Needlecrafts Fabric category: 4727 books

This book is a beginner's guide to nine (9) basic hand sewing and embroidery stitches.Hand sewing, by definition, is any type of sewing that is executed using a needle and thread. This can be joining two pieces of fabric, embroidering designs, sewing buttons onto garments and stitching hems.Embroidery,...

Expert teacher and quilt designer Pat Sloan guides you through each and every step as you make your first quilt. Pat's easy-to-follow instructions and more than 140 clear how-to photos make it fun to start, stitch, and finish nine classic blocks and nine simple quilt projects--even if you're an absolute...

Ann Loveless shares her time-tested method for creating one-of-a-kind art quilts based on your favorite landscape photographs. With step-by-step instructions, she shows you her free-form method of cutting and placing fabrics on fusible web and finishing with free-motion machine quilting.

Travel to an exotic land with timeless designs inspired by Turkish Iznik tiles from the Ottoman Empire. Bursting with flora and organic symmetry, the book's exquisite fusible appliqué projects will take your breath away. Your journey begins with the basics—choosing the right fabric, thread, and...

A big block quilt is made with fewer, but larger blocks to make your quilt fast and let more of the fabric shine through. This pattern uses 4 - 40 inch square Providence blocks. The Providence block uses squares, half square triangles and quarter square triangles for which detailed instructions are included as well as instructions to finish your quilt all the way through to the binding.

The technique of Embossed Crochet creates a textured fabric where the beauty of knitted cable leaves have been translated to crochet. This book includes 10 fashion designs such as a scarf, cowl, vest, handbags, blankets and hat, made using light- and worsted-weight yarns. Written instructions as well...

Alex teaches every quilter how to make stunning star quilts by applying technical excellence to exciting fabric combinations. Using Alex's student-tested shortcuts, you can achieve dynamic results with a few simple guidelines. Alex begins your star journey by showing each pattern in order of difficulty, from beginner to advanced.

Crocheting, which is the age-old craft of hooking yarn through a loop in different ways to form patterns and fabric is so simple to do, once you have grasped the concept. Watching someone crocheting can look extremely complicated if you have no clue what they are actually doing.Sadly this craft is...

A brand-new technique for creating completely reversible knits. Readers will discover a new type of color knitting that produces a fully reversible fabric with mirrored or completely different sides. Worked by knitting two yarns at the same time, Twigg stitch allows the knitter to create two...

This book contains the fruits of centuries of experience and invention in knitting and is quite possibly the best single manual of knitting patterns ever written. Turning its pages, you will see the patterns grow from simple to more elaborate. You will find this to be the best arrangement for instructional...

Crazy patchwork is a fascinating craft. Take your patchwork designs to a whole new level by embellishing every patch with your favorite embroidery stitches, and adding ribbons, braids, buttons and beads for more detail. The beautiful squares of fabric you create can be used to make quilts, cushion...

Explore the patchwork style and scrappy flair of 58 history-rich quilts inspired by patterns and fabrics from the 1800s. Showcase the traditional color combinations of reproduction fabrics and popular Civil War-era blocks that quilters love in patterns for mini-quilts, lap quilts, and large bed-size...

Practical advice and step-by-step instructions for window dressing. Suitable for both beginners and experienced curtain-makersStunning designs and inspiration for every room in your home Making curtains needn't be left to the professionals - with Easy to Make! Curtains and Blinds you, too, can create...

Eddie the Elephant is a gentle giant. He has big flapping ears to hear even the tiniest of sounds, but that doesn’t stop him from getting scared. The naughty little mice always try to make him jump, and when an elephant jumps, everyone knows! Eddie’s ears and feet are lined with pretty scraps...