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Thrift to fantasy : home textile crafts of the 1930s-1950s / Rosemary McLeod.

By:

McLeod, Rosemary [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Auckland [N.Z.] : HarperCollins, 2005Description: 168 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1869505093
9781869505097

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

746.0993 22

LOC classification:

TT122.5 .M35 2005x

Contents:

Stitching time -- Wishing and hoping. One day my prince will come, I hope -- My secret life -- Safe behind the picket fence. Cottage idyll -- Bluebirds of happiness -- Guided tour -- Rituals of teatime -- Children, animals... and the royals -- Beyond the front gate. Exotic escapes and foreigners -- Dolly Varden and her kiwi garden -- Making do. Thift and ingenuity -- Sugar-bag years -- Workbag -- Apron -- Sewing things -- Personal accessories and gifts.

Awards:

Montana New Zealand Books Awards History, 2007

Summary: Thrift to Fantasy is not only a beautifully designed and illustrated book, but also one that uses crafts such as embroidery and knitting to provide a revealing insight into the personal lives of three generations of 20th-century Kiwi women. These are women who lived through two world wars and the Depression and who survived it all - in part, McLeod argues, because they had the world of craft into which to escape.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	746.0993 MCL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A354743B

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Thrift to Fantasy is not only a beautifully designed and illustrated book, but also one that uses crafts such as embroidery and knitting to provide a revealing insight into the personal lives of three generations of 20th-century Kiwi women. These are women who lived through two world wars and the Depression and who survived it all - in part, McLeod argues, because they had the world of craft into which to escape.

Montana New Zealand Books Awards History, 2007

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