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America's best-selling quick guide to selecting and sewing fabrics is now completely revised and updated. More Fabric Savvy brings over 100 new tips, over 400 new color photos and drawings, the lat...

Quilting history encompasses much more than the final product--it is also the story of the people (women, men, girls, and boys) who lovingly stitched these beautiful and intricate objects. Just as ...

America's best-selling quick guide to selecting and sewing fabrics is now completely revised and updated. More Fabric Savvy brings over 100 new tips, over 400 new color photos and drawings, the lat...

More than just a dollmaking book, Anatomy of a Doll provides a fascinating overview of the creative process that has gone into dollmaking for centuries. With nearly 300 excellent photographs of h...

For those of you who have managed in the past to find the right pattern and the perfect new fabric, only to give up in frustration when the fabric doesn't behave like anything you've used before, F...

Fabric collage, which was developed by author Rosemary Eichorn, is an inspiring quilting method that allows crafters to experiment with color, design, and fabric while learning to sew. This inspiri...

Textile or fiber artisans can add sparkle and texture to their work with this complete handbook to embellishing with beads. Beginning with a comprehensive look at tools and materials—covering...

Learn techniques for dyeing and patterning fabric to any hue, value, or design. This comprehensive and award winning handbook covers all the fundaments of dyeing and coloring fabric with the MX fi...

Create a signature look with stamped images you carve yourself! Can't find that perfect stamp for a special project? Carve it yourself! Art Stamping Workshop introduces you to the world of carving...

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Early textile dyers signed oaths that they would not reveal any of the process. Fortunately, author Carolyn Dahl openly shares the secrets of dyeing, painting, and patterning beautiful cloth she ha...

America's best-selling quick guide to selecting and sewing fabrics is now completely revised and updated. More Fabric Savvy brings over 100 new tips, over 400 new color photos and drawings, the lat...

Handpainting Fabric shows readers how to use readily available paints, dyes, and art supplies—along with simple, innovative techniques—to create stylish wearables and eye-catching accents...

It’s the latest and hottest idea in embroidery today, expanding the reach of textile art: the use of a soldering iron to cot, bond, and etch fabric. And Margaret Beal is the pioneer of the pr...

Beginning with studio practices and safety rules, this information-packed handbook is appropriate for both newcomers and experienced dyers but assumes that readers have a serious interest in textil...

Rendering Fashion, Fabric and Prints with Adobe Illustrator is the first book of its kind to show how Adobe Illustrator can be used in the fashion, fashion illustration and textile industries. Dev...

Bestselling author Kumiko Sudo creates 45 exquisite handmade gifts in fabric, each with a flair that is uniquely Japanese. Easy-to-follow patterns, beautiful photographs, and colorful step-by-step ...

A dazzling collection of 14 Kake-jiku—traditional Japanese hand-painted scrolls often hung in entryways—is featured in this craft guide. Often created to celebrate the changing seasons ...

Many people get the notion to sew something sassy, perhaps velvet draperies or silk sheets, but aren't sure where to start, what thread to use or the proper stitch length. Whether a novice sewer or...