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NDS-related material from Sandra Heffernan

Press cuttings relating to embroidery and the NDS donated by Sandra Heffernan who wrote a PhD on the NDS. Includes: 'When an Art Became an Industry' by Marie W Stuart; Scotland, 3, No. 4, 81-6; 1938 (photocopy); 'Revolution in Embroidery', Picture Post, 1951; The Life of Ann Macbeth of Patterdale by Marjory Ives, c. 1981 (photocopy); 'Eye of the Needle' by Janet Rae, The Scotsman Magazine, July 1983; 'Hannah and her Stitches' by Muriel Armstrong, Life & Work, January 1998; The Needlewoman, n.d. Revolution in Embroidery stored in separate file because it is fragile.

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NDS-related publications

Includes:

  • El Punto de Media IVa Serie, Biblioteca D.M.C. [Spanish], n.d.
  • Crochet Work 7th Series, D.M.C. Library, n.d.
  • Hardanger by Penelope: A Needlecraft Publication, n.d.
  • Brief Guide to the Turkish Woven Fabrics, Victoria and Albert Museum: Department of Textiles, 1923
  • ammentraekssyning: Nye Monstre, 1954 [not english]
  • Contemporary Scottish Embroidery, Exhibition catalogue, 1956
  • Coloured Hardanger motifs, Coats sewing group book no.614, 1962
  • Snow Crystals in Embroidery, Coats sewing group book no. 1076, 1968.

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And So to Sew

Publication published by NDS on how to sew various textile activities.
Contains copies of Bulletins 1-6B, 8A, 9A, 13A-15A, 17A-28A. All comprise of 2 copies other than 8A, 13A, and 15A, which only contain one version.

The Needlework Development Scheme

Publications of the Needlework Development Scheme

The publications of the Needlework Development Scheme were central to its aims. The two bulletins, "And So to Sew" and "And So to Embroider" published three times a year, were issued free until 1958 until demand led to a charge being levied for orders of over 24 copies. At its height in the 1950s, the scheme spent the current equivalent (2003) of £1 million printing the bulletin and distributing it primarily to school girls as well as other interested parties. Other publications featured accounts of the Scheme's development along with images of selected needleworks or focused on particular themes within the collection, such as Swedish needlework.

The Needlework Development Scheme

Inventories and Catalogues of the Needlework Development Scheme collection

By the time the Needlework in Scotland scheme was disbanded due to the war in 1939, the scheme had amassed a collection of some 900 items. In 1945, when the scheme was resurrected at the Needlework Development Scheme it continued to acquire textiles having over 5000 pieces by 1961 when the scheme was finally dissolved. Many of these were available as loan collections to schools and colleges.

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