned this in the 15th century went
through more children than the neighbors thought was acceptable.
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Should you be interested in other items with European flair, visit AuntMartha's Etsy Shop. She has a lovely assortment of antique plates, figurines, cups and other fine haberdashery.

The Recipe Corner -Chicken and Mushroom Soup

These measurements are all approximate; it's your soup - wiggle the ingredients around to suit your taste.

1 Cup Chicken Broth (I use College Inn when I don't have home-made, which is most of the time.)

1/2 cup of cooked chicken cubed or in hunks - you can use more if you want.

1 oz of uncooked pasta (I used spaghetti when I made the soup in the picture.)

1/4 cup frozen peas

1/4 cup dried mushrooms or 1/2 cup fresh mushrooms. What kind?  Any kind you want. I have used Black Trumpets, oysters, portabella, morels,  porcini, shiitake and chicken mushroom. You can also use those uninteresting white mushrooms that you see in every grocery store. 

Basil

Olive oil

If you are using dried mushrooms, reconstitute them with boiling water to cover. Don't throw out the mushroom water; it's a good addition to the soup.

If you are using fresh mushrooms, saute them for about 5 minutes in a little olive oil and basil.

Bring broth to a boil, add basil if you are using dried mushrooms, and cook the pasta. When it is al dente, add the frozen peas, and the chicken. Bring back to a boil and add the mushrooms with the basil and oil or with the mushroom water depending on what mushrooms you are using. 

Oyster mushrooms in the wild.

Serves 1.

Recipe compliments of GoodOldBooks.

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Tuesday Tinker - Suwanee

Suwanee has a whole shop full of vintage jewelry.

Click here to check out the treasures in her her shop.
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Tuesday Tinker - AuntMartha

AuntMartha sells Vintage, Antiques and, now and again, supplies. Her Mother was an antiques dealer so she grew up with an appreciation of the history of old things. She followed in her Mother's footsteps and  was an antique dealer also for over 25 years.

Browse her shop and see if you can find a treasure.

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT - On location with our next Tuesday Tinker

AuntMartha likes climbing lighthouses. "It's a grand view when you get to the top usually. I think the best thing I ever saw was a flock of Blue Jays going south. I was above them looking down on all those intense blue backs and wings. There must have been about 40 of them. It was in October at the Cape May light."

Buffalo, NY harbor light - Buffalo is AuntMartha's home town.

Fire Island light - the nearest lighthouse to where AuntMartha now lives.

The interior of Ponce de Leon light just south of Daytona Beach, Florida.

AuntMartha sells Vintage and Antiques on Etsy. 

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John Keats