Sew 19 simply embellished projects (with full-size patterns), including a card holder, coin purses, earbud holder, small wallets, pouches and organisers. These cute and useful bags are perfect for holding and organising all of your little things. Personalise the organisers with adorable embellishments and appliques and use up your scraps, trims and other odds and ends in the process. Whip one up in an afternoon or bring your handwork with you - small pieces make these projects fun and easy to work on anywhere. Great to give as gifts or keep for yourself, these tiny bags will bring a smile to anyone's face. 'This is a fabulous glossy book with 19 projects to make. Sew Small has missed nothing out. It is easy to follow and each project can be done in a few hours or more.' Tracy Shepherd at Postcard Reviews '... I love making bags of various kinds... so when I saw this book, I thought I'd give it a go to see if it might have some different kinds of projects for me to make, and I wasn't disappointed!' https://janetgranger.wordpress.com 'The instructions have plenty of diagrams showing what to do and everything is laid out with double spacing giving it an airy, easy to read appearance.' www.myshelf.com

Add warmth and texture to your home with wool applique. Sewing in the popular folk-art style, you'll stitch fifteen projects, including thirteen heirloom-worthy table mats and two versions of an Advent calendar, on a cotton or wool base. Learn how reverse applique brings depth and colour to your handwork without the bulk of additional layers. This guide offers advice on choosing and using wool (even scraps!), plus valuable techniques and tips for wool hand stitchers.

Directoire Revival Fashions 1888-1889 contains patterns for a complete middle-class Victorian woman's wardrobe, from undergarments, through multi-part ensembles, to outerwear. The patterns are to be enlarged with apportioning scales--special rulers that enable dressmakers to easily create custom sizes, from queen size to doll size. Printed apportioning scales and instructions are included.

Each pattern is accompanied by a fashion illustration and instructions. The patterns are drawn from The Voice of Fashion and The National Garment Cutter. Because these patterns are highly similar to those published by Butterick, most are supplemented by illustrations and construction information from Butterick's Delineator. Readers can use the Delineator material to vary The Voice of Fashion styles by substituting parts from other patterns in the same book, or by altering them with minimal flat pattern work. Separate chapters contain instructions for trimmings, neckwear, and hats.

"DIY Fashion" is a cool, quirky and creative guide to making and customizing your own clothes, bags and accessories. "DIY Fashion" contains more than 40 thrifty, sustainable and stylish projects, none of which require prior skill or a sewing machine. Why buy mass produced designer labels, when you can create your own unique capsule collection? This book shows you how. As well as fashion you can wear, there are also projects showing how to create jewellery and accessories. From customized hand-me-downs to elegant evening wear, the book is packed with ideas that the reader can adapt to their own tastes. Full of tips on where to find inspiration, and with a special section on repairs, "DIY Fashion" is a funky survival guide for the thrifty fashionista.

20 Simple and Elegant Vestment Patterns is a step-by-step guide for making patterns to make beautiful, unique and affordable vestments. It takes the mystery out of vestment making and makes sewing vestments a joy. In this book, you will find step-by-step instructions for making your own vestment patterns, sewing the vestments, and finishing your vestments with the professional touch. For beginning and experienced seamstresses and tailors alike, 20 Simple and Elegant Vestment Patterns will enable the creation of clerical vestments, deacon's wear, choir stoles, and much more. Included in the book are patterns and instructions to make: Preaching Stoles, Overlay and Tapered Stoles, Curved Stoles, Traveling/Visitation Stoles, Wedding Stoles, Rainbow Stoles, Tippets, Deacon's Stoles, Byzantine Deacon's Stoles, Reversible Choir Stoles, Chasubles with plain necklines and rolled collars, Dalmatics with plain necklines and rolled collars, Albs with plain necklines and rolled collars, Hooded Albs, Scapulars, Surplices, Cottas, and Hooded Amices. For the experienced artist, 20 Simple and Elegant Vestment Patterns is full of ideas, hints and tips for how to give your vestments the truly professional touch.

Mix and match collars, neck plackets, and sleeves for an endless variety of professional, store-quality results. Stitch up a sharp bodice pattern, designed to fit sizes XS to XXL, in assorted lengths, styles, and trims. Well respected in the sewing industry for their pattern reviews and online garment challenges, Sarah Gunn and Julie Starr make the tunic accessible and exciting for those with basic sewing skills and beyond.

Fluffy flowers, creeping caterpillars, and vibrant veggies - these magnets are great fun to make with chenille stems and pom-poms! In this title, there's something exciting for kids of all ages. It helps them grow their own garden with peas and carrots, as well as greet the friendly frog or busy bee while the sun shines.

Hit the town with chic, modern bags for any occasion! Best-selling pattern maker Sue Kim's latest collection includes 19 fashionable projects, from a metal-framed clutch to a classy carryall. Learn to sew darts, ruffles, and other design elements for a professional finish. Try out first-hand how a simple change in fabric offers a whole new look. With full-size patterns and straightforward construction, these bags are on-trend and catwalk worthy.

"Cool Couture "is a home sewer's guide to professional, designer-quality construction and finishing. Fashion designer Kenneth King provides step-by-step instruction in the basic, reliable techniques of classical couture. He provides his own shortcuts, careful instruction, and advice to help home sewers of every level produce impeccable results. Each technique is presented with simple how-to drawings and detailed step-by-step instruction. Fashion-forward photographs of the designer's own couture garments and tight shots of fabrics and construction and decorative detail show the finished effects. This book is an essential reference book of couture techniques for home sewers.

Sewing 101 is a complete entry-level sewing course taught through 20 step-by-step projects for garments and home decor. This revised and updated edition has everything you need to start sewing today. Get to know your machine and its accessories, learn how to sew basic seams and hems, and discover how to lay out a pattern. Begin sewing simple garments such as a T-shirt, pull-on skirt, apron, and unlined jacket, and home decor items like pillowcases, a baby blanket, a round tablecloth, and quilted placemats. Projects are arranged progressively, from simple garments to more challenging items. Each project introduces and explores new sewing techniques in depth. Variations will inspire you to create your own designs. Sewing 101 teaches you everything you need to know for successful machine sewing, including: Easy techniques for matching designs How to choose and prepare fabrics Essential tools that will make every facet of sewing easier Troubleshooting tips and quick references Clear instructions and photos to help you build your skills and confidence Beginners will also find the accompanying online videos that present many of the techniques in action an invaluable resource. Written specifically for beginners, the books in the 101 series are complete illustrated guides to the basics of a craft that present projects supported with full-color, step-by-step instructions and photos to teach essential techniques.

Historical work on Colonial America from the American historian marked for her focus on small sociological details, invaluable for modern sociologists.

Best-selling author Mary Hertel brings readers sixteen more of her adorable, easy-to-make paper-piecing blocks, along with six new projects! Whether you're an experienced paper piecer or a beginner, Mary provides simple instructions that will have you paper piecing in no time. Mix and match the blocks with each other or with any of Mary's previous books to create fun home decor projects, including a quilt, table topper, table runner, bench pillow, throw pillow, and pillowcase.

Sharing her passion for applique, experienced teacher and author Annie Smith teaches you everything you need to know to sew the quilt of your dreams! This colourful guide to hand and machine applique includes step-by-step techniques, plus advice on fabric selection, choosing supplies, and working with templates. Gain the confidence to design your own applique blocks and quilts, or flip to find several pretty patterns to get you stitching.

A unique craft book in two parts learn to make a felted farm and enjoy an illustrated story! The crafting section contains step-by-step instructions, complete with beautiful colour photographs, showing how to make an entire farm with a range of needle-felted animals, people and buildings. The illustrated story takes those characters, animals and settings to tell a tale of a fun-filled day on the farm. Crafters may choose to make a couple of animals to supplement an existing farm set, but the entire farm is a wonderful project for an intergenerational group. Children can make simple items and animals, while adults can tackle more intricate projects. Throughout, experienced felter Rotraud Reinhard provides tips and tricks for working with felt and bringing colour and life to your farm.

Use for: Fabric bowls, boxes, and vases, purses, totes, and bags. Great for kids crafts, art quilts, hats, caps and more! * Medium weight stiffness * Fusible on both sides to save you time * Easy to mark, cut and sew * Perfect for fabric and paper

Don't panic! It's easy when you know how...Wendy Baker's new curtain design book is crammed full of delicious ideas and combined with fabrics and easy-to-follow sewing instructions it makes curtain making a piece of cake. Original curtain designs. Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions. "No sew" ideas for curtains and blinds. How to save money if you're broke. How to flaunt if you are rich.

Do you dream of making your own clothes but are either new to dressmaking or struggle to follow commercially available patterns? If so, then this book provides you with everything you need to start sewing--complete with 6 full size pull-out patterns The detailed instructions and step by step photography show you how to use the full-scale multi-sized patterns to create basic shapes but also they also include modular elements showing how to adapt and add items to the garments to enable you to achieve a wider range of styles and increase your skill level, eg. changing the collar, adding in a pocket. The 6 multi-sized paper patterns include a shift dress and maxi skirt, simple jacket, fishtail skirt, jersey top and trousers enabling you to create your own mix & match capsule wardrobe.A complete resource of techniques and instruction for designing and making your own unique wardrobe Wendy Ward is a sewing & dressmaking tutor and designs her own range of sewing patterns: MIY Collection.

Surface Design for Fabric is a comprehensive, how-to guide to more than 60 surface design techniques for various fabrics and leather-ranging from the traditional to the experimental.Highly illustrated with more than 600 color images, the step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrate surface design techniques, allowing readers to quickly grasp the material and further explore and experiment on their own. Irwin covers a broad range of surface design techniques including: dyeing, staining, removing color, resists, printing and transfer, fiber manipulations, fabric manipulations, embroidery, and embellishments. This modern studio resource clearly guides readers in the creation of beautiful, innovative, and professional surface designs. Key Features ~Surface Design for Fabric STUDIO provides online access to video tutorials featuring select techniques from each chapter; student self quizzes with results and personalized study tips; and flashcards with definitions and image identification to help students master concepts and improve grades ~Chapters feature a fabric selection quick guide, tools and materials, how to set up your workspace, application methods, and safety guidelines for each technique. ~Designer Profiles and Collection Spotlights show current examples of surface design end uses in fashion design, textile art, fine art, and interior design ~Environmental Impact boxes address critical environmental and sustainability issues and concerns for each chapter ~Includes helpful hints, important facts, shortcuts and mistakes to avoid throughout chapters Instructor's Resources ~ Instructor's Guide and Test Bank

Step-by-step illustrated instructions, beautiful close up photographs, and pattern pieces included in a bound-in enveloped make it easy and fun to create all kinds of adorable items, including the Merry-Go-Round Dress, the Ruffle Romper, the Western Shirt, and the Secret Monster Overalls. From tops and caps to play pats, pillows and plushies, this book overflows with creative clothes, accessories, toys, and furnishings for little ones from newborn to elementary school age. Whether you're furnishing your nursery, making new clothes for a growing child, or creating a unique gift for a baby shower, this collection has the perfect project for you.

For over thirty years Sue Quinn has designed gorgeous little felt animals that appeal to both adult collectors and children. Now she would like to share her master secrets. Colourful, strong and easy to use, felt is the perfect material to make this collection of charming classic woodland animals. Follow the clear step-by-step instructions to create a group of endearing little creatures that you will want to make and keep.

The latest addition to the Love to Sew series, this new title from best-selling author Debbie Shore contains 15 gorgeous, practical items that every sewer will love to make, use or give as gifts. The book contains storage solutions and sewing accessories to equip every sewing space. The projects range from practical storage solutions such as tool rolls, carry cases and cutting mat carriers to innovative ways to keep a sewing space tidy, such as a handy armchair storage device and an ironing station, complete with board cover and handy hanging pouch for storing a mini iron and attachments. The book also contains colourful sewing room essentials such as a pincushion, a seam press and handmade bobbins, and inspiring items perfect to give as gifts: a sewing room diary cover and a sewing case. The book contains a comprehensive materials and techniques section at the beginning, showing clearly all the techniques needed, with beautiful photography and easy-to-follow instructions. Each of the projects contains step-by-step photography and clear instructions so that even beginners will find these projects a doddle.

Napkins add a touch of elegance and sophistication to your dining table and this book is a wonderful source of inspiration to help you decorate and customize your home with taste and creativity. Napkins are functional as well as decorative, and there are 40 imaginative designs to choose from, each explained through clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrations. There are folds to suit every occasion from a smart dinner party to a family barbecue, weddings, picnics and more. Gain all the skills, techniques and expertise you need to create stunning, contemporary table decorations to a professional standard.

In this innovative study, Sarah Hill illuminates the history of Southeastern Cherokee women by examining changes in their basketry. Based in tradition and made from locally gathered materials, baskets evoke the lives and landscapes of their makers. Indeed, as "Weaving New Worlds" reveals, the stories of Cherokee baskets and the women who weave them are intertwined and inseparable. Incorporating written, woven, and spoken records, Hill demonstrates that changes in Cherokee basketry signal important transformations in Cherokee culture. Over the course of three centuries, Cherokees developed four major basketry traditions, each based on a different material--rivercane, white oak, honeysuckle, and maple. Hill explores how the addition of each new material occurred in the context of lived experience, ecological processes, social conditions, economic circumstances, and historical eras. Incorporating insights from written sources, interviews with contemporary Cherokee weavers, and a close examination of the baskets themselves, she presents Cherokee women as shapers and subjects of change. Even in the face of cultural assault and environmental loss, she argues, Cherokee women have continued to take what they have to make what they need, literally and metaphorically weaving new worlds from old.