Read Ireland Book News - Issue 65
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Celtic Quilting by Gail Lawther (Hardback; 17.70 IRP / 25.90 USD) [Add To Basket]
This collection takes the ever-popular style of the ancient Celtic artists and offer today's quilter a wealth of ideas and inspiration. In 25 delightful projects, the author demonstrates the versatility of this popular craft. Using traditional English quilting, a wholecloth technique, she creates a beautiful pram quilt in pastel shades. She explores trapunto, a fascinating stuffed quilting method, by making a stylish trinket box and attractive herb pillow, and her design for a stunning bed quilt is enhanced with strong but simple Japanese sashiko quilting. The author's straight-forward instructions and clear templates make the applique and patchwork projects, which include a stained-glass wall hanging and an elegant evening bag, as easy and rewarding as her quilting ideas. The wonderful ideas to create for the home range in size from a small needlecase, ideal for a beginner to stitch, to full-size bed quilts for the more experienced quilter. All have clear step-by-step instructions, beautifully complemented with colour photographs of the complete projects. The addition of a library of Celtic motifs will provide quilters of all levels with the incentive to explore this amazing source of design to the full.
Celtic Cross Stitch by Gail Lawther (Hardback; 17.70 IRP / 25.90 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book looks for inspiration from a wide variety of Celtic Designs and explores the challenges of transferring them to patterns for counted thread embroidery. 30 fully detailed and charted projects are included ranging from simple cards and pictures, a cushion and a rug, to an embroidered border for a wedding dress or christening robe. Knotwork, key and spiral designs are featured together with animal, plant and human forms. A separate section charts a selection of classic Celtic alphabet designs. The projects range in a difficulty from the simple to the more complex to appeal to embroiderers of all levels of experience. Numerous ideas for alternative colourways and variations on the projects, as well as a unique pattern library of designs, will inspire you to make up your own Celtic motifs and patterns. Packed with stunning colour photographs, this book will enable you to create many impressive and unusual designs that you will be proud to wear, display at home or give to your friends.
Savouring Ireland: Cooking Through the Ages by Nuala Cullen (Hardback; 12.99 IRP / 20.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
Written by an accomplished Irish cook, this book takes a new look at traditional Irish fare, taking as its cue the dishes prompted by the seasons. In each of the book's four sections there are mouth-watering recipes offering good ideas for using the ingredients most readily available at particular times of the year. Fish and seafood feature largely, as do fresh vegetables and fruit, with delicious suggestions for desserts and cakes. The book is also a superb record of the landscapes of Ireland, highlighting especially the wild west coast. The book presents a taste of Ireland's finest food and an equally evocative selection of natural beauties. (Large format with over 100 colour photographs)
A Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music by Gearoid O hAllmhurain (Paperback; 4.99 IRP/ 7.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book is a comprehensive but concise guide to 2000 years of Irish musical tradition which enjoys an extraordinary world-wide attention today. It traces the history and development from the hypnotic harp music of Early Ireland to The Lord of the Dance and Riverdance phenomena of the 1990s. It explores the contribution of the Normans to Irish dancing, the role of the music maker in Penal Ireland, as well as the Great Famine diaspora of the 19th century which carried Irish music, song and dance to the four corners of the world.
Dublin on a Shoestring from Dublin Bus (Paperback; 5.99 IRP / 9.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This pocket sized guide to Dublin is crammed with information. Whether you're visiting, or planning to stay at, this book is where you will find: the best quality and value in pubs, clubs, cafes and restaurants; where to shop is you aren't wealthy; Insider recommended entertainments from cinema to live jazz; somewhere to stay or somewhere to live - all personally selected; the places where Dubliners take their visitors; and where to find free food, free entertainment, and free drink! Overall, an essential guide for anyone spending any amount of time in Ireland's capital city.
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