Alabama Studio Style: More Projects, Recipes, & Stories Celebrating Sustainable Fashion & Living by Robert Rausch $35.00
In Alabama Studio Style, Natalie Chanin, founder and creative director of the acclaimed fashion and lifestyle company Alabama Chanin, takes readers on a compelling journey of creativity, technique, and inspiration. Picking up where the celebrated Alabama Stitch Book left off, Alabama Studio Style is a craft and lifestyle book all in one. Here Chanin shares many more of her stitching,...
Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens by Thayer Allyson Gowdy $27.50
It’s the natural inconsistencies—the accidental differences between one finished piece and another—that make hand-printed fabrics, papers, furniture, and works of art so interesting. The quirks are what show the maker’s intimate involvement in the process, and it’s that unique quality that first attracted textile designer and illustrator Lena Corwin to hand-printing. Even though...
Beaded Allure: Beadweaving Patterns for 25 Romantic Projects by North Light Books $24.99
Fall in love with beadingAdd a romantic twist to your creative time with Beaded Allure. Inside you’ll find projects and techniques to give your beadweaving the soft and romantic aesthetic you’ve always dreamed of. Author Kelly Weise will lead you through the ins and out of variety of stitches, and you’ll learn to use those stitches in 25 stepped-out projects. 10 beadweaving stitches and...
Laura McCabe's Embellished Beadweaving: Jewelry Lavished with Fringe, Fronds, Lacework & More (Lark Books Beadweaving Master Class) by Lark Books $24.95
Laura McCabe creates elaborate beaded embellishments which she combines into stunning jewelry. These graceful forms are also ideal for embellishing garments or fiber artworks. Her definitive guide to weaving and embroidering with beads is the third volume in the bestselling Beadweaving Master Class series. Combining traditional techniques with modern materials, and showcasing a wide variety of...
Inspired Wire: Learn to Twist, Jig, Bend, Hammer, and Wrap for the Prettiest Jewelry Ever by Kalmbach $21.95
Be a live wire at the next party--with stunning wire jewelry * More than twenty beautiful projects * Comprehensive basics section with how-to photos * Earrings, necklaces, and bracelets; all presented in skill-building progression Wire jewelry can look complicated...but Inspired Wire makes it easy to create wonderful hand-formed precious metal and gemstone pieces. More than twenty beautiful...
It's a Wrap: Sewing Fabric Purses, Baskets, And Bowls by That Patchwork Place $19.95
Wind, wrap, and sew fabric strips into fantastic containers! Start with a plate shape to learn the technique. Then experiment with four basic container styles to create round, oval, square, and other shapes. • Create purses, baskets, and bowls in an endless variety of sizes, shapes, and colors • Simply wrap fabric strips around cotton clothesline, coil into the desired shape, and secure...
Kanzashi in Bloom: 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give by Watson-Guptill $21.95
Kanzashi tsumami is the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. In the United States, the online craft culture has sprouted a renewed interest in making Kanzashi with American crafters devising simplified ways to create these gorgeous fabric flowers and incorporating more user-friendly materials like cotton and synthetic fabrics along with the...
Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas by Potter Craft $21.99
A photo, an idea, and simple crafting skills are all you need to transform your pictures into useful, fun, giftable art. With clear DIY instructions, Photojojo! by Amit Gupta and Kelly Jensen shows you how to turn your forgotten photos into ingenious photo projects. Do you have lots of pics of friends and family you want to show off? Make a sleek, stylish photo display rail so you can change...
Amulets and Talismans: Simple Techniques for Creating Meaningful Jewelry by North Light Books $24.99
This in-depth guide is almost like getting two books in one. Not only will you receive the guidance and insight to create jewelry that is embedded with personal meaning, but Amulets and Talismans also features extensive instruction on a wide variety of cold-connection techniques that can be applied to any style of jewelry making. Incorporate found objects, personal mementos and more into...
The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor: More than 100 Inventive Projects for Cool Homes like Yours by Auxy Espinoza $22.50
You have a problem. Your current home “décor” is ugly, shabby, and boring, but you can’t afford lots of new stuff. Or maybe your house is filled with tired old junk that you just can’t bear to throw away. Or maybe you bought all your furniture at a big box store, but it irritates you that it all looks like you bought it there. You have a solution—or, rather, a whole houseful of...