Crafts & Hobbies | March Newsletter

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Paper Flowers: 15 Stylish Projects To Make Your Own

Sine Finne Frandsen - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Learn to make 15 beautiful crepe paper flowers and discover how to style them in your space. This charmingly illustrated book includes 15 flower projects of varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from a mini anemone and striped orchid to an impressive flamingo flower and a meadow buttercup....
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Thrown: A Modern Potter's Guide to Working with Clay on the Wheel

Lilly Maetzig - Quadrille
Format: Hardcover

Thrown is a beginner's guide to making ceramics using a pottery wheel. . Beginning with the basics, this book will teach you how to create a collection of 20 stylish homewares from construction to completion with a professional finish including decoration, glazing and firing techniques....
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Drawing the Body: Reading the Human Form in Art

Roberto Osti - Monacelli Studio
Format: Hardcover

Unique and user-friendly techniques for figure drawing and understanding human anatomyThe third title from bestselling author Robert Osti, Drawing the Body is a highly accessible book that presents an engaging, systematized way to draw the human figure - from static, structural, and anatomical...
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Green Christmas: Sustainable celebrations that won't cost the Earth

Jen Chillingsworth - Quadrille
Format: Hardcover

Green Christmas is a gentle guide to celebrating the festive season naturally and sustainably.. Jen Chillingsworth will show you how to get the most out of the season and make considered choices in how you prepare, decorate and gift this Christmas. . Featuring 30 projects, this practical,...
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Fashion and the Floating World: Japanese ukiyo-e Prints

Anna Jackson - Victoria & Albert Museum
Format: Hardcover

An exclusive insight into glamour of Edo-period society through the medium of 170 exquisite ukiyo-e This sumptuous book explores the important role that woodblock prints played in the fashionable world of Edo-period Japan (1603-1868) . One hundred and forty ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating...
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Dopamine Dressmaking: 15 Sewing Patterns for Every Season

Brogan Allard - Quadrille
Format: Hardcover

Embrace your feminine style with a collection of 15 dresses and tops to make at home. Using simple shapes and in Brogan's signature style, this book features a collection of classic designs with a playful twist in US sizes 2-18. Brogan's down-to-earth approach takes the fear out of dressmaking...
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The Art of Crochet with Sock Weight Yarn: 15 Stunning Patterns Inspired by Indie Dyers and Small-Batch Skeins

Kaitlin Ostafew - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Crochet With Beautiful, Hand-Dyed Yarn. Hand-dyed indie yarn isn't only for knitters! These 15 crochet patterns by Kaitlin Ostafew -- the crochet designer behind Sass and Stitch -- are designed to highlight the best features of lightweight, delicate sock weight yarn, so you can create...
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Watercolor in the Woods: Paint a Whimsical World of Forest Animals, Botanicals, Toadstools and More

Jane Carkill - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Explore a Beautiful Woodland Realm with 30 Charming ProjectsIllustrator Jane Carkill invites you into her storybook world with this collection of beginner-friendly art tutorials! With easy-to-follow directions to guide you through every swish of your brush, these cozy tutorials come to life...
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