Start on the path to art quilting success! For anyone inspired to make art quilts, this visual reference will help you gain the practical tools and inspiration you need to translate your ideas to fabric. Get an intro to surface design (including dyeing and printing on fabric), embellishing quilts, working in a series, and quilting by hand and machine, all from some of the biggest names in quilting arts, with step-by-step photos and illustrations.
Print, paint, stamp, and stitch... it's never been so fun to design as it is with kraft-tex! Discover the incredibly durable paper that looks, feels, and wears like leather, but sews just like fabric. Modern designers share twelve clever kraft-tex projects plus six bonus ideas, from bags and wallets to coasters and embroidered bracelets. Whether or not they've used kraft-tex before, mixed-media artists and craft sewists will love its creative versatility.
Offers an introduction to creating, using, and adapting patterns for children's clothing, featuring illustrated techniques, tips from professional pattern designers, and information on copyrighting, marketing, and distributing patterns.
Yarn lovers keep your mind sharp and have fun with over 65 word puzzles for knitters and crocheters! With a wide variety of games you'll be entertained for hours. Large print edition.
35 hat patterns for every age, gender, and fashion sense Sewn Hats is a collaboration of hat designs from 29 of the industry's most-loved fabric designers, pattern designers, and bloggers. The collection features a variety of hat patterns for all genders, sizes, ages, and fashion sense. Seamstresses will find options in a vast array of styles that use a wide variety of fabric types, from felt to silk, corduroy to cotton, and everything in between. Beautiful photography, inspiring writing, precise instructions, adaptable patterns, and a vast array of styles and sizes all combine to equal a collection of sewn hat patterns like no other. Hat patterns for all genders, sizes, ages, and styles Hats for any occasion, from work to play, casual to formal Diagrams, precise assembly instructions, and schematic illustrations to ease completion of each project Ideas and inspiration for all ages and skill levels, and instructions on how to adapt each hat pattern by varying fabrics and embellishments Full patterns conveniently located online, so you can print them when you need them and you never have to worry about losing them Expertly edited by top designer Carla Hegeman Crim, the designer and blogger behind The Scientific Seamstress, Sewn Hats is sure to offer inspiration for all home seamstresses. Contributors include: Patty Young (MODKID Designs) Kaari Meng (French General) Joanna Figueroa (Fig Tree & Co.) Kathy Mack (Pink Chalk Studio) Dolin O’Shea (Lulu Bliss) Lisa Carroccio (Domestic Diva’s Disasters) Alexia Marcelle Abegg (Green Bee Patterns) Heather Niziolek (Goosie Girl) Melissa Stramel (Lilac Lane) Jaime Morrison Curtis and Jacinda Boneau (Prudent Baby) Karen LePage (One Girl Circus) Jennifer Hagedorn (Tie Dye Diva Designs) Shelly Figueroa (Figgy’s Patterns) Bonnie Shaffer (Hats with a Past) Jessica Christian (Craftiness is Not Optional) Bari J. Ackerman (Bari J.) Mary Abreu (Confessions of a Craft Addict) Jennifer Paganelli (Sis Boom) Irene Rodegerdts (Mushroom Villagers) Anneliese S. (Aesthetic Nest) Linda and Scott Hansen (Miss Mabel Studio and Blue Nickel Studios) Betz White (betzwhite.com) Kim Christopherson (YouCanMakeThis.com) Melissa Averinos ( www.yummygoods.com ) Val Pillow & Anne Maxfield (Pillow & Maxfield)
