A treasury of projects, tips, inspiration, and techniques for year-round holiday crafting.
"This essential guide to machine and hand stitches will teach you how to use any and every stitch for professional-looking seams, hems, gathers, darts, and more. Unlock your full sewing potential with 50 machine stitches, 20 hand stitches, and tips to choose the correct needles,…
Does your sewing machine come with lots of fancy stitches that you've never thought to try? This essential guide to machine and hand stitches will teach you how to use any and every stitch for professional-looking seams, hems, gathers, darts, and more. Unlock your full sewing po…
"This essential guide to machine and hand stitches will teach you how to use any and every stitch for professional-looking seams, hems, gathers, darts, and more. Unlock your full sewing potential with 50 machine stitches, 20 hand stitches, and tips to choose the correct needles,…
Explores the signature techniques and creative influences of top artists in polymer clay as demonstrated by fifteen instructive projects that utilize a range of styles and methods.
No other knitted garment has as many structural demands as a sock-- or endures as much wear and tear. Learn about socks from their foundations to their final moments, then engage in a sock-knitting journey with twenty new patterns.
"Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred is a geeky toy-making and craft book, stuffed with projects like sewing a stuffed sock squid, building a steam-powered milk-carton boat, soldering an oversized joy buzzer, and crafting working boomerangs. Readers create board games, musical instruments…
Introduces artists' supplies and techniques; offers advice on creativity and craftsmanship from women artists; and suggests projects--chiefly drawing and painting--using techniques particular to these artists to inspire individual creativity.
Perhaps you want a second income stream. Maybe you're considering selling your work full time and leaving your 9-to-5 job behind. Exploring selling your work is an exciting endeavor.
The easy way to build an online craft business from scratch Starting an Etsy Business For Dummies offers expert advice for artists and entrepreneurs looking to build an online craft business from scratch. You'll get invaluable information on how to set up an Etsy shop, write com…
"Lesley Riley is one of the inventors of Transfer Art Paper and an unparalleled expert on how to use TAP for maximum creative effect. She'll teach you how to create unique fabric images from photographs that stay vibrant and colorfast, even after washing. You can use Lesley's ph…
Step-by-step guide to making custom-fitted clothes, includes five adaptable sewing patterns for a skirt, blouse, dress, coat, and bag.
Overview: Contemporary artists such as Ghada Amer and Clare Twomey have gained international reputations for work that transforms ordinary craft media and processes into extraordinary conceptual art, from Amer's monumental stitched paintings to Twomey's large, ceramics-based ins…