Archive For The “Crafts” Category
By Rebeca Mojica
Unchain your creativity!
Whether you're new to chain mail or a professional weaver, Chained will introduce you to the artwork of mixing steel leap jewelry into complicated designs, in a brand new manner. No different e-book indicates the right way to use such a lot of weaves in such a lot of methods, or supplies this historical paintings the sort of appealing and smooth twist. innovations as soon as used for armor now have a brand new lifestyles and will be used to create dependent adornments.
Open Chained and find:
- Clear, special step by step photographs that might take you from beginning and shutting bounce jewelry to completing your first (or fiftieth!) project
- Easy-to-navigate "Weave in a Nutshell" strategies for plenty of weaves that may exhibit complicated chain mail weavers the weave of a venture in exactly a couple of steps
- 22 attractive tasks plus dozens of diversifications, together with rings, bracelets, necklaces and pendants, every one with its personal ability point and time funding rating
- Endless ideas: pick out your favourite shades, your favourite metals, customise the dimensions of your venture, and locate notion so as to add your personal designated stamp to any piece of chain mail jewelry
Gather your pliers and lumps of leap jewelry and weave your approach to appealing jewellery with Chained.
By Norma Loehr
customized bras are exceptional stitching initiatives. they're effortless to make, healthy completely, and will be worn on a daily basis. yet beforehand, the concepts of customized bra making were tough to entry.
Demystifying Bra becoming and building unearths the secrets and techniques of bra couturiers, educating you what you've constantly desired to find out about becoming and stitching your personal bras. expert customized bra maker Norma Loehr breaks down the best and development strategy into uncomplicated, effortless to stick to steps so that you can get nice effects in your bra making initiatives. With easy-to-follow directions, colour pictures, and a advisor to sourcing fabrics, this booklet has every thing you must make your personal specialist having a look bras very quickly in any respect.
even if you're a domestic sewer or an aspiring underwear fashion designer, this e-book is for you!
“Not merely does customized bra maker Norma Loehr stitch splendidly, she's shrewdpermanent - so her good notion out and wonderfully awarded paintings on bra making has led to a ebook that evokes and educates.” Susan Khalje, writer, Bridal Couture and Linen and Cotton and Contributing Editor for Threads journal
"I’ve had the privilege of trying out Norma’s e-book prior to its unencumber, and it’s an absolute needs to purchase for an individual attracted to stitching their very own bras (seriously, there’s one gem of bridge becoming recommendation in there by myself that’s definitely worth the buy price!)." Melissa Fehr, Fehrtrade.com
By Jun Maekawa
Jun Maekawa, who studied physics, is credited with constructing a brand new origami procedure in keeping with primary geometric styles. His insights into the relationship among arithmetic and origami are summed up within the Maekawa Theorem. he's a primary councilor of the Japan Origami organization and government supervisor and engineer for a software program corporation generating medical engineering calculations.
By Glenda Chamberlain, Carol Alexander
If you've been longing to have all of your favourite crochet concepts and distinct stitches in a single convenient booklet, then glance no additional. you will discover over fifty five tasks that pass hand-in-hand with the featured thoughts & stitches and full-color images all through. additionally incorporated is a different Getting begun part that incorporates diagrams and directions for uncomplicated crochet stitches. this can be a should have e-book you'll flip to repeatedly!
By Duy Nguyen
Marvelous legendary creatures reside, breathe, and circulation on your mind's eye; now cause them to genuine with origami! This magical tactile equipment is stuffed with 50 sheets of 6 x 6 multi-patterned origami paper, a accomplished dragon, and the 80-page, full-color Mythical Creature Origami booklet. utilizing easy-to-follow origami concepts, you can also make your individual fantastically precise, intricately-folded flying fox, fabled sphinx, stunning dragon with wings prolonged, or a wild duck placidly floating alongside. From a centaur to a hydra, those imaginitive designs are ideal on your domestic and for gifts.
By Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Get prepared for brand spanking new adventures in traditional piecing with celebrated quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe. Create beautiful Double marriage ceremony Ring quilts with breathtaking ideas at the vintage trend. With massive styles for 10 quilts, the ebook will train you the Double marriage ceremony Ring fundamentals. After you may have mastered curved starting place piecing, test your hand at Victoria's designated cloth slashing and “Made-Fabric” methods―it's more straightforward than you think that! you will think liberated as you improvise on her designs, with complete guideline for a few quilts and others that invite your inventive discovery. learn the tales that encouraged each one of Victoria's designs, after which take thought from the artist at paintings in her studio, with images of her inventive procedure and three bonus quilts to leap begin your personal art.
By Kathleen Taylor
Easy adequate for newbies and fascinating adequate to encourage specialists, felted knitting deals unending percentages for artistic crafting. the strategy is straightforward and magical — knit the undertaking huge and free, wash it in sizzling water, and notice it reworked right into a gentle and comfy garment or accent. Kathleen Taylor encourages you to discover the probabilities of felted knitting with 25 fantastic initiatives that come with mittens, slippers, hats, baggage, crammed animals, and extra. beautify your existence with targeted and stylishly cozy creations.
By DK Publishing, Angela Wilks
Retail pdf from OverDrive
2008 variation. 2001 First Released
This intriguing sequence of job books retains little arms busy for hours on finish! every one name is filled with enjoyable, inspirational rules that youngsters will love. In First social gathering job booklet, kids will locate plenty to have a good time with lovely party-themed tasks. With easy-to keep on with directions, transparent, step by step images, and close-up photographs of the completed initiatives, this publication has the entire info and concept a tender host or hostess must throw a celebration extraordinaire!
By Kathy Abbott
For novices or skilled bookbinders, antiquarian bookshops or conservation binders—detailed steps for practicing an age-old craft steeped in good looks and tradition
Appropriate for a newbie or for a longtime bookbinder wishing to refresh their reminiscence, this useful advisor introduces the ideas of hand-binding a e-book with step by step directions and images. The craft of bookbinding has an extended background and culture and is now having fun with a interval of renewed recognition and creativity. right here, reworking a number of sheets of paper and a few thread right into a booklet to be happy with is made available. For the more matured craftsperson, it additionally covers how one can paintings with leather-based to create vintage, expert bindings. issues coated comprise single-section bindings, reminiscent of paperback or hardcover; multisection bindings, comparable to full-cloth case, photo album, quarter-leather binding with paper or cloth-covered aspects, or wrap-around constitution; and boxes, akin to a part field, slipcase, or portfolio case.
By Amanda Kingloff
Perfect for artful mom and dad who're wanting to get their young children occupied with DIY, ProjectKid is every thing you may wish in a craft ebook: 100(!) trendy, creative initiatives; step by step photos; suggestions for the amateur crafter; easy-to-follow directions; and a clean, sleek glance. What fairly units those tasks aside are the unforeseen, creative methods Kingloff makes use of daily gadgets and fabrics. (Did you ever imagine a body-wash bottle could make an ideal rocket ship?) And those are tasks for issues children are looking to make―and keep―from a juice-box owl to a pirate send to a curio cupboard for exhibiting all in their treasures, plus video games, jewellery, and extra. additionally incorporated within the ebook are easy crafting classes (such as pom-pom making and weaving) to assist little ones of every age construct a DIY arsenal, a convenient advisor to must-have instruments and fabrics, and a resource directory.