Needlecrafts Fabric category: 4727 books
Pants for Real People
Fit and Sew for Any Body
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This pattern book features step-by-step instructions on fitting and sewing pants for women of all body types using the twin techniques of tissue fitting and fabric fitting. Important sewing choices are highlighted, including choosing fabrics, selecting appropriate alteration tools, and finding styles...
by Vittoria Rosatto
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
This book deals with the lace industry, exploring its history in England, Europe, and in the United States. Lace is a decorative, open-work fabric formed by looping, interlacing, braiding or twisting threads of various fibres. Concentrating on the invention of mechanical production, this comprehensive...
Style, Stitch, Staple
Basic Upholstering Skills to Tackle Any Project
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Style, Stitch, Staple combines straightforward upholstery techniques with advice on choosing and styling fabrics to help the design-savvy reader transform even the most dilapidated furniture into gorgeous updated pieces. Packed full of fabric advice, yardage charts, upholstery tutorials, and case...
Mickey Lawler's SkyQuilts
12 Painting Techniques, Create Dynamic Landscape Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
With Mickey Lawler, the best selling author of Skydyes, even beginning artists can learn to paint stunning landscapes on quilting fabric. She demonstrates how to paint every nuanced texture found in nature, from cloudy skies to rosy sunsets, from blue water to green fields, and from stone walls to wood...
by Felicity Walker
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
One Easy Quilt Sampler… Twelve Basic Blocks You Can Use to Make Endless Quilts
This little book includes a complete pattern for a twelve-block sampler quilt, plus patterns and instructions for making for the twelve easy blocks that go into the sampler. You will also learn how to add sashing...
by Editors of D&C
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
From The Bag Making Bible by Lisa Lam
Half the fun of making this cheerful bag is choosing three fabrics that all look fabulous together. Once you have chosen the fabrics you’ll find this bag just kind of makes itself! The more you piece it together (like a colorful jigsaw) the more you’ll want...
Sew Your Own Activewear
Make a Unique Sportswear Wardrobe from Four Basic Sewing Blocks
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Make your own unique activewear sewing wardrobe that's perfect for your workout. Choose from 13 different styles including yoga pants, crops top and running leggings designed by activewear sewing expert, and marathon runner, Melissa Fehr.
Whether you're a runner, a cyclist or a gym bunny, or...
Custom Slipcovers Made Easy
Weekend Projects to Dress Up Your DTcor
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Easy Slipcovers? Absolutely!
Do you have the sewing skills, but aren't quite sure you can handle a full-blown slipcover project? Then Custom Slipcovers Made Easy is for you!
Author Elizabeth Dubicki walks you through the measuring, fitting and construction, step-by-step, to ensure you achieve...
by Carrie Merrell
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
130 quilt blocks that all use exactly the same amounts of fabric so it’s easy to mix and match. This book contains everything you need to make a near infinite variety of half square triangle quilts when you mix and match different blocks and different fabrics. The pattern includes...
by Anne Bronstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2012
A handkerchief (kerchief or hanky), is a folded square piece of fabric that can be carried in your pocket or purse. Generally used for personal hygiene, it can also be used as a fashion accessory by placing it decoratively in the breast pocket of a suit jacket. While you can still buy handkerchiefs...
Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers
12 Projects from Simple Squares - Choosing Fabrics & Organizing Your Stash
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Learn to rescue fabric leftovers with 12 colorful quilt patterns for scrap lovers. Judy Gauthier teaches you her indispensible system for cutting from "real," oddly shaped scraps, not just strips or precuts! Cut scraps into 3 1/2" 4 1/2", and 5 1/2" squares - a magical combination for all skill levels...
by Jodie Davis, Jayne Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
The latest addition to the multi-million-selling Pocket Posh series, this gorgeous, handy reference guide can be carried in bags, totes, or purses. An irresistible, eye-catching package of tips and tricks for seasoned sewers and novices, too, Pocket Posh Sewing Tips offers a gorgeous, on-the-go...
by Anne Bronstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Even though people have been sewing since Paleolithic times it can still be a little difficult to figure out how to use a thread and needle to join or mend fabric without some guidance. These instructions are geared towards the complete beginner wanting to do some basic sewing by hand.
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Sew It!
Make 17 Projects with Yummy Precut Fabric—Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, Charm Packs & Fat Quarters
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Get your budding quilter sewing with 16 easy and fun projects made mostly from precuts. With the time they'll save on cutting, they'll be able to get down to the business of creating right away. From an earphones pouch to a pillow to, of course, quilts, and even a sleepover set—Sew It! presents kids...