Punchneedle embroidery is a creative needle art in which thread is literally punched through cloth with a special needle. The basic technique can be learned quickly, and the tools and techniques are similar to those used to make rugs with bulky wool yarn, only they've been miniaturized. This book provides information on this style of embroidery.

This Kit Box combines a fantastic 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. - 32 Cocktail stirrers in 5 designs - 8 Cup Decorations - 60 Umbrellas

Artists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore their world as both artists and scientists. The mission Smith proposes? 'To document and observe the world around you. As if you've never seen it before. Take notes. Collect things you find on your travels. Document findings. Notice patterns. Copy. Trace. Focus on one thing at a time. Record what you are drawn to.' Wi... read more

This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.

This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.

This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.

Whether buying gem-set jewellery or loose stones, you will be faced with a colorful array of beauty and value. With such a wide choice - from amethyst to zircon which should you choose? What is it worth, and how do you even know it is real? All that glitters is not gold, as they say, and all that sparkles is not diamond. Gemstones helps to answer these questions in simple and easy to understand terms. As well as diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires, over 100 gems are featured, with full descriptions, technical details, and tip... read more

String quilts have been around for centuries, but in 'String Quilt Revival' this old-time art is given new life. Authors Virginia Baker and Barbara Sanders show readers how to create these blocks using a new type of foundation: no-show mesh stabiliser, a product that minimises distortion of the blocks and doesn't need to be removed. In addition to learning this new method of construction, readers learn from 13 projects, from potholders to queen-size quilts, each showing a different string block in a fresh and fun colourway. A varia... read more

This is a project book with a focus on easy techniques and low-cost materials; each project uses just 3 fabrics to create attractive, contemporary designs. It features quilts made with simple squares and rectangles, and strip piecing, two of the quickest and easiest ways to assemble quilts. Foolproof approach includes random designs that are hard to mess up, and the 12 designs use larger blocks than those found in most quilting titles. It includes all basic techniques such as rotary cutting, pressing and quilting and a DVD to compr... read more

Basketry is experiencing a resurgence of popularity, and enjoying an exciting comeback at the hands of a new and dynamic generation of makers who are not afraid to experiment with mixing materials and techniques. This book will give you all the information you need to learn the basic methods, and then the confidence and inspiration to expand your making as far as your imagination can take you.

This is a detailed and illustrated study examining stitches, threads, techniques and the embroiderers of the period. The author is a well-known and respected authority in the field. It is a must for embroidery, fashion or textiles students, crafts people, textiles collectors and needlework enthusiasts. In this stunning book, Gail Marsh delves into the archives to research the personalities, varied and unusual techniques and tools that hand-embroiderers used in the period 1900-1939, before the outbreak of World War II. All the examp... read more

Think of "Wreck This Journal" as the anarchist's Artist's Way - the book for those who've always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it. For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes "Wreck This Journal", an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions, asking readers to muster up their best mistake - and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrat... read more

Dear Reader, One dark and stormy night, I found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park...I collected and assembled them, trying to solve the mystery of this unexpected discovery, and I am now passing the task on to you. Your mission is to become the new author of this work. You will continue the research and provide the content. In order to complete the task, you will have to undergo some secret intelligence training, which I have included in this volume. Since no one knows what lies ahead, please proceed with caution, bu... read more

This is a crash-course on printing with techniques, materials and surfaces that can all be done in the home. Every project features Yellow Owl Workshop's sought-after motifs and the author's art-school style illustrations. This title is full of original ideas for things to make and use, such as jar labels, pillows and a stationary set. "Print Workshop" grabs readers hand and leads them through a crash-course on printing with techniques, materials and surfaces they never dreamed they could take on at home. It can be as simple as car... read more

This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.

This Kit Box combines a 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with a pen, 4 heads and ink to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.

This Kit Box combines a fantastic 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with the relevant tools or equipment to get you started right away. - 16 artist's pencils - an eraser - a sharpener - a sketchbook

This Kit Box combines a fantastic 264-page practical book featuring 700 step-by-step photographs with 6 cookie cutters to get you started right away. The 'Kit' is packaged in a beautifully designed gift box with a magnetic lid. The high-quality accessories make this a great-value product and perfect for either self-purchase or a gift.

Gems still exert a powerful influence on the modern world, enlightened though it is said to be: once poverty-stricken, Botswana has recently found sudden wealth under the desert sands, where diamonds have been hiding for a hundred million years. In the Congo, Zaire, and Angola, civil war in our times has been inspired partly by mineral riches. And the rivalry of East and West over the African continent is concerned almost entirely with natural resources.This absorbing and often astonishing history of legendary gems is told with sty... read more