Needlecrafts Fabric category: 4727 books
Transparency Quilts
10 Modern Projects - Keys for Success in Fabric Selection - From the FunQuilts Studio
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
See colors in a new way. Master the illusion of transparency with ten quilt projects, each with instructions for three sizes - wall, lap, and bed. Design experts Ringle and Kerr show you how to select fabrics for striking, modern results. These quilts have sophisticated style with a soft, graphic look...
Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket
The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The well-tailored jacket, always in style, is one of the most challenging, popular, and satisfying sewing projects. Tailoring is the classic guide to the required techniques. Step-by-step instructions and close-up photographs help hobby sewers get professional results. Tailoring covers all three tailoring...
Doodle Quilting
Over 120 Continuous-Line Machine-Quilting Designs
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Cheryl Malkowsi makes it easy to free-motion quilt by mastering your doodling skills! In her beginner’s guide to continuous-line quilting designs, learn how to select the right shapes to get where you need to go; sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next. Squiggles, swirls, flowers,...
by Danielle Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This is a pattern for a reversible corset and a gored skirt. You can do the measurement and create it your self so it fits your size and body. It is for an average or better seamstress or home sewer. A fun project.
the corset has an inner and outer layer and stiffening between. It is not meant...
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
This vintage book explores the colourful history of quilt making in America, looking its origins, development and evolution, influences, popularity, contemporary techniques, and much more. Quilting can refer either to the process of creating a quilt or to the sewing of two or more layers of material...
by Marie Webster
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Quilting can refer either to the process of creating a quilt or to the sewing of two or more layers of material together to make a thicker padded material. Typical quilting is done with three layers: the top fabric or quilt top, batting or insulating material in the middle, and then the backing material....
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater
Essays on Crafting
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater is a memoir about life truths learned through crafting.
People who craft know things. They know how to transform piles of yarn into sweaters and scarves. They know that some items, like woolen bikini tops, are better left unknit. They know that making a hat...
How to Read a Dress
A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Dress is an authoritative...
Upcycling Old Clothes: Simple and Fun DIY Projects! Give Your Old Clothes New Purpose!
Fashion & Style
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
With how expensive clothes are getting it can be difficult (or even just annoying) to buy new clothes all the time. Especially if your family includes children because they seem to grow out of everything so quickly. Fortunately, there’s a way that you can counteract this. All you need to do is upcycle...
by Thomas von Nordheim
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Traditional tailoring is a fascinating craft, which has not changed for many centuries, however, the techniques are now known only by a few practising in the best couture ateliers and bespoke tailor's workrooms. Nothing feels quite so luxurious or sophisticated as bespoke clothes, but the tailoring...
Essays from the American Midwest
The Quilt Maker's Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
In this inaugural book series of Fiber Art Almanac: Essays from the American Midwest, ten regional and national stage quilt makers add their voice to the collective narrative about textiles in the Midwest today. Their quilt making is the visual paradigm through which they tell their stories. They...
Quilting To Soothe The Soul
Create Memories for Today, Tomorrow & Forever
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In Quilting to Soothe the Soul, you'll learn how quilters through the ages have turned to quilting and sewing to memorialize the significant moments of our lives: the births, marriages, anniversaries, and deaths of our friends and loved ones. Author Linda Carlson shows you how quilting helps relieve...
Indigo Quilts
30 Quilts from the Poos Collection - History of Indigo - 5 Projects
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The beauty of Indigo quilts is undeniable. Step inside the Poos Collection of quilts, one of the largest privately held collections in the world. Explore the origins of the fiber and fabric presented by two members of the American Quilt Study Group. Featuring stunning quilts circa 1750 to 1890, this...
The Basics of Corset Building
A Handbook for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Think of a corset as a blank canvas.
Linda Sparks' The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to building your first corset, including:
Section One: Tools and Materials for Corset Building
Discusses the tools you'll need, plus types of steel, plastic,...