Recreate memories of the seaside with simple sewing, papercraft, crochet and knitting projects using the beautiful Tilda fabrics, yarn and embellishments. Be inspired by life at the beach and in the ocean to make gifts, toys and pretty accessories for your home. From adorable whales and fishing girl dolls to hanging mobiles, applique blankets and summer scarves, the designs will take you on a journey of the perfect seaside holiday.
It's Sew Emma is proud to introduce their first book with Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet! Quilty Fun includes complete instructions for her incredibly popular Bee in My Bonnet Row Along quilt, along with 10 brand new coordinating projects! This book is jam packed with over 100 pages of projects, tips and inspiration to use all around your home, and the book is spiral bound to last use after use. Lori's exciting designs in her first book, Quilty Fun, will fill your home with beauty and fun for a lifetime.
It's Sew Emma is proud to introduce our second book! Fat Quarter Style includes 12 fat quarter quilts that can be made in four sizes: crib, lap, twin and queen! With a variety of styles and genres, there is something for everyone. This book is perfect for quilters of all skill levels!
8 quilt designs written for 3 sizes- Lap, Twin and Queen/King. Easy to kit-3, 1-yard cuts make lap quilt kit. Twin uses 2 lap kits, Q/K uses 4 lap kits. This new book features 8 unique quilt patterns infused with creativity designed by Mac Cox, a celebrated YouTube content creator and avid 3-yard quilt enthusiast. | "Curve Appeal With 3-Yard Quilts" stays true to Fabric Café’s hallmark traits: speedy construction, clear instructions in Fabric Café style, with pattern enlargements for twin, queen, and king-size quilts included. | Key Features Include: Streamlined fabric selection using three one-yard cuts. ~ User-friendly pattern instructions suitable for quilters of all levels. ~ Enlargement guidelines for varying quilt sizes.
Alice's Wonderland Sampler Quilt combines machine and hand-sewing techniques in one stunning quilt, which features 100 blocks to improve your sewing skills. Designs such as square-in-a-square, checkerboard, log cabin and Ohio Star combine with English Paper pieced blocks and raw edge applique animals, flowers, butterflies, hearts and stars. The exquisite Alice's Wonderland Quilt combines a variety of quilting techniques in one stunning sampler quilt which features 100 blocks. Using a variety of machine and hand-sewn techniques, this quilt will improve your sewing skills. Gorgeous patchwork designs such as square-in-a-square, checkerboard, log cabin and Ohio Star combine with beautiful English paper-pieced blocks and raw edge applique animals, flowers, butterflies, hearts and stars. Starting with the simplest patchwork techniques and building from there, you will learn one or two basic techniques across ten different blocks, each one creating completely different patterns simply by using new arrangements and placements. Full sized EPP and applique templates, including Alice's hand-drawn designs, are provided. Each block forms a 6-inch square which then joins together at the end with the other blocks to make the finished quilt comprising of 100 beautiful blocks. After you have made your main blocks, the stunning rainbow border of the quilt is added. It includes a double rainbow border, an ivory border, and a further square-in-a-square rainbow border using prints from the main quilt to tie the whole colour scheme together. Featuring step-by-step illustrations for all the techniques and full-size templates, this stunning sampler quilt will build your skills and leave you with a treasured heirloom to pass on down the generations.
Stitch with One Line - 33 Easy-to-Embroider Minimalist Designs
SF6758-8
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With these beginner-friendly projects, turn one-line drawings—designs that capture the essence of an object—into embroidered art. Many stitchers and embroidery fans love the aesthetic of minimalism, and one-line designs appeal due to their perfect clarity and style. In the early 20th century, one-line drawings were made fashionable by no less a figure than Pablo Picasso. Here crafters learn why one-line stitched designs are so powerful and how they work. The projects range from easy to advanced, plus readers learn to make one-line designs from any interesting object they see. | Emphasizes clarity and minimalism. | Two types of projects: for decorating the home, and for wearing | Teaches how some one-line drawings can be combined with others, used in series, or extended | Includes machine-stitching options | Projects focus on people, animals, and plants. | Enables you to make one-line patterns from drawings you find anywhere, including your own. | A few of the projects: — Velvet Eucalyptus Cushion — Panda on Cork — Hummingbird Dish Towels — Naive Art Vase — Faces Coverlet
Wearables: — Blossom Velvet Shoes — Modern Art Jeans — Selfie Sweater — Elephant Straw Bag — Beauty in Bloom Tank Top
Represent! Embroidery by Bianca Springer | Stitch 10 colorful projects & 100+ designs. Featuring a full range of shapes, skin tones, and hair textures | Representation matters, and this embroidery looks like you! Celebrate diversity with 10 projects and more than 50 motifs in a wide array of skin tones, body shapes, and hair textures.
Learn to sew garments that you’ll love and want to wear all throughout the year! Craft a timeless and versatile wardrobe for everyday with Nani Iro, the Japanese fabric brand by artist and textile designer Naomi Ito. In this follow-up to The Nani Iro Sewing Studio, Naomi and her talented atelier present a collection of 18 artful garments that can be enjoyed all year round—simply change the fabric selection or design elements like sleeve length to customize pieces for specific seasons. These garments are intended to be layered, mixed, and matched to push the boundaries of your wardrobe and experiment with print and color. From simple, beginner-friendly tunics that can be made in one day to more challenging dresses with special details, such as pleats and gathers, you’ll find stunning garments inspired by and designed for showcasing beautiful textiles. Full-size pattern sheets are included to help you draft your beautiful designs. Sizes range from S-XL, though the relaxed style of many of the garments will fit a more inclusive size range. Finished measurements are provided for each pattern to help you select the projects that will work best for you. Embark on a year-long sewing journey with Nani Iro and create a wardrobe full of styles that can be made and worn beyond a single season.
Creative Mending: Beautiful Darning, Patching and Stitching Techniques
T5474-0
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Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending your favorite fabric items--from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers--becomes a true art form in Creative Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques--from embroidery and patching to darning and felting--that are just challenging enough for experienced menders. Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and that there are lots of creative ways to create beautifully customized repairs--some subtle, others making a statement.
She provides 13 techniques that show you how to: Apply creative repairs to both knitted and woven fabrics Use yarn, floss, ribbon, and fabric to reinvent well-loved garments Make understated repairs that add just a touch of contrast, color, or texture Use visible mending techniques for bold repairs Darn with felt to add body and dimension to a repaired item Match your repairs to the damage, the fabric, and the wearer Maneuver through tricky places like inseams and underarmsAnd more! The 13 illustrated lessons and over 300 color photos in this book provide detailed examples for all the basic techniques. Lots of variations plus plenty of tips and examples (67 in all) provide you with all the guidance you need to rethink and repair beautifully. The stunning photos will inspire you to get creative on that fraying neckline or worn elbow!
Endless inspiration! A photo guide to embroidery stitches |
Discover the 120 hand-embroidery stitches that every embroiderer should have in their stitching arsenal, with clear, step-by-step photos you can come back to time and again! Contemporary needlework teacher Sharon Boggon's forward-thinking ideas will help you view hand embroidery through a vibrant new lens. Beginners and seasoned embroiderers will gain the confidence to create new patterns by playing with the stitches--manipulating the height and width, making asymmetrical loops, stacking up designs, or filling multiple rows with the same stitch. With so many creative variations and the author's gorgeous samplers, you'll be inspired to incorporate new techniques in your own crazy quilts and modern projects. |
- Essential guide to surface embroidery! 120 contemporary stitches with step-by-step photos
- See how tiny tweaks to each stitch can take your needlework to unexpected places
- Play up the possibilities with modern fill patterns, asymmetry, luscious texture, and crazy quilting
The Quiltessential Planner was designed with quilters in mind! It combines calendar planner pages with pages designed specifically for quilters. Each is wire bound and has a sturdy hard cover with a soft black matte finish. Inside you’ll find yearly, monthly and weekly views, pages to track your projects and progress, pages for project planning, notes sketches, and goals. 12 month planners are undated for extra flexibility.
Includes sleek matte black ballpoint pen with gold cap (while supplies last), 3 brass book darts, and a sticker sheet.
Internal pages:
Year at a glance spread
Weekly spreads
Monthly spreads
2 Goal setting pages
4 Blank check list pages
4 Projects at a glance pages
12 Project planner pages
12 Dotted pages
Quilting + fabric measurement cheat sheet
Specs:
Size: A5 (5.875″ x 8.25″) + coil
Hard front and back covers
White 80# paper for less bleed through
Undated for flexibility
Double wire-o coil in black