This title lets you turn off the tech and turn on the imagination with these engaging handmade toys. You can create artistic handmade toys to delight your little ones.
From a charming tea party and delicious ice cream shop to an adventuresome tepee, the fun-worthy projects in this book will ignite your child's imagination and provide hours of open-ended play. The 10 projects include over 75 patterns. Simple enough to make in a day, each pattern uses readily available store-bought materials and comes with full-colour photographs and step-by-step instructions.

Bibilla Knotted Lace Flowers brings to a modern audience a form of lace that is believed to have originated in antiquity and that has been practised in many countries of the eastern Mediterranean. Knotted lace has all but died out in most places, but it is still made in modern-day Turkey and used to adorn headscarves and other items of clothing. This book was inspired by her desire to create new designs in knotted lace, and is the result of countless hours of experimentation. She has modified the traditional techniques to make her flowers as realistic as possible. Patterns for several flowers commonly found in Australian gardens, and a number of Australian natives, are the result of her work. Elena's detailed step-by-step illustrated instructions for each flower will ensure success for any lacemaker, beginner or expert.

Pia Deges has used a rainbow of colours to create this fun collection of 40 unique Christmas projects. From tree decorations and games to pretty gifts and delicious cookies, the projects cover a wide range of different crafts. Whether felted, baked, sewn or stuck, there is something for everyone! It caters for all skill levels and ages and utilises all the 'staple' craft apparatus so you won't need any extra special materials to complete the projects. There are also craft ideas for New Year's Eve with instructions for party hats and confetti. So if you're planning a homemade Christmas full of crafty creations this book is full of great ideas and inspiration for the whole family.

Create 23 small circles with pearls, beads and wire and other materials. Each project is shown with pictures step by step and clear instructions. Variations of each model encourages to imagine all kinds of ways to create a unique little creation.

The Needlecraft Style Directory is a comprehensive and accessible guide to stitch craft, for crafters of all levels. The book reveals exactly what each type of needlecraft involves, the basic stitches needed and the common characteristics of each stitch, allowing the reader to select the best technique for their designs.
Divided into two main sections, the first part of the book explores an extensive variety of needlecraft styles, covering everything from candlewicking to crewel, sashiko quilting to smocking and needlepoint to needle felting. Galleries of finished pieces provide inspiration and ideas for creative new projects. Outlining the basic technique, tools, materials, and common applications, each entry also highlights the most common stitches used for each style, while cross referencing these stitches in section two.
Guaranteed to prove useful to all crafters, the second part of the book is organized as a stitch directory, complete with easy to follow diagrams that show readers how to work each individual stitch required for their chosen needlecraft style, as well as featuring overviews that present the stitches worked in various styles on finished pieces. An extensive glossary concludes the book, clarifying and demystifying a wide range of terms that can often prove confusing to even the most experienced of needlecrafters.
The Needlecraft Style Directory is the ultimate reference for embroiderers, sewers, quilters and needlecraft enthusiasts of all levels.

Learn how to create stunning quilts using Lynne Edwards' innovative applique technique. Choose from 8 full-sized quilt patterns and four small, coordinating projects including a cushion, peg bag and table runner. World renowned quilting expert Lynne Edwards has devised a quick and clever way to create appliqued quilts designs using fusible web but without making the quilts stiff and calls it the Stick-and-Stitch Technique. Includes comprehensive instructions for working blanket stitch by hand and machine, as well as instructions for general quilt making including assembling the quilt blocks, making a quilt sandwich, borders, binding and quilting techniques.

Give your favourite boots a fresh twist with a great new fashion: boot toppers.
Monica Russel presents an appealing range of boot toppers for you to choose from.
Stylish and practical, this book contains patterns for twenty great pairs of cuffs, covers and hugs in a variety of styles for your boots. The book contains variations, and all the information you need on materials and terminology. It's a great way to make gifts for your friends, and they're so simple, even knitting newcomers can have a go!

Fascinators, headbands and hair clips of every shape and size dominate the high street and this collection of eye catching projects shows you how to make and create your own unique quirky and colourful hair accessories.
The projects are made using a range of needlecraft techniques including sewing, embroidery, knitting and crochet. Headbands and hair clips are embellished with embroidery stitches, buttons and beads for a totally original look that you can't buy on the high street.
Easy to follow instructions make these projects quick and easy to complete. Create unique gifts for friends and family with these origina design ideas for all kinds of hair accessories.
Get ready to turn heads with these fun and fabulous fascinators!

Jane Halliwell Green brings floral patterns to life in her book Rugs in Bloom: Shading Flowers in Hooked Rugs. Covering both traditional and contemporary hooking techniques, Rugs in Bloom features clear, concise directions on how to paint flowers with wool.
The book is filled with plenty of visual aids including beautiful botanical drawings by the author and easy-to-follow shaded diagrams that illustrate the values in flowers to guide your hooking. Jane covers a wide range of techniques to apply to any rug hooker, including techniques for both finely shaded and primitive floral rugs. Also included is the author's signature dye recipes as well as a free pull-out pattern for rug hookers to practice their newly learned skills.

This charming English Cottage, beautifully decorated with a garden of stitches, opens to reveal 12 gorgeous accessories and includes storage for all your notions.
The Home Sweet Home work box has become a treasured heirloom and valuable accompaniment for every stitching project. Home Sweet Home has captured the imagination of stitchers the world over and features detailed instructions for the embroidery and construction of the workbox and each of the nine accessories, as well as over 100 step-by-step photographs.

Create beautiful items for you and your home using the delightful projects in this book. There are 23 to choose from, including bags, notebooks, pin cushions, pillows, placemats and a handy holder for pens and pencils, all designed and lovingly made by the author, Anne-Pia Godske Rasmussen. Her fresh, contemporary designs and distinctive use of colour have a strong Scandinavian feel, and her techniques are clearly and simply explained through the use of step-by-step instructions, beautifully hand-drawn diagrams and gorgeous photographs. Drawing on traditional patchwork and quilting methods, all the basic techniques, tools and equipment you need are explained fully at the beginning of the book, and there are full-size templates at the back of the book for all those projects that require them.

Novelty crocheters will love this collection of beautiful and realistic flowers to crochet. Jan Ollis has designed twenty different flowers, and each one is accompanied by an alternative in a different colour scheme. Full crochet instructions are given for each flower, together with lists of the materials and equipment needed. Each design is simply photographed so that you can see the design clearly, and is also shown in a sumptuous styled photograph, showing the beautiful possibilities of the finished pieces, including brooches, and embellishments on hats, bags, sweaters, place mats, cushions, scarves and even shoes.

Whatever is your level of experience with pearls, you will certainly find the perfect project in this book with step by step explanations. These miniature projects range from the most basic to the most elaborate.

In this fun addition to the successful Twenty to Make series, Kate Haxell shows how to make twenty gorgeous flower designs in a range of stunning fabrics and finishes. Perfect sewing projects to adorn the home, clothes and accessories, these flower designs are also fabulous for parties or weddings, or simply displayed in a vase. The projects can be made into corsages and brooches, sewn on to bags, cushions, scarves and cardigans, or glued to Alice bands and shoes. Full sewing patterns/templates are included, as are full instructions for each flower project.

Despite its long history as a leading textile design house and retailer, Liberty has yet to produce its own inspirational book of home sewing. That is set to change. This sumptuous book has been created to showcase Liberty Art Fabrics, to inspire the reader with their versatility and to provide irresistible original designs for the home. Divided into three chapters Essential, Organisation and Luxury this book contains projects ranging from practical fold-up shopping bags to elegant cushions, through handy display boards and slipcovers to indulgent kimonos, beanbags and throws. Variations are included for many projects so the core collection is in fact an inexhaustible resource of ideas. This book offers the opportunity to add an element of Liberty style using as much or as little Liberty fabric as you choose. While respecting the essential timelessness of the Liberty brand, the projects present a modern way of using the prints for a contemporary take on home furnishings. They include both core items as well as more special designs but they are all characterised by the imaginative use of fabric with often unexpected combinations of colour and pattern. The projects in this book all showcase Liberty fabrics to maximum effect.

Use them to decorate your clothes and accessories, to give as gifts – or to decorate your gift wrap and greetings cards – and to collect as a creative display piece.
These entrancing little beasts are thoughtfully displayed in a directory at the front of the book. Choose from winged insects and flying fancies, hanging horrors, cute ladybugs and perfect honeybees, tropical terrors and backyard favourites. Each critter is cross-referenced to a complete pattern and/or chart at the back of the book, with information on stuffing, finishing and yarn requirements: plus helpful hints on creating iridescence and translucent wings. You'll also find a mixture of fun and fabulous ideas for using the creatures in a range of styles and settings: children's designs, quirky homewares, and elegant fashion accessories.

Parchment craft involves using parchment paper; a strong and flexible translucent paper. The techniques used include tracing from a design, embossing (raising) the pattern, perforating, cutting, painting and creative art stamping. This book features over 15 beautiful designs including greetings and celebration cards, decorated envelopes, splendid wall decorations, colourful bookmarks, lampshades and cut-out cards. Clear, step-by-step instructions and patterns accompany every project plus all the basic techniques and equipment are explained in full at the beginning of the book. The projects are perfect for both newcomers to the hobby and those already addicted to this compelling craft. To help beginners, the book is divided into different projects, each one teaching a new technique enabling the reader to build up a repertoire of skills. For the more experienced, this book is a source of new patterns and ideas.
A comprehensive list of suppliers and stockists of materials is included to help with sourcing equipment.

There are many ways to appliqué fabrics together and an enormous range of decorative possibilities to choose from. This workbook can be used as a starting point for instruction and inspiration and finally as a guide to adapt ideas to create your own wonderful appliqué projects. There is a wealth of information here that will guide the novice through to the advanced with wonderful photographs, easy step-by-step instructions, and finally a gallery of appliquéd quilts that will delight and inspire.
Wonderful appliqué projects
Complete learning package ideas, techniques, product information, step-by-step instructions, photographs
For beginner to advanced levels of expertise in appliqué
Award-winning author, Eileen Campbell, is highly regarded throughout the world with her appliqué and quilting

Aimed at anyone who has ever wanted to create their own garment from scratch or just fix a hem. Covers machine and hand sewing techniques.
All techniques are meticulously demonstrated with step-by-step photographs to achieve a professional outcome. Readers are encouraged to develop their own creativity with plenty of hints and tips used by professional sewers.

The traditional Pennsylvania Dutch folk practice of painting colorful, round geometric designs directly on barns was adapted to a detached disk format in the mid-twentieth century. Ivan E. Hoyt is one of the most celebrated artisans of hex sign painting, and in this detailed how-to book he shares his knowledge, providing information on tools, step-by-step instructions and photographs, design ideas, and painting tips. Projects include rosette, star, tulip, maple, and oak designs.

Among the many flowers in this book are: nénuphar, clematis, tulip, fuchsia, daffodil, blueberry, iris, snow drop, rose, peony, orchid and columbine. Numerous colour diagrams explain the technique. At the end of the book, many photos of projects give ideas to inspire your own creation.

Punchneedle Creations is an inspiring book for anyone who loves embroidery. This book leads the embroiderer into a wonderland of stunning punchneedle embroidery. All of the basic and many exciting new techniques are fully explained through clear step-by-step instructions, diagrams and pages of coloured photographs. There are over twenty inspirational and delightful projects to work. Pamela's confident and easy style demonstrates to the beginner and the more advanced embroiderer not only how to clearly understand the fundamentals but also encourages and inspires them to 'push the boundaries' with their punchneedle embroidery.

Within this fabulous book you will learn the beautiful art of bead embroidery! You will explore a variety of techniques including smocking, pin tucking, beading, couching and piping! Clear instructions and nearly 200 step-by-step photographs will help you create 17 gorgeous projects, designed by some of the world's best respected needlewomen, such as Susan O'Connor, Christine Bishop, Julie Graue, Liz Vickery, Carolyn Pearce and Anna Scott. From a simple but versatile flower design to dazzling evening bags, these projects will inspire and delight all who love embroidery. Find out how to embellish a cardigan with sophisticated beading designed by Karen Torrisi, beader to the stars. Enhance your tree with Carolyn Pearce's exquisite Christmas decorations or delight a bride with helen Eriksson's romantic bridal accessories.

Celebrated designer Amy Butler brings her fresh, modern style to the timeless craft of sewing. In this lavishly illustrated collection of patterns, she presents more than 25 charming projects ranging from cushy floor cushions to smart aprons to stylish handbags. Our innovative packaging makes for easy usepattern sheets are neatly tucked into a folder on the inside cover of this full-color, lay-flat spiralbound book. Lush photographs inspire, while how-to illustrations and straightforward text (minus the confusing sewing lingo) make it a cinch to achieve beautifully finished projects. In addition, Amy offers thoughtful tips on finding and treating new or vintage fabrics, an easy-to-navigate techniques section, and a glossary and resource guide at back. Whether it's chic placemats and napkins for the kitchen, a luxurious kimono-style robe for the bath, or handy organizer baskets for the home office Amy Butler's In Stitches makes it easy to create beautiful accessories for every room and every mood.

From Aran knitting to Fair Isle, from Entrelac to Intarsia, this book will tell you almost everything there is to know about this beautiful and practical craft.
Starting with the basics, we teach you about the different types of tools and the wonderful array of yarns that are available today. We give you easy to follow step-by-step instructions for various ways to hold the yarn and needles, cast on and cast off, work basic stitches, increase and decrease, make buttonholes, knit bands, read and adapt patterns, finish off, fix mistakes and care for your knitted garments. And then there's more ... learn about knitting in the round, loop knitting, Shaker knitting, slanted knitting, lace knitting, and much more. Be inspired to embellish your knitting with surface embroidery, Swiss darning, smocking, beads and sequins.

A learn-by-doing guide to the most-prized hand embroidery techniques explains the four basic stitches, with projects to match. The Silk Shading stitch features a Landscape, Iris, Dog Portrait, and Tree Bark. Crewel Work offers you a Jacobean Leaf Sampler, Fish Sampler, and Abstract Window. Blackwork provides four dark-bordered nature and geometric designs, and Goldwork projects include an art nouveau pattern and an elegant purse. Along with the photos of each step of the technique, you'll find photographs of museum exhibits featuring the world's great embroidery, ancient and contemporary, including a coat of arms, floral patterns, angels, and a queen's crown.

This book is the first edition. This easy to use book takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the wonderful world of canvaswork, with plenty to enhance the stitch repertoire of those already captivated by this versatile form of embroidery. The book encompasses 65 stitches, including the most popular and commonly known, cross stitch and tent stitch, with easy to follow instructions and over 1200 step-by-step photographs. Up-to-date information about fabrics, threads and tools along with dozens of helpful hints makes A-Z of Needlepoint a must have addition to any embroiderer's library.

Patricia Wing shows how to create exquisite cards using beads, thread, gems and lace combined with pricking and embossing techniques. Learn how to glue on beads or sew them into pricked designs, create gem flowers, cut out and dye lace, and how to use punched shapes, parchment and embossed patterns to decorage cards. Complete beginners and experienced crafters will be inspired by Patricia's subtle, delicately beautiful cards.

Pat uses exciting contemporary fabrics and glorious colors while maintaining the gracefulness and charm of this classic needlework style, also known as "crewel work." Presenting 28 unique appliqué designs, adapted from the Jacobean embroidery style, to embellish quilts, clothing, and home decor items. Enjoy these exquisite needlework designs of sweeping branches, graceful leaves, swirling vines, and exotic flowers. Includes 10 quilt projects and instructions for Pat's own appliqué method. The book offers help with choosing appropriate fabrics, as well as strategies for achieving beautiful color and contrast in appliqué work.

Have fun with felt! Here are 30 quick and easy projects made from one of the most inexpensive, readily available, and versatile materials around. In less than two hours, create fantastic, colourful items for yourself or to give as gifts. Encourage sweet dreams with moon and star shaped pillows. Welcome autumn with a group of festive 3-D pumpkins, and warm up the winter with a cheerful stuffed snowman. Make beaded ornaments, an address book, colorful party hats, table linens, home accessories, gift bags, baby blocks, a hopscotch board, and more.

The glowing yellow of goldenrod, the warm brown of walnut shells, the pale green of birch leaves ... all the colours of nature delight the eye. To create an infinite variety of beautiful natural colours on wool, silk, cotton and other yarns and materials you can use a host of flowers, leaves, barks and roots, from dahlias and safflower to onion skins and turmeric. Expert dyer Jenny Dean shows you how to dye at home using simple equipment. There is helpful advice on the mordanting process that will fix the colour, and guidance on light-fastness, plus instructions on how to use traditional dyestuffs such as woad, indigo, weld and madder. For the true enthusiast, there is a chapter on growing one's own dye plants, but even the first-time dyer will be captivated by the rich effects obtainable in the world of natural colour.

Rich on history and technique, this definitive work by two leading beadworkers offers the first comprehensive look at the vast opportunities for self-expression with bead embroidery. Fabrics of all kinds - woven, non-woven, patterned, and plain, come together with beads of all kinds - seed, bugle, art, and novelty. The result is 10 stunning projects that both instruct and inspire. Four basic foundation stitches and their variations are illustrated in careful detail, and useful tricks of the trade abound for developing pattern and image. A colorful gallery of work by contemporary bead artists offers numerous ideas to inspire your own creations.

Whether as pastime or obsession, needle crafts are enjoyed by millions, and this ultimate guide presents all the tools of the trade. Small, spiral-bound, and sturdy, it fits in a pocket or a needlework bag and stands up on its own for the freedom of busy hands. Within its compact pages, this handbook contains detailed information on everything from picking the proper supplies to fixing the worst mistakes. Techniques include nine separate methods of starting a thread, five ways to end one, six varieties of embroidery, and 16 kinds of stitches. Also included are instructions on embellishing and directions for blocking and finishing.

In this book you will find 100 beautiful flowers coming to life under your needle and thread. The designs are beautiful and come with easy-to-follow instructions with over 120 colour photographs to follow step by step.

10 original fruit designs, with diagramms, color reference and beautiful photos provide all the information you need

9 original designs, with instructions for cross stitch or canvas material.

Create your own heirloom crazy quilts with help from world-famous expert Judith Baker Montano! This classic guide has been updated in full color. New projects, new photography, and up-to-the-minute techniques make the process more user-friendly than ever.
3 new designs for a total of 10 beautiful projects to get you started, including wallhangings, jewelry, and an evening bag
Judith walks you through the process of putting together a crazy quilt using her unique center piece method, showing you how to choose fabrics and lay the foundation, to adding decorative details and solving problems
Detailed instructions for traditional embroidery stitches, beading, lace, fabric painting, and other creative embellishments
Features historical notes on crazy quilting, an illustrated stitch dictionary, and exciting crazy quilting embellishments