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Stitch playful projects Dive into Laura's delightful world of embroidery and learn how to create small, free-form embroidery pieces that are alive with color and texture. With instructions for 21 basic embroidery stitches and 6 projects, all in Laura's signature colorful, whimsical style, you'll transform a flat, plain surface into a joyful, design-packed art piece. Stitch on wool, felt, or silk, and enjoy the simple pleasure of slow stitching. Includes...
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Finishing your own quilts is easier than you think Turn the corner to free-motion success with a meandering makeover! Best-selling author Angela Walters shows you that free-motion quilting doesn't have to be scary - with a couple designs in your pocket, you can finish almost any quilt on your home machine and enjoy the process. Practice 8 meandering stitches for beginners, plus creative variations on each, with step-by-step visuals and quilted samples....
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Add dimension and luster to your projects—from sewing to jewelry making to mixed-media art—with tiny, shiny treasures.
Inspired by the magic of beads, buttons, and charms, experienced teacher Christen Brown shares eight stunning beadwork projects including brooches, bracelets, and wall hangings.
This helpful visual guide to 125 bead-embroidered and bead-woven stitches categorizes each stitch by style, with a second alphabetical...
Inspired by the magic of beads, buttons, and charms, experienced teacher Christen Brown shares eight stunning beadwork projects including brooches, bracelets, and wall hangings.
This helpful visual guide to 125 bead-embroidered and bead-woven stitches categorizes each stitch by style, with a second alphabetical...
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Stitch a story! From the best-selling author of Joyful Stitching, Laura Wasilowski brings 6 new hand-embroidery projects with full-sized patterns and step-by-step pictorial directions. Bright and lively project designs include a whirling paint brush, a dancing bird, tea cups tipping, flowers blooming, a fuzzy sheep, and a happy acorn nut house. With the free-form embroidery approach, you can either follow the given directions, or allow your imagination...
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From best-selling author Judith Baker Montano Globally recognized needlework expert Judith Baker Montano shares 180 stitches and 70 combinations in this must-have stitch guide featuring the best from Elegant Stitches and Floral Stitches. With even more traditional embroidery stitches, silk ribbon stitches, and crazy quilting combinations, this beautiful handbook has an updated section of free-form inspiration for improvisational work. With full-color...
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Get the pocket guide to embroidery that everyone's talking about-a sixty-four page mini book that's perfect to take on the go! Keep your favorite stitches within reach, with this all-in-one reference for hand stitchers, crazy quilters, and free-form embroiderers. Learn the best stabilizers and thread for embroidery from expert Christen Brown, then branch out with embellishments, beads, and charms. This petite paperback is the perfect size for your...
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Create a floral fantasy Gather, twist, and stitch an array of flowers from elegant ribbons and lace. Christen Brown, author of best-selling Ribbonwork Gardens, shares 132 flowers, leaves, and garden extras-each with complete instructions and colorful how-to photos. Readers will learn clever twists on vintage ribbonwork construction, plus hand-sewing basics and an overview of techniques. Fashion your own floral arrangements from interchangeable petals...
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Make Your Embroidery Pop with 3-D Techniques
"A well-written book that will continue to expand embroidery collections and encourage creativity along the way." -Sarah Sieg, Library Journal
#1 New Release in Embroidery
Follow author and needlework artist Rachael Dobbins as she teaches you how to embroider flowers, portraits, and other 3-D patterns that make your art pop-literally. Using a combination of traditional and unconventional stitching...
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From Immediate Media's best-selling Cross Stitch magazines The World of Cross Stitching comes a broad collection of modern folk art cross stitch designs. Cross-stitch flowers, animals, nature, and so much more with helpful guides to each project. Designs range from beginner-friendly to more advanced, and with 50+ designs there is plenty to practice and experiment with. Customize your colors or match the ones given, each project includes color numbers...
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Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this is a book that will make a novice sewist say, "Oh, so that's why you do that," make a practiced sewist think, "Now that's a neat trick," and make a very experienced sewist smile and say, "That is sooo true!"...
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Get into shape: The ultimate visual guide for free-motion quilting in specific geometric shapes Follow step-by-step illustrations to create more than 70 free-motion quilting designs to use in specific shapes, negative space, and borders Features full-page quilt photos, close-up details of stitched designs, and a comprehensive visual index Best-selling author Angela Walters takes you to the next level in free-motion quilting by showing ...
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A collection of perfect charm pack projects! Who can resist a perfectly coordinated and fun-filled fabric charm pack? Now make the most of your growing collection with projects designed with the charm pack lover in mind. Sew colorful and bright quilt projects, each using only one charm pack, one extra fabric, and a background fabric. All 18 projects come in two colorway options with easy to follow instructions and illustrations. Finished creations...
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Pretty and practical organizers to sew Sew 19 simply embellished projects including a card holder, coin purses, earbud holder, small wallets, pouches and organizers. These cute and useful bags are perfect for holding and organizing all of your little things. Personalize the organizers with adorable embellishments and appliqués and use up your scraps, trims, and other odds and ends in the process! Whip one up in an afternoon or bring your handwork...
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Elevate your sewing with a bagmaker's secret-cork fabric, a leather-like, upscale version of the cork you used to know! Learn how easy it is to work with cork from Jessica Kapitanski, the innovative designer behind Sallie Tomato patterns. Using only your regular sewing tools, you'll learn how to sew seventeen cork projects with clean lines and clever details. Have fun adding cork fabric to elegant purses, boxy pouches, gorgeous accessories, and home...
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Stitch, share, gift, and repeat! Nothing beats the feeling of giving and receiving a handmade gift. Gather cotton fabric, wool, or hand-dyed linen, then embellish with simple hand embroidery, rickrack, and trims to bring Christmas cheer to you and yours. Fabric designer and small business owner Debbie Busby guides you through 40 folk-art-style projects for the home. Discover how true holiday magic materializes with a few simple stitches as you make...
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Piece dazzling diamond and gorgeous gemstone quilts Add dimension and luminosity to your quilts with gorgeous gemstone piecing! Learn the basics of abstraction and color theory as you piece stunning works of art with gem quilt expert MJ Kinman. After years of perfecting her technique, Kinman explains freezer paper piecing in brilliant detail with jewel quilting ideas to help you express your own creativity. Get helpful advice on fabric selection and...
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Nurture yourself by sewing something that's just for you You spend all day doing things for everyone else. It's time to renew your creative energy by sewing something just for yourself. This chic collection of apparel and accessories from the bloggers at sewcanshe.com gives you the perfect way to relax, replenish, and experience the joy of doing what you love. The projects in this book are organized into 12 chapters for the 12 months of the year,...
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Are you buried in scraps-big pieces, small pieces, hunks, chunks, strips, and parts? Bonnie K. Hunter fans will love her newest book of playful string-quilt projects! Sew a dozen vibrant quilt patterns using the small leftovers from other projects that seem too tiny to save, yet too big to toss. Learn Bonnie's basics for foundation piecing narrow fabric pieces 3/4" to 2" wide, turning them into dazzling scrappy blocks and one-of-a-kind quilts. Have...
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Transform everyday objects into luxury items with this concise guide to beading!
This quick, easy guide covers the basics of beading, including:
• How to select the perfect beads, threads, and colors
• Essential techniques
• Using embroidery hoops
• Bead suppliers
With a couple of projects to get you started, this book lets you explore the endless creative possibilities of beading.
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Say goodbye to sewing F.A.I.L.s (followed-all-instructions letdowns)! Perfect your professional handmade style with garment-making sewist Barbara Emodi by learning methods to understand common missteps and how to avoid frustrating mistakes. Plus, salvage your sewing "oops" with tips and tricks to recognize and rescue immediate errors with easy fixes. Each strategy is geared toward making every project a successful one! The comprehensive instructions...
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