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The Modern Embroidery Handbook: Step-by-steps to learn over 70 hand embroidery stitches plus 20 colourful projects and a sampler

Clare Albans - White Owl
Format: Paperback

"This book's easy-to-follow images are a big plus for readers to learn how to execute basic or more advanced embroidery stitches." -- Library Journal STARRED Review. Unleash your creativity and learn a whole variety of hand embroidery techniques with Clare Albans from Hello!...
 
 
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....
 
 
Soulful Stitch: Finding creativity in crisis

Cas Holmes - Batsford
Format: Hardcover

A thoughtful, meditative guide to the ways creative textile art can soothe and comfort us during challenging times.. Renowned British textile artists Cas Holmes and Deena Beverley, each well known for their richly textured, deeply evocative work in stitch, collaborate for the first time...
 
 
Rubik's: 50 Years of the World's Most Famous Cube

Official Rubik's - White Lion Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant visual celebration of the iconic cube. The Rubik's® Cube was created in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian architecture professor. Rubik later used the Cube as a learning exercise to teach his students about three-dimensional spaces. Little did he know his 'magic cube'...
 
 
Unknown New York: An Artist Uncovers the City's Hidden Treasures

Jesse Richards - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

An intrepid and gifted artist uncovers and illustrates more than 100 surprising, enchanting, and sometimes downright bizarre nooks and crannies that make New York such a compelling city.. It's no surprise that New York City is the most visited destination in the U.S., and has proved...
 
 
Weaving Hand Towels Simply: 43 Designs for 4- and 8-Shaft Looms

Susan Kesler-Simpson - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Every weaver weaves hand towels! They are small in size and weave quickly, are perfect for using up small amounts of yarn, make great gifts, are perfect for beginners and for learning new techniques, and they are eminently practical and you need new ones now and then. This collection of hand...
 
 
Artist's Watercolor Techniques: Discover How to Paint Landscapes, People and Still Lifes, and Develop Your Own Style

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

Whether you are just starting out with watercolor painting or want to expand your skills and raise your art to the next level, this book has all the inspiration and practical know-how you'll need.. Starting from the very basics, such as choosing the right brushes and practicing color...
 
 
Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles

Youngmin Lee - Herbert Press
Format: Paperback

A creative guide to a unique and beautiful form of Korean art, steeped in ancient tradition.. Bojagi are textiles that wrap, cover, carry, or store objects. Some are made from whole pieces of fabric and some are patched together from small scraps of cloth - they are a unique form of Korean...
 
 
The Quilting Experience: A Celebration of Community and Patchwork Patterns

Victoria Findlay Wolfe - Schiffer Craft
Format: Hardcover

12 quilt block designs to craft your personal "Experience Quilt," plus shared quilter stories and more quilting projects, in this community-themed quilting book by internationally renowned award-winning teacher Victoria Findlay Wolfe Foreword by quilting thought-leader Meg Cox,...
 
 
Taliesin West: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright

NORA BURBA TRULSSON - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and desert laboratory is a National Historic Landmark and has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This book, the first of its kind in decades, celebrates that recognition and offers a new look at this world treasure.. An extraordinary compound of buildings...