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Beautifully illustrated with full-color
photographs reflecting a bygone era,
Heirloom Gif to shows you how to create
the precious heirlooms of the future.
This original craft book contains over
thirty exquisite projects to make, which
will give pleasure and be passed down
from generation to generation. There
are ideas to capture sweet romantic
memories, such as a wedding album
for the happy couple and a satin purse
to store old love letters, together with
gifts to mark special friendships,
including a hat box decorated with
decoupage flowers and a hand-gilded
mirror. Childhood souvenirs such as a
christening robe with matching bonnet
and bootees, an appliqued baby quilt
and a charming rag doll will be
treasured by both parents and children
alike. There is even a special chapter
devoted to heirlooms the whole family
can enjoy, including Christmas tree
ornaments, a memory album covered
with collage work and a beautiful
tablecloth with matching napkins for
important occasions in a family's history.
Every project in this book is
accompanied by full instructions,
together with detailed step-by-step
photographs and artworks, as necessary.
All the techniques are simple enough
for a beginner to master and include
pressing flowers, paper crafts, sewing,
cross stitch, embroidery and making
traditional pin cushions. Complete with
ideas for displaying the antiques of the
future. Heirloom Gif to shows you how
to create personal gifts for family and
friends to treasure all their lives.
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ANNA GRIFFITHS
Published by Salamander Books Limited
LONDON
For my family with lore
A SALAMANDER BOOK
Published by Salamander Books Ltd,
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London N7 9LG,
United Kingdom
Distributed by Random House Value Publishing, Inc.
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© Salamander Books Ltd, 1995
ISBN 0-517-14179-5
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without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
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All correspondence concerning the content of this
volume should be addressed to Salamander Books Ltd.
CREDITS
Author: Anna Griffiths
Project Manager: Jane Donovan
Editor: Samantha Gray
Design: Watermark
Group Ltd
otographer: Jon Stewart
Stylist: Barbara Stewart
Photography on pages
24, 25, 37, 90-93 by
Marie-Louise Avery
Illustrations: Steve Dew
& Terry Evans
Originated, printed
and bound in Italy
Introduction 6
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, Romantic Memories 8
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From Generation to Generation
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Friendship Keepsakes 52
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Girlhood Keepsakes 70
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Childhood Treasures 82
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Techniques 98
Templates 111
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Suppliers 126
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Index 127
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Acknowledgments 128
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The most treasured heirlooms are often those with pleased to know that beach vacations are remembered
strong memories of the giver attached to them - with projects for budding shell and stamp collectors in
perhaps a precious silver thimble from an old aunt the form of delightful small boxes. I have also
who was a keen seamstress, or a snowy white damask encouraged thrift with a pretty cottage coin bank and
tablecloth from a rather house-proud grandmother. tidiness with a sock bag in the shape of an irresistible
Such keepsakes are often given with strict duck! The only thing left to do is to curl up with one
instructions on how to keep them in pristine of the large, comfortable patchwork pillows and enter
condition! In my own case, I treasure some extremely your best-loved recipes and gardening tips into the
fine, long paintbrushes that my grandfather gave me made-for-the-purpose books featured on the following
when he was no longer able to paint. I remember him pages; your relatives are sure to enjoy reading them in
using them and wiping them clean on the wall of his the years to come.
workshop - the wall was a work of modern art! There are many more projects to choose from, and
To give something you have made to a member of nothing is prohibitively expensive to make. I hope that
your family is an act of faith and hope that they will you will be inspired to try one or two techniques that
remember you in the years ahead. There are many you have not attempted before. The projects have
beautiful projects to make in this book for your family clear, instructive diagrams to help you through any
and friends, some using traditional techniques and tricky steps, and there is a useful section of techniques
others which have a more contemporary feel. at the back of the book. The invitation to do this book
I have revived some Victorian skills too - for came to me a few months after a major operation. In
example, the pincushions stuffed with sawdust and its preparation, I had to stretch quite a few friendships
decorated with pins and lace, and the favorite ladylike and coerce my family into helping with some of the
pastime of decoupage on an designs and projects. Long¬
appealing hatbox. I also hope that distance telephone calls and
I have pulled at a few heartstrings numerous interrupted mealtimes
with a favorite technique of the were the order of the day for quite
1920s - ribbon-weaving - used to some time. However, all those
make a love-letter purse and a involved claimed to have enjoyed
ring pillow for a wedding. There making up the projects, and I
is also an enchanting christening hope you will too.
gown and a quilt for a baby, and,
Good luck with your projects - I
for children of all ages, there is a
hope that you have as much fun
classic teddy bear and a rag doll.
with them as I have had.
Once you have swallowed the
lump in your throat, you will be
Anna Griffiths
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