Needlecrafts Fabric category: 4727 books
by Mabel Van Niekerk
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
The simple task of sewing on a button does seem to confuse many people. Sewing hems and installing zippers and darning are all looked upon as difficult tasks. In fact they are simple to do once you get the hang of it. Here are a few tips to make the tasks easier and more enjoyable.
A Journey With Sibbel
An 18th Century Orphan's Study of Needlework
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Authors Susan Greening Davis and Sally Criswell found Sibbel's sampler in Belgium, fell in love with it and brought it to America. Through their research, they have opened a window for us to see what life for Sibbel was like growing up in the 1700s, learning needlework techniques and coming to love stitching.Within...
by Kiely J. Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Among The Most Exclusive eBooks On Hobbies and Crafts, This Book Gives You A Variety of Entertainment Such As Christmas Craft Ideas, Kid Craft Ideas, Hobbies For Men and Stamp Collecting Just To Name A Few
Embroidery pour la Maison
100 French Designs for the Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
In Embroidery pour la Maison, a delightful little craft book from French artist Sylvie Blondeau, you'll find more than 100 adorable ways to personalize and decorate everyday items in your home.
Part of a new series of embroidery books and featuring more 100 projects and twenty-one different...
Crochet Taxidermy
30 Quirky Animal Projects, from Mouse to Moose
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Crochet Taxidermy puts a new twist on amigurumi, the popular Japanese method of creating considerably cute stuffed animals with oversized heads. In this delightful collection, heads of animals from farm and forest, sea and safari come to life with irresistible details like the drowsy eye (for the...
by Venice Kichura
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
“Painting with Thread” is an article, containing more than 5,000 words, that provides useful tips and information on using embroidery to create realistic needle art in subjects such as birds and flowers. It describes materials, stitches, design transfer methods and other ideas in thread painting....
Make Ink
A Forager's Guide to Natural Inkmaking
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
The Toronto Ink Company was founded in 2014 by designer and artist Jason Logan as a citizen science experiment to make eco-friendly, urban ink from street-harvested pigments. In Make Ink, Logan delves into the history of inkmaking and the science of distilling pigment from the natural world. Readers...
by Ruby S. McKim
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
This is one of the finest of all the available books on the making of patchwork quilts. The author is recognized as having been one of our country's leading authorities on this venerable art, and in this book she divulges many a secret that will assist you in making quilts of the highest quality.
The...
Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns
A Complete Lady's Wardrobe
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Imported custom-made clothes were usually beyond the financial reach of the average middle-class American woman of a century ago; and store-bought garments were often of inferior quality. This left many women with the options of making their own clothes or hiring a seamstress.While a number of economy-minded...
The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques
Multicolor Yarns, Plain and Textured Stripes, Entrelac and Double Knitting, Stranding and Intarsia, Mosaic and Shadow Knitting, 150 Color Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Imagine a softly striped crib blanket knit in the comforting colors of the nursery. Or a sophisticated cashmere wrap featuring rich jewel tones that set off a favorite black dress. Knitting teacher and author Margaret Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference...
Small Loom & Freeform Weaving: Five Ways to Weave
Five Ways to Weave
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
30 projects for home decor and fashion accents Yarn arts and felting are two of today's most popular crafts, and popularity for weaving, a natural extension of those crafts, is growing. Small hand-held looms and tabletop looms are now available at yarn shops and hobby/craft stores, and readers of...
Weaving Made Easy
17 Projects Using a Simple Loom
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
The weaving expert and author of Handwoven Home crafts a beginner’s guide that’s “destined to become a classic reference book . . . stellar!” (Blisstree.com).
*Weaving Made Easy *is the beginning weavers’ ultimate guide to making fun, simple, and functional weaving projects from start...
New Tatting
Modern Lace Motifs and Projects
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
A beautiful and detailed introduction to tatting!
With the growing interest in lace, New Tatting is a fantastic book for getting started in the craft. Tatting is a means of creating lace by looping threads together using tiny shuttles and your fingers (with occasional help from a crochet hook). It...
Respect the Spindle
Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Portable and productive, the hand spindle has been responsible for creating the world's yarn for millennia. In Respect the Spindle, veteran spinner and spindle aficionado Abby Franquemont teaches spinners old and new how to create incredible yarn with this amazing, yet simple tool.
Many contemporary...