Needlecrafts category: 4727 books
Hat Shop
25 Projects to Sew, from Practical to Fascinating
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
A hat for every season, a hat for any reason. The latest installment in our popular Design Collective series features over 25 hats from contemporary designers all over the world, each hand-selected for their freshly sewn flair and skilled millinery work. Ladies and gents, boys and girls…a handmade...
Bundles of Fun
Quilts From Fat Quarters
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2006
Put your fat quarters to good use! Bundles of Fun features 12 stylish ways to use your fat quarter bundles. From baby quilts to bed quilts, these designs are quick, cute and perfectly coordinated! Cutting diagrams and quilt designs make the most each fat quarter, while the step-by-step instructions...
First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting
24 Projects for Fearless Stitching
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
• Just start stitching! Practice free-motion quilting with 24 easy-to-achieve projects
• You’ll make simple quilts, embellish kitchen towels and clothes, personalize a messenger bag, and so much more
• All projects are freehand and require no marking
Ready, set, sew! Learn...
by Nancy Zieman
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
The inspiring and encouraging tone of this book will make you feel like you've been quilting your entire life! From the nation's favorite sewing teacher comes tips and step-by-step instruction for getting started quilting, from selecting tools, to rotary cutting techniques and edge-jointed seaming, you get it all!
by Lisa Lam
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
The ultimate practical guide to sewing fabulous bags from expert Lisa Lam!
Detailed photographs illustrate every technique in this unique book, from choosing fabric to inserting fastenings
Expert tips, trade secrets and inspirational advice result in professional and beautiful results
A capsule wardrobe...
Sew What! Skirts
16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Blending expert advice with inspiring designs, Sew What! Skirts will delight both novice and veteran sewers alike. This spiral-bound book lays flat for easy reference and features full-color photographs of 16 sample skirts, with illustrated step-by-step instructions for completing each one. Encouraging...
I Love Patchwork
25 Irresistible Zakka Projects to Sew
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Sewing doesn't have to be complicated to achieve innovative results. Create sophisticated patchwork projects in the popular Japanese zakka style - the art of seeing the savvy in the ordinary - by combining linen and print fabrics using simple quilting techniques.
I Love Patchwork! offers a...
by May Martin
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Star of the Great British Sewing Bee and doyenne of the Women’s Institute, May Martin has been teaching sewing for over 40 years. Now for the first time she shares her tips and tricks, offering the ultimate beginners’ guide to sewing. Beautifully styled and simple-to-follow, this authoritative...
Quilting Modern
Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
From two pioneers of today's modern quilting movement, Quilting Modern teaches quilters how to use improvisational techniques to make graphic, contemporary quilts and quilted projects. Explore seven core techniques and multiple projects using each technique--all presented with detailed instructions....
Patchwork, Please!
Colorful Zakka Projects to Stitch and Give
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Get fresh inspiration with 19 quick and colorful projects!
In Patchwork, Please!, Stitch magazine contributor Ayumi Takahashi has created playful and practical patchwork projects for the home and the people who live in it. Sewing should be fun, and Ayumi Takahashi's patchwork projects embody that...
by Barbara Randle
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
Fans of crazy quilting will happily lose themselves in the exciting world of Barbara Randle's More Crazy Quilting with Attitude. In this follow-up to Randle's wildly popular Barbara Randle's Crazy Quilting with Attitude, quilters learn three trendy techniques for crazy quilting and embellishing, along...
Sew Fast Sew Easy
All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2002
Includes three ready-to-use patterns
Reinvent Sewing for the Twenty-first Century!
"Where did you get your skirt?"
Ever want to create your own designer-look fashions? Develop unique accessories or home decor? Even if you've never held a needle or used a sewing machine,...
Simply Silk
12 Creative Designs for Quilting and Sewing
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
This book uncovers the mystery of silk, and demonstrates techniques for bringing out its cooperative nature, and offers inspirational poetry, prose and spiritual expressions. As silk rapidly gains ground as a creative fabric choice. Simply Silk provides a unique approach to transforming this delicate...
Carefree Quilts
A Free-Style Twist on Classic Designs
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Author Joy-Lily helps readers to put the fun back into quilting. Inside, readers will experience a fresh approach to quilting with two simplified, carefree methods:"sew & flip" and "stack, slice & swap," where skills like matching seams and measuring are not important....