“In Tatting: Contemporary Designs from a Traditional Craft”, Judith Connors has combined new approaches to tatting with traditional ones to create exciting new designs. This book concentrates on modern styles, while embracing traditional techniques, and will appeal to tatters of all ages. Judith takes you through the simple techniques of tatting, demonstrating with easy-to-follow instructions how to develop the skills to create wonderful tatted jewellery and other beautiful designs. Judith explains the basic techniques of tatting, including central mock ring, split ring, pearl tatting and needle tatting. Each design is illustrated in full colour and includes handy tatting tips to improve your tatting. The great variety of designs means there will be something to appeal to everyone. It features: easy-to-follow instructions; full colour illustrations throughout; handy tatting tips; traditional and modern techniques; and funky jewellery, which will appeal to younger women.
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Jeanette Lim - Big Little Felt Universe
Enter the big, beautiful universe of felting, with this irresistible collection featuring a very cute Asian-inspired aesthetic. Twelve 'sets' include more than 70 projects, from fruits and a felt knife for 'slicing' them to a show-stopping birthday cake with decorations and detachable candles. It includes hundreds of photos and full-size templates that make the crafting easy. With so much imagination-generating power, this book will appeal to everyone!
Linda Jones - Wire & Bead Celtic Jewelry
Linda Jones brings you antoher 35 fantastic step-by-step jewelry projects inspired by the ever popular motifs and art of the ancient Celts. Her beautiful twisted wire and bead designs will have you dashing to your bead box. Using only some beads, a spool of wire, and a few simple tools, you can begin right away as Linda tells you absolutely everything you need to know. The projects are set up like recipes with materials lists and step-by-step instructions so they are perfect for beginners, and her unique designs will inspire those already experienced in the craft, too. With chokers, brooches, delicate chains, rings, earrings, bangles, and more. "Wire & Bead Celtic Jewelry" offers something for everyone, so whether you want to make a piece as a unique gift or for yourself, Linda shows you how. *Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry has old over 40,000 copies worldwide. *Includes innovative and decorative jig pattern designs. *Projects include rings, bangles, kilt pins, charm bracelets, and necklaces. *Specially commissioned step-by-step photographs demonstrate exactly how to make each piece.
Helena Turvey - Blue & White Cross Stitch
“Each color chart is accompanied by clear instructions for unique finishing ideas such as a French coffee-press cozy and curtain tiebacks that feature designs adapted from Wedgewood and Spode china patterns....Photographs clearly show stitchers how to display clever renditions of the famous Willow pattern, Delftware, and Toiles de Jouy.”—Just Cross Stitch.
Jan Eaton - A Creative Guide To Knitted Lace
The basics—knitting, purling, following charted patterns, finishing off edges, storing completed works. The “pattern library” in back gives plenty of ideas for adding beautiful lace borders to towels, tablecloths, and more, and eyelet and textured patterns make spectacular sweaters.
Ismeretlen szerző - Make Me I'm Yours... Party
Create everything you need for a fabulous party on a budget with over 20 inspirational ideas.
Celebrate...
any occasion in style with a selection of beautiful handmade decorations, cards and gifts.
Treat...
yourself and your guests to delicious party cakes, cupcakes, cookies and other tempting goodies.
Adapt...
the designs to suit the theme of your party, from weddings and anniversaries to birthdays, Halloween and Christmas.
Ismeretlen szerző - The Great Felt Book
Felt is truly a wonderful medium for crafts. It's easy and fun to work with, comes in a wide array of beautiful colors, and can be used for an endless variety of projects.
The delightful projects in this book - ranging from a magnificent set of Nativity figures and animals to humorous beanbags - are all designed so that you need no special skills or experience. We use a few simple embroidery stitches here and there - and a lot of glue!
The projects make wonderful gifts and bazaar items, and are ideal for group work.
We hope you'll have fun with felt - and predict you'll become as addicted to working with it as we have.
- Jean Leinhauser
President, american School of Needlework, Inc.
Kerry Lord - Edward's Menagerie
Get ready to spend some time with a suave high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant who knows her way around a kitchen and a seriously chivalrous tiger...
With just two weeks to go before baby Edward's due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time and a new obsession began. Over the next 12 months the collection of crochet animals expanded week on week until Edward's Menagerie was complete with 40 unique patterns.
These cute animals with larger-than-life personalities are made using simple crochet techniques and the step-by-step instructions enable a complete beginner to get hooking straight away. Each animal also has a universal pattern where you can change your hook and yarn to create four different sizes, making 160 different possibilities.
Be warned that these unlikely characters made using a supersoft yarn in a sumptuous natural colour palette will become your new best friends as you hook your way through the whole menagerie!
Maria Diaz - Borders
Each title in the Cross Stitch Motif series contains dozens of themed borders, small and large images, and samplers to inspire an endless array of stitching projects. Easy-to-follow color charts and a color pattern key for each page make each book a useful addition to every design library.
A must for any cross-stitch pattern book collection, this sourcebook contains dozens of exciting border designs to inspire both experienced and novice stitchers. It is brimming with ideas that include strong geometric patterns, pretty florals, and fun, motif-based designs. There is a variety of sizes to adorn table cloths, towels, cushions, clothing, and any fabric or cross-stitch project.
Vikki Haffenden - Frederica Patmore - Knit step by step
This is the essential guide to creating beautiful hand-knitting. "Knit Step by Step" gives you the tools, techniques and stitch patterns you need to create beautiful and original knitted items. With more than 150 techniques and stitch patterns clearly photographed, pick up "Knit Step by Step" whenever you're looking for a new stitch to try or when you've got yourself in a knot. Plus 10 fun projects help you build on the skills you've learnt throughout the book. Whether you've just joined the knitting craze or are looking to hone your skills, "Knit Step by Step" has everything you need.
Bury Palliser - History of Lace
Ehhez a könyvhöz nincs fülszöveg, de ettől függetlenül még rukkolható/happolható.
Marty Noble - Incredible Insect Designs
Beetles, grasshoppers, dragonflies, bees, and other insects never looked so good! More than 30 fantastical designs transform common bugs into ornately decorated creatures. A delight to color, the intricate, full-page images feature complex floral backgrounds. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, "Incredible Insect Designs "and other Creative Haven(r) coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment.
Agnieszka Strycharska - Vintage Style Crochet Projects
This book contains 32 pretty vintage designs for the home and for your loved ones. With beautiful projects perfect for any skill level to choose from including garlands, potholders, blankets, clothing accessories and trims for pillows or towels there is something for everyone in this book.
Ismeretlen szerző - Crochet at Home
Get 25 small and quick crochet projects from top designers to add color and cheer to your home!
In Crochet at Home, editor Brett Bara and a team of crochet experts bring 25 exciting home projects to life. Explore a collection of practical, pretty pieces for your kitchen, living room, and bedroom: from a riotously colorful blanket, to a delicate bunting of crocheted snowflakes, to flower-inspired trivets that are anything but dull-and even a full-sized ottoman! Techniques such as felting, lace, and crocheting with wire will appeal to beginner and advanced crocheters alike.
Projects are made in affordable yarns, especially for large pieces and ones that take a beating, like kitchen accessories. Join Brett and her team of all-star crocheters in this cheerful, affordable, and occasionally humorous take on home decor in this new and approachable resource.
Emily Cier - Pixel Play
Pixelate your patchwork... one strip at a time
- Kids of all ages (and grown-ups too) will love these quilts for the crib, the bed, or just for snuggling
- Easy to strip and sew with handy cutting guides and Kona color charts
- Designs include a fish bowl, flower gardens, a treasure map, and even an aerial view of the town center
Kerby Rosanes - Imagimorphia
Following the international success of Animorphia, translated in over 30 languages, comes Imagimorphia, a strange and amazing colouring and doodling challenge from talented artist Kerby Rosanes. Kerby's unique and ground-breaking black-and-white-line style lends the book wide cross-over appeal and will attract fans of all ages. Animals and objects are formed from weird and wonderful things. The intricate compositions are filled with mind-boggling detail and there are objects hidden throughout the book to find.
Marilyn Green - Carole Cree - Creating Romantic Purses
If your passion is romance, add some to your life with flawlessly beautiful purses. Here are more than 40 patterns and instructions for elegant creations that can be worn night and day. Use luxuriant, flowering fabrics-a piece of delicate antique lace here, a square of lush velvet or shimmering silk there-and an array of pretty trims and embellishments to make unique accessories. You'll fall in love with the results.
Christina Rose - Dream Catcher
A beautiful and inspiring colouring book for all ages. Take a journey of discovery with the soul bird as it travels through a black and white world of intricate scenes and dreams. Appealing to all ages this gorgeous & inspiring colouring book reaches deeper and further than ever before. Beautifully detailed illustrations and motivational words encourage us to listen to the voice within ourselves and take your colouring journey into a new and thoughtful dimension.Each of the 50 individual drawings is specially printed on a single page with the reverse left blank so you can cut out and keep to create a picture perfect for framing or displaying.
Ismeretlen szerző - Supernatural: The Official Coloring Book
Based on WB’s hit show Supernatural, this deluxe coloring book features line art and patterns inspired by Dean, Sam, Castiel, and the monsters that they hunt.
The perfect gift for the aspiring hunter, this gorgeous coloring book is filled with detailed illustrations of the characters and creatures of Supernatural. From the rich black of the Winchesters’ car to the blood red of a devil’s trap, the world of Supernatural is yours to design and color. Featuring patterns inspired by Dean, Sam, Castiel, Crowley, and a host of angels, demons, and other creatures, these minutely detailed drawings offer hours of creative fun.
Ismeretlen szerző - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Magical Characters and Places Coloring Book
Explore Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in this intricately illustrated black & white gallery of characters and scenes from the film and designs used in its making, which is officially licensed by Warner Bros. Consumer Products.
From the bustling city streets and buildings of a vibrant 1926 New York, to Tina and Queenie’s apartment and the wonders of MACUSA, this book invites you to color your way through the adventure – even from inside Newt’s case! You will also find numerous props and artifacts inside, including wands, signs and symbols, and maybe even a fantastic beast…
Anita Marie Giddings - Sherry Stone Clifton - Oil Painting For Dummies
Nobody ever said that oil painting was easy. But it gets much easier and a lot more fun when you follow a step-by-step approach that starts you off on the right foot, helps you build your skills one at a time, and gives you plenty of exercises to develop your craft. That’s what you’ll find in Oil Painting For Dummies.
Completely free of arty jargon, this full-color guide has all the hands-on instruction you need to master the basics. You’ll see how to plan a painting, build an image in layers, mix colors, and create stunning compositions. You’ll also find everything you need to know about oil paints, solvents, and pigments; brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces; and how to keep costs down at the art supply store. Discover how to:
- Choose the right supplies
- Set up your studio and care for your equipment
- Handle your materials safely
- Develop your design and composition skills
- Make practice sketches and studies
- Use broken stroke, dry brush, glazing, scraffito and other brush strokes
- Try out different compositions
- Mix any color you want
- Simplify tricky still-life subjects
- Paint landscapes and common objects out doors
- Paint portraits and the human form
Complete with handy color chart, basic materials list, and a very useful viewing square, Oil Painting For Dummies is the fun and easy way to discover your inner artist!