100+ fun, no-sew toys, games, and other small treasures. Have fun creating them with children and for children. Includes dozens of projects with coordinating patterns, plus photo gallery with lots more ideas. Use your favorite novelty fabrics. Need a quick party favor? A rainy-day game? A gift for a baby or child? You'll find all those and much more in this charming book of no-sew children's projects - bookmarks, coasters, mobiles, games and toys, party goods, room décor, and holiday goodies.
Offering a collection of 15 Christmas inspired projects, including advent calendars, quilts, placemats & tote bags, this volume includes expert tips & techniques for adding a personal touch to each item.
Tired of going to the fabric store only to discover the colors you need aren't in stock? Always wanted to try hand dyeing your own fabric but found it too intimidating? Now you can put those worries aside and create beautiful colors to fit your every whim. And the best part is there are no confusing, complicated formulas to follow.
Shares engaging and educational activities, games, and crafts to keep children of all ages entertained, including such amusements as making water bottle bangles, mixing homemade sidewalk chalk, and having a catapult competition.
Whether you just bought your first sewing machine or have been sewing for years, Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts will open your eyes to an irresistible range of ideas. A comprehensive visual reference, the book covers everything a home sewer craves: the basics of sewing by hand or machine, along with five other time-honored crafts techniques, and step-by-step instructions for more than 150 projects that reflect not only Martha Stewart’s depth of experience and crafting expertise, but also her singular sense of style. Encyclopedic in scope, the book features two main parts to help you brush up on the basics and take your skills to a new level. First, the Techniques section guides readers through Sewing, Appliqué, Embroidery, Quilting, Dyeing, and Printing. Following that, the Projects A to Z section features more than 150 clever ideas (including many no-sew projects), all illustrated and explained with the clear, detailed instructions that have become a signature of Martha Stewart’s magazines, books, and television shows. An enclosed CD includes full-size clothing patterns as well as templates that can be easily produced on a home printer. Fabric, thread, and tool glossaries identify the properties, workability, and best uses of common sewing materials. And, perhaps best of all, when you need it most, Martha and her talented team of crafts editors offer you the reassurance that you really can make it yourself. The projects are as delightful as they are imaginative, and include classic Roman shades, hand-drawn stuffed animals, an easy upholstered blanket chest, a quilted crib bumper, French knot-embellished pillowcases and sheets, and Japanese-embroidered table linens, among many others.With gorgeous color photographs as well as expert instruction, this handy guide will surely encourage beginners and keep sewers and crafters of all experience levels wonderfully busy for many years to come.
A unique idea in DIY, this full-color guide is filled with baby-related projects, essential techniques, tips on how to form a group, wisdom, inspiration, and camaraderie.
Although Ashley Johnston is comfortable with a needle and thread—and really enjoys making handmade items for her children and home—she could certainly understand that sewing machines can strike fear and dread into the hearts of many crafters. The complicated machinery with the fussy parts as well as confusing pattern directions send many people running from any craft that requires sewing. No-Sew Love is filled with ideas for the non-sewing crafter or for the more casual sewist who would rather not haul out the sewing machine for a quick project. Materials all easily found at craft and fabric stores—hem tape, fusible webbing, a variety of glues, and of course, fabric—are all you need to whip up the 50 no-sew wonders in the book. There are throw pillows, grommet curtain panels, cute kids' clothing, holiday decorations, and even accessories for you! Projects are photographed at each step for crystal-clear directions, and sure-to-please results.
In Bend the Rules with Fabric, Amy Karol explores dyeing, silk screening, stamping, appliqué, transferring photographs and many other techniques, providing an array of fun and fabulous projects for crafters to get their teeth into. Whether readers use Bend the Rules with Fabric as a how-to for making t-shirts, a workbook for their kids weekend projects, a manual for making their own products to sell, a guide for seeing old clothes in a new way, or as a fun resource for making custom gifts for family and friends, this comprehensive and creative book is sure to inspire! With 25 projects and 18 techniques to learn there s plenty for all crafters. Also features 9 no-sew projects!
