books

What’s the best way to organize my sewing library so I can easily find things when I need them?There are a number of ways to organize your sewing books, depending on what works best for you. Many people like to arrange their books by subject matter. For example, a section on wearable art titles, another [...]...

I received a review copy of Design Your Own Tees: Techniques and Inspiration to Stitch, Stamp, Stencil and Silk-Screen Your Very Own T-shirts by Jennifer Cooke of Raeburn Ink, published by St. Martin’s Press.One of my goals for the summer was to learn to screen print. Well, I’m doing lots of experimenting with screens and [...]...

Let's talk sewing books! My very special guest is A nastasia Bosakowski-Chater, editor of Crafter's Choice Book Club. She knows how to pick the sewing and crafts books that appeal to people like you and me. The sewing blogosphere has been abuzz ever since the news that one of our own scored a book deal. Congratulations to Gertie who will be...

Let's talk sewing books! My very special guest is A nastasia Bosakowski-Chater, editor of Crafter's Choice Book Club. She knows how to pick the sewing and crafts books that appeal to people like you and me. The sewing blogosphere has been abuzz ever since the news that one of our own scored a book deal. Congratulations to Gertie who will be...

Little Birds: 26 Handmade Projects to Sew, Stitch, Quilt & Love (Design Collective) Published by Stash books, C&T Publishing (June 16, 2010). awwww, having seen this book around the blogs I was intrigued – especially as I hadn’t heard of this publisher before either – turns out Stash is an offshoot of traditional quilt publishers [...]...

September/October brings change of season, and fresh starts and frivolity and seriousness too. So for a break from whipup realtime I am introducing a few weeks of guest bloggers to liven up your crafty experience. To bring you something fresh, and hopefully invigorate you to make and do and be and think! Its going to [...]...

Zombie Felties: How to Raise 16 Gruesome Felt Creatures from the Undead by Nicola Tedman and Sarah Skeate, Andrews McMeel Publishing (August 10, 2010) The next in what is proving to be an exciting series on unusual and small felt critters – the first book ‘Felties’ I reviewed here and gave it a big thumbs [...]...

Wow. Big news today, readers: it seems that I have gotten a book deal based on this little blog. That's right! It's with many excited butterflies in my stomach that I announce that I am very lucky to call STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books my new book publishing home. This has been in the works for some time, and I've been dying...

great and beautiful idea from ohdeedoh Similar Posts: lacy garland | Fiesta Bath Mitt | Great Tutorial On Knitting Lace | book: faith, hope, love, knitting | woven baskets | Share and Enjoy:...

Please come to my book signing for Embroidery Companion! Tuesday, August 24 POWELL'S BOOKS 1005 W. Burnside Portland, OR 7:30 p.m. I'll bring the cupcakes. See you there!...

Last week I received a review copy of Stitch by Stitch: Learning to Sew, One Project at a Time by Deborah Moebes (published by Krause Publications). Deborah is clearly a talented multi-tasker because this year she published a book, gave birth to a baby and opened a fabric store here in Atlanta. Very impressive. We’d [...]...

This past summer while I was away, one of my guest post writers was Anna Catagnetti, who has recently authored and published a book on “Openwork Embroidery” (Ricami a Fili Tesi).Now that the book is on the market, I’ve had a chance to look at it, and I thought I’d show it to you, too. [...]...

Favorite Back to School Pattern: Smarty Girl Book Bag from Heather Bailey......

Make this soft book for a tiny tot – with an Alaskan theme. Similar Posts: book: Felties | book: The knitters book of wool | book: handmade hellos | e-book: Making a Great Blog [+ giveaway] | book: bend the rules with fabric | Share and Enjoy:...

I'll get to that in a minute...or two. First, our two randomly selected giveaway winners are Monika and Christina. Yay! I've already sent both of you an email with the PDF of the pattern attached, so enjoy and congratulations! Next, the obligatory picture. This has nothing to do with this post and, truth be told, I could have shot some related...

Now that Season 8 of Project Runway is underway, we get to see Nina Garcia on a weekly basis dolling out advice and critique to the challenged designers. As the fashion editor for Marie Claire (and formerly Elle magazine), Nina has the up-to-the-minute info on what’s hot and what’s not. And, she can disseminate a [...]...

Horrockses Fashion: Off-the-Peg Fashion in the ’40s and ’50s by Christine Boydell V&A Publishing, 2010 The Horrockses Fashions label grew from the fabric company Horrockses, Crewdson & Co. in early-to-mid-20th century Britain. They helped pioneer ready-to-wear, mass-produced fashion, and helped establish the popularity of cotton as a fashion fabric. V&A Publishing (distributed by Abrams in [...]...

Knitting 24/7: 30 Projects to Knit, Wear, and Enjoy, On the Go and Around the Clock Véronik Avery. STC Craft, 2010. Being a fairly new convert to knitting, and a fairly addicted convert at that, I can understand the feeling of wanting to pick up a knitting project and pick off a few rows wherever [...]...

I need a new handbag. Mine have either: 1. Been eaten by the rabbit, and have no more straps due to large teeth 2. Somehow managed to get rips which makes me look like a hobo 3. Look about a million years old. Which they are. What the heck am I going to do about it? I've been virtually shopping. That's...

Some craft books worth your while to check out. Felted Jewelry: 20 Stylish Designs (Lark Jewelry Book) by Candie Cooper. Lark Books (April 6, 2010). This book showcases a variety of felting techniques to make innovative and unique jewelry pieces. With so many styles and techniques at work here you are sure to find something [...]...

By now, you'd probably know how much our wee family loves books. I am often guilty of buying the kids books. Like all the time. I know all the good children's bookstores within a 20 kilometre radius. I am always online trawling for good books. It's my weakness. We love curling up together and reading, being consumed by a book and...

Sew Retro: 25 Vintage-Inspired Projects for the Modern Girl & A Stylish History of the Sewing Revolution by Judi Ketteler. Voyageur Press (July 10, 2010) Lots of quick and simple sewing projects that have been inspired by vintage designs – The projects included in this book for me I have seen most of them elsewhere [...]...

Homemade Living: Canning & Preserving with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Make Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Chutneys & More by Ashley English. Lark Books (April 6, 2010) I was originally drawn to this series of books because of the groovy retro styling of the covers. And the fact that I have chooks and [...]...

Elementary Embroidery by Mary Symonds is a little gem of a book – it’s old, it’s thorough on the basics, it’s still applicable today, and – perhaps best of all – it’s free!I like to go squizzing around online to see what out-of-print needlework books are available. I really think that you can find just [...]...

Knit Green: 20 Projects and Ideas for Sustainability By Joanne Seiff. Published by Wiley (October, 2009) I Love the intro to this book, where the author explains that she is a moderate greenie, someone interested in making small changes in their life – I certainly can relate to that. For many of us making big [...]...

Embroidery Stitch Dictionaries are handy books to have on your shelf, if you’re a die-hard embroidery fanatic. And even if you wouldn’t rank yourself quite as a complete fanatic, stitch dictionaries are wonderful reference tools to have on hand, especially when you want to expand your stitching horizons a bit. To me, the best stitch [...]...

I think technically I’m barred from showing you any pictures of the BurdaStyle Book coat along the way until BurdaStyle gives me the okay to do so (which may not be until after the book is published- I don’t really know).  But I figured it wouldn’t hurt to give you a teeeeny tiny taste of [...]...

When I'm having a bad day at work, I either head for the fabric store or the bookstore. Believe it or not, I can do less damage in the bookstore than I can at the fabric store, so that's where I went Thursday lunchtime. I have a pretty large Borders near me (Time Warner Centre/Columbus Circle) which has a very decent...

I love this little book which arrived in the post today. Baby Knits 50 Beautiful Patterns has just been released here in australia and caught my eye on fishpond last week. It is actually a Marie Claire book originally printed in france that has now been published here in Australia. That means classic french designs with a modern touch....we like that....

Last month I had a birthday, so when I saw my brother on the weekend I received a birthday present! Yay! (I LOVE getting presents!) Being a big Masterchef fan, I have been looking at this book and wondering whether to buy it... now I don't have to ;) It has lots of classic homestyle recipes in it - just my...