Current fashion trends have increased the popularity of hand-made jewellery. Making it yourself couldn't be simpler. Full of original creations, this guide introduces basic beading techniques and includes 20 practical projects that will encourage readers to create their own designs.
Artist Kerry Bogert, whose signature work incorporates accents of colored wire and glass beads, shares years of design expertise in this book. Learn to master basic wireworking techniques plus creative ways to combine colored wire, sterling wire, and glass beads into jewelry design. Beginning and intermediate wire jewelry crafters will learn how to successfully bring color into their wirework with Totally Twisted.
Micro macrame has re-emerged with a gorgeous new twist. Evocative of the Victorian-era macrame lace that decorated fashionable women's shawls and purses, this easy-to-use book updates the art of macrame with a range of stunning beaded jewellery designs. Beautiful and infinitely versatile, learn how to capture the allure of this classic craft by combining it with beads to create stunning items and rival the elegance and intricacy of pieces made years ago, yet they are easy to make and have a contemporary feel.
In this new book Cathy revisits the core tenets of the hobby, telling a good story, making well designed pages, letting go of unrealistic expectations, & remembering to have a really good time. Includes tons of real-life layout ideas. Teaches the guilt-free scrapbooking philosophy. Includes design ideas, journaling hints and type tips. Includes both 8 1/2 by 11 as well as 12x12 layout designs.
Now you can delight and amaze family and friends on holidays and special occasions with your own hand-made cards. (Just don't tell them they only took 10 minutes to make!) In this clever book, you'll learn quick techniques for using coordinating patterned papers, tag inserts, stickers, word accents, and more, to create the kinds of cards that will be treausured forever. Topics include popular family milestones such as anniversaries, graduations, weddings, and births, along with thank-you's, get-well wishes, congratualtions, and other sentiments.
This book, which features recipe "techniques" for scrapbooking will become a must-have resource that all scrapbookers will want to have on their shelves. Thirty-two different techniques are presented, including faux stained glass, paper clay, fusible fabric and silk flower applique quilting, chalk and charcoal ribbon embroidery. chenille tape yarn painting cross stitch, quilting, paper piercing, stenciling, wrapped thread gold leaf. sand painting; stamping, paper aging decoupage marbling mosaics distressed faux leather, and much more.
Jelly Rolls are the new fat quarter bundle! They consist of 2-1/2 inch strips of colour co-ordinated fabric, rolled up to create a solid disk and tied with a ribbon. Hugely popular Moda Fabrics now presents all their ranges in this appealing way, which allows quilters to sample a little of lots of different designs."Jelly Roll Quilts" is the first book to show quilters the best ways to use these desirable and labour-saving fabric packs. Learn how to make 16 quilts, perfectly suited to the colour coordinated rolls, as well as a variation in colourway, style or size for each project.Jelly roll quilts are suitable for quilters of all abilities, especially those with a passion for fabrics.
Taking a journey back in time, Kaffe Fassett presents 20 glorious new quilts that feature all the romance of a time gone by. The eleventh in the series of best-selling quilt-pattern collections, Kaffe Fassett's Quilt Romance is a study in pastels and tradition set against the dramatic Italianate architecture of a tiny Welsh village. Based on Fassett's signature line of Rowan fabrics, the pieces have been designed by some of the world's finest quilters, including Liza Prior-Lucy, Pauline Smith, Robert Horton, and introducing Kim McClean, an Australian quilt designer and teacher. The stunning photos by Debbie Patterson are just the start: complete instructions for creating each museum-quality quilt are included along with tips and techniques that Fassett has gathered in his more than 30 years of experience. Every quilter will treasure this next book in the series from an international favorite.
"The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques and Inspiration for Creating One-of-Kind Art Quilts" showcases some of the most popular topics, articles, and artists from past issues of "Quilting Arts Magazine" as well as presents new and fresh techniques offered by today's most respected contemporary quilt artists. This book offers hands-on workshops on everything art-quilt related, including creating abstract, pictorial, and landscape quilts to in-depth techniques on surface design and stitching applications. Each chapter showcases various art quilting concepts and ends with quick creative exercises and tips guaranteed to get you creating with cloth right away. "The Quilting Arts Book" also includes a stunning and comprehensive gallery of art quilts by the world's leading quilt artists. It's Art Quilting 101 in a book!
