Deals with patchwork, quilting and applique techniques. Suitable for both the beginners as well as the committed quilters, this book features over 15 projects including cot quilts, bed quilts, lap quilts, bags, cushions, wall hangings, table mats and runners, and other projects for the home.

Sewing is the new shopping. In these cash-strapped times itâ?TMs more fun to get together with friends and stitch something handmade and special, whether for yourself or a friend, than to go out and spend that hard-earned money â?" plus to be given a gift that someone has created and spent time making is always heart-warming. Following the huge success of last yearâ?TMs MAKE!, Cath Kidston has now put together a treasure trove of fabulous simple projects for stitchers to get their needles into â?" bags, clothes, soft toys and many more â?" and all designed to be made with her popular printed fabrics. As an inspirational kick-start, Cath is giving away with the book a length of a unique fabric specially printed for the book, together with handles, a label and button to make up into a bag. The book itself is packed with 48 projects with full instructions to make a range of fun and useful things, divided into sections on Home, Babies, Bags, Clothes, Accessories and Gifts. All the sewing techniques are clearly explained in an introductory section so that even an absolute beginner can be sure of success, together with details of how to embroider, appliqué and adorn your items in other ways. Stunning photographs, colourful contemporary design and step-by-step pictures make everything absolutely clear and user-friendly. The book also contains trace paper with cut-out patterns.

Shows how to make cute and funny sugar animals for cake decorating using sugarpaste and a few simple tools and techniques. This title helps to learn about the simple shapes that are the basis for all the animals, and the few basic tools that are needed.

Offers a way to use up scraps of yarn or practice using novelty yarns to decorate clothing, hats, bags and belts, embellish home accessories, or make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece. This work allows you to choose from simple spiral roses, pretty poppies, elaborate layered blooms, and fabulous felted flowers.

From the simplest tacking stitch through to making your own bias binding, this book is the essential companion to your sewing machine. The chapters build into a complete sewing course, and at the end of each chapter is a simple project to consolidate the skills you have just mastered. Also includes full-size pull-out paper pattern section.

Choose from 200 beautiful block designs and learn different ways of joining them to make blankets and throws that are both functional and decorative. From Art Deco geometric patterns to traditional chequer-board stripes and elaborate motifs, discover new ways to combine colour, pattern and texture. Crochet is one of the oldest and most fascinating ways of creating a fabric out of yarn. Find out how to create wonderful and unique afghans, wall hangings and accessories in a kaleidoscope of colourful contemporary and traditional designs. All stitches and techniques are clearly explained with step-by-step illustrations, from working in rows and in the round to joining blocks and making figures. At-a-glance symbols denote the methods used and level of difficulty, so both new and experienced crafters can easily create a crochet masterpiece.

Lets you learn to look properly and get the basic outlines correct; include the key features but simplify what you see; understand how shading (such as dot stipple or cross-hatching) can transform a sketch; and, get the eye level right and see how a grid helps with the composition.

Lavishly presented in a very portable format, these astonishing creations include popular flowers such as roses, lilies, gerbera and orchids. Simple steps explain how to make each of the illustrated flowers, and an image of the unassembled constituent parts helps to make each project clear and simple. Instructions are also give to make foliage and decorative butterflies to complement the flowers. Lifelike flowers and foliage are yours to make with this great book from Lisa Slatter. Twenty projects cover a variety of sugar flowers including incredibly lifelike roses, lilies and orchids. Experienced cake decorator and author Lisa Slatter shows you how to make these wonderful flowers from first principles and simple shapes. This book will appeal to everyone from beginners to flower experts with a mix of fantastic and true-to-life flowers and foliage. Twenty great designs Twenty fabulous alternatives Clear step-by-step instructions

Includes the designs of bears that are based on the same, simple knitted bear. This book features 20 designs, including a hiking bear complete with boots and a backpack, a beach-loving bikini bear, a sweet honey bee bear, and a pretty pink ballet dancer, each with its own knitted outfit and accessories.

Offers a technique led approach to sewing your own designer bags and designer purses. This title introduces, explains and demonstrates the myriad materials, hardware, tools and techniques available to the modern crafter, including using the sewing machine.

With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive 12-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.

This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practising the exercises it contains. -- Amazon.com

Expert crafter Nicki Trench, a crochet teacher and author with over 20 years' experience, has designed a series of patterns that will guide you through those initial stitches to producing beautiful projects incorporating a wide range of crochet techniques. The projects are suitable for both beginners and more experienced crocheters.