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Revive your love for hand stitching with 30 fresh embroidery designs! Showcase your needlework on 5 pretty, practical projects – a drawstring bag, clutch, flex case, change purse, and zipper pouch. Learn beginner to advanced embroidery one stitch at a time, testing your thread choices in a lively sampler notebook on textured fabrics like chambray, yarn-dyed linen, and canvas. Each project is shown with 6 unique motifs and color stories to inspire...

An all-in-one guide to knitting for just about anything and everything knitters want to make, Classic Knits covers equipment, techniques, stitch patterns, and includes more than twenty designs for cute things to craft and warm things to wear.

Crochet Taxidermy puts a new twist on amigurumi, the popular Japanese method of creating considerably cute stuffed animals with oversized heads. In this delightful collection, heads of animals from farm and forest, sea and safari come to life with irresistible details like the drowsy eye (for the shy deer and sleepy octopus) and fuzzy yarn (for the skittery skunk's stripe and lazy lion's mane). Step-by-step instructions and adorable photos guide you...

Learn how to use classic quilt design elements and mix them into 50 new and unique 12" blocks.

With so many great fabric collections available, it's easy to build up an irresistable collection of fat quarter fabric bundles in no time. Sure those bundles look beautiful all neatly folded and tied up with a bow, but wouldn't they look better pieced in a fresh modern quilt instead? Australian designer Emma Jean Jansen will inspire you to grab that bundle and start cutting into it with 12 patterns created just to feature these delicious precuts....

"For many of us, the rough plant hangars or friendship bracelets we made in summer camp are the extent of our experience with macramé. Today the craft of decorative knotting is making a huge comeback with several accomplished artists taking the craft to exciting new levels of creativity. Hot Knots explores a variety of macramé techniques -- from historical, centuries-old designs, to modern fusion knots -- and guides readers through 18 cool and contemporary...

Knotting as an art form can be very diverse and result in a complex blend of texture and intricate patterns, using such materials as yarn, fiber, and string. With 110 color images and step-by-step instructions, this comprehensive guide provides artists and crafters with a platform for creating beautifully designed wearable and functional art pieces. Basic knotting is reviewed and ten projects of varying skill levels include bracelets, necklaces, scarf,...

Includes patterns for tote, shawl, purse, mittens, belt, wrap, scarf, cap, capelet, and cowl. Create your own boutique-style crocheted accessories! Top crochet designers have created stylish projects along three different themes: romantic art nouveau, retro-chic mod, and free-spirited bohemian. The designs use basic crochet stitches as well as unusual techniques that will appeal to beginners and to advanced crocheters.