TY - BOOK AU - Willis, Felicity, AU - Des Forges, Kath. ED - Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds. TI - The decorative stitch: 200 years of New Zealand embroidery SN - 9780473362096 AV - TT770 .W55 2016 U1 - 746.44 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Hawera PB - Felicity Willis on behalf of ANZEG KW - Embroidery KW - New Zealand KW - History N1 - National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing in Publication (CiP) record N2 - "This book covers the 200 year history of embroidery in New Zealand from the earliest samplers and christening gowns to the most recent exhibitions and embroiderers of the future. It features many pieces from museum collections not usually on display. 240 pages, full colour, picturing everything from traditional stitching and fine whitework to embroidery that can only be described as art. Authored by former journalist and editor of the Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds Inc, Felicity Willis in consultation with well known embroiderer, Kath Des Forges QSM."--Publisher information ER -