textiles rescuing national language

books:

Touring New Jersey's Lighthouses
Mary Beth Temple

Schiffer Publishing, 2004

New Jersey's coastal heritage is a proud one, with lighthouses playing a starring role. This book visits eleven lighthouses accessible to the public, exploring their history as proud community sentinels and guardians of sea traffic passing treacherous rocks and shoals. From the Sandy Hook lighthouse in the north -- the nation's oldest beacon -- to popular tourist destination Cape May Point on the southern tip of the state, you can explore a ...

The Secret Language of Knitters

7 reviews
Mary Beth Temple

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007

LOVED IT!
I am a crocheter and not a knitter by an means, but his book made me laugh out loud MANY times! Secret language of knitters is a must have book! Now, when will we see a sequal such as the Secret Language of Crocheters? Crocheters want to know!

Driving the National Road in Indiana
Mary Beth, Temple

Booklocker.com, Inc., 2006

In 1806, Congress authorized money for the building of a road from Cumberland, Maryland to the Ohio River - the first federally funded road in the history of the United States. Eventually known as The National Road, this ambitious building project wended its way through six states. Since its completion in 1835, the Indiana section of The National Road has been the artery that feeds America's heartland. Two hundred years ago, the ...

Rescuing Vintage Textiles

2 reviews
Mary Beth Temple

Saint Johann Press, 2000

Rescuing Vintage Textiles - review
This is a great book for anyone who wants to care for their fragile textiles at home. The author writes in an easy-to-read style and gives sensible advice on fabrics, cleaning solutions and storage, which is easy to read and doesn't take a professional textile conservator to understand. There are a lot of textile collectors who have learned the hard way what NOT to do with their cherished ...