: Handmade Gifts from Fabric in the Japanese Tradition
"Omiyage" is the Japanese word for gift.
The author of a number of books on Japanese quilting including Harmonies & Hurricanes: Color & Line in Japanese Quilts and Circles of the East, here turns her attention to small, handmade, fabric gifts requiring only simple hand sewing, colorful fabric scraps, and imagination.
Forty-three original designs for gifts such as fabric Temari balls, boxes, pincushions, pockets, pouches, and evening bags are featured.
The author also includes a teaching plan for instructors wishing to use the book as a textbook for sewing classes. Notes on techniques and background information on the place of personal gifts in the Japanese calendar throughout the year add to the appeal of this unique volume.
Highly recommended for large public libraries and textile collections.

: Techniques and Projects Featuring Transfers, Stamps, Stencils, Inks, Paints, Mediums, and More
Polymer clay has grown and grown and grown in popularity since the publication of Donna Kato's best-selling The Art of Polymer Clay in 1997. And there have been so many technical advances, too. Now poly-diva Donna Kato presents an all-new look at one of crafters' all-time favorite mediums. The Art Of Polymer Clay Surface Effects begins with the essentials of polymer clay, including its working properties, plus tools, curing, safety recommendations, and color blending (with full information on the now-indispensable Skinner Blend). Photo-packed chapters focus on exciting projects—beads, bracelets, pins, pendants, and boxes–and showcase new techniques, including image transfers, surface treatments such as stencils, stamps, paints, and inks, sculpting, inclusions, special effects, and finishing. Finished pieces by some of the biggest names in polymer clay, including Kathleen Dustin, Pier Voulkos, and Nan Roche, plus Donna Kato herself, offer ideas and inspiration.

: Create 16 Irresistible Creatures with Simple Needle-Felting Techniques
In this book, the author shows how to make the cutest little miniature animals, using just a few simple tools and some wool roving.
Birds, bears, cats, dogs, mice, a fox, a sheep, a seal, and a bunny—sixteen little bundles of fluff in all.
Picture all those little eyes looking up at you as if to say, “Thank you for making me!”
Then give these critters as gifts, use them as decorations, or arrange them on tabletops.
Beautifully photographed in their natural habitats, these sweet dumplings will melt the heart of every crafter.

: Easy techniques for the kitchen-table jeweler
This book is the complete guide to simple soldering.
It takes all the mystery and fear out of soldering so that amateur jewelry makers — even those who have never held a torch — feel empowered and confident.
Friendly and thorough instructional text and step-by-step photos help readers build skills gradually, which they can then employ with the included projects.
The author presents soldering techniques that use a simple setup, a handheld butane torch that is safe and easy to operate, and a few other supplies.

: 30 Flexible Beading Wire Jewelry Projects
Authors uses flexible beading wire as a key design element in creating these thirty fun and fashionable jewelry projects. By exposing the wire, jewelry pieces are bright and colorful, and the wire adds texture to the design. The pieces in this book create a universal appeal with the wire being just as important as the beads. All types of jewelry makers will enjoy these modern, up-to-date styles.

The author uses soutache and bead embroidery to develop unique-looking, colorful jewelry projects that appeal to all.
These projects combine stitched soutache with beautiful beads and findings for fabulous jewelry pieces.
Soutache and Bead Embroidery includes 18 one-of-a-kind projects, each showcasing a different technique and additional design suggestion, along with a gallery of inspiration to tempt jewelry designers at all levels.
From a simple pair of earrings to more complex necklaces, this book introduces soutache to beginners as well as fires the imagination of seasoned artists.

This is a very comprehensive book for someone who has never done torch fire enameling and to those with experience.
The DVD that comes with the book is very helpful to see how the author works with each of the different projects.
After reading this book, you will have so many ideas in your head.

This book is easy to follow with step by step instructions & illustrations on all the basics.
It takes you thru each step with extreme detail and helpful hints.
For beginners.

Combine painting and sculpture, wrap it up in the delightful texture of wool and you have felting! This must-have complete guide covers everything from the basics of felting, to a range of projects that illustrate the warm and whimsical things you can do with it.
Everything you need to know - right at your fingertips.
Hardcover, 256 pages.

: Easy Projects to Stitch, Glue and Paint
This book has wonderful do-it-yourself projects for spicing up your wardrobe and home.
Detailed and fun-to-follow instructions will guide you in creating spunky, artsy accessories, leather cuffs and chic handbags.
The 30 projects included incorporate low-sew methods and many types of embellishing materials.

Learn to create five foundation-pieced spiral-based quilts—with no math!
This one-of-a-kind technique for spiral quilt design allows you to create fascinating and beautiful art quilts.
The bonus CD includes the basic shapes for the spiral patterns.

Choose your technique from any of three methods:
* By hand, completely freehand, using only a straight edge
* By hand, precisely, using a ruler to measure increments in each spoke
* On the computer — Electric Quilt works great for all types of spirals, but is not required

There are formulas for making all the various pillow types that you can adapt to any pillow form size. Same with the curtain section of the book.

Everything You Wanted to Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace

. An inexpensive craft to begin and reasonably easy to work, tatting produces attractive and delicate items for a variety of uses. Learn how to tat, then progress to simple starter patterns, working with two threads, pearl tatting and tatting with three threads, tatting with beads, and many other forms and styles. Features over 100 designs, ranging from simple doodles to complex 3-D bouquets.

Encyclopedia of Patchwork Blocks ; Six is for Hexagons
This book has over 4 dozen quilt designs to make with the 60° family of shapes. The author has removed the mystery of planning, cutting and sewing the classic Thousand Pyramids, Tumbling Blocks, Flower Garden, Seven Sisters, Spider Web and other patterns. Companion tools include Sets G, H and N, plus the My Favorite Rulers Hexagon Ruler and the Easy 60° Equilateral Triangle-Ruler in two sizes.

: Simple Techniques, Fantastic Results
Detailed, colorful, step-by-step guide to custom coloring fabrics with paintstiks.
Encourages you to try each of the methods and spend enough time to understand how they work.
Easy to follow, detailed instructions will have you creating gorgeous, custom designed fabrics in no time.

: Flora: Leaf, Flower, and Plant Designs for Polymer Clay

120 pages of full-color step-by-step project pictures, images, doodles and other fun stuff.

In this book, you will wander through leaf, flower and plant designs in the form of projects, techniques, creative nudgings, doodles, inspirational photos and more. Always more! I?m excited about the guest-artist spotlights in this book, as well as my quirky role as tour-guide for this romp though the flora! (you?ll see....)

Great for all skill levels, of course, and a good volume for artists who work in other media, since the emphasis in this book (and the others in this series) will be on technique, exploration, creativity and design, not just projects. Don?t worry, though, there are still plenty of projects.

: Centary Collection by Yoko Saito
What better way to celebrate her twenty years anniversary of designing fabrics for LECIEN than by publishing a book full of bags, quilts and projects. Yoko Saito, quilter and designer extraordinaire, renowned for her stunning use of Japanese-inspired "taupe colors" gives us yet another book in her quintessential style. There are twenty-eight fabulous projects in this book along with basic "how-to's" for patchwork and quilting using her methods.

Instructions, patterns, pictures.
This will be a new favorite for the Lori Holt followers. Experience life in the country with Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet!
This book gives you the ability to mix and match as you please!
Farm Girl Vintage includes bushels of blocks and a bumper crop of projects.
From quilts to potholders, give your creativity free range!

Stitch your quilting legacy with love, in celebration of the quilters of our past.
Each quilt offers three size options of mini, lap and queen, and some can be made from modern-day precuts.
Includes eight 1800s inspired quilts in 3 sizes.
44 pages in a soft cover.

: How to Use Your Home Sewing Machine to Achieve Hand-Quilting Effects
This book will show you how you can get the most out of your sewing machine while quilting, from working easily with different weights of batting and fabric, to great time-saving tricks, and how to add a cornucopia of decorative stitching effects.
For those new to the wonderful world of quilting, you will find all the help and advice you need to get started.
Whether you have just completed your first piece of patchwork and find quilting a daunting prospect, or have been quilting your own work for years, this book is packed with all the information you need to get the most out of machine quilting, inspiring new design ideas and finishes along the way.

It is remarkably well written with all of the how-to details extremely clear and precise.
The photographs are stunning and the projects exciting. There are projects for beginners as well as for the advanced clayer.
The author has included not only her own projects, but those of some other fine clay artists which gives the book a wonderful variety.

Go cupcake crazy!
With nearly 300 awesome, mouthwatering ideas to choose from, home bakers will find the right recipe for any occasion and every palate. And whether they’re chocolaty, spicy, crunchy, fruity, or creamy, these exquisitely decorated treats look as astounding as they taste—perfect little temptations designed to make adults nostalgic and children happy. All the basics are lovingly explained so anyone can whip up a beautiful batch, and there are varieties for every day (from healthy cupcakes to ice cream indulgences); parties big and small; holidays ranging from Christmas to the Fourth of July; just for kids; and fund-raisers and bake sales. Plus, to make things easy, an entire chart- and template-filled chapter focuses on flavor combinations and design elements.

This book contains an impressive array of knit and crochet purse projects - from funky bags to party clutches and everything inbetween.
For intermediate and advanced.

: Techniques for Cards & Gifts
Quilling is the art of rolling very thin strips of paper into elegant shapes, turning them into beautiful designs, and then gluing them onto a base for display.
This new guide presents a range of techniques, both traditional and new, that will delight and intrigue crafters. In addition to offering 28 unique shapes, it introduces some contemporary quilling possibilities such as husking, fringing, crimping and sculpting.
Even beginners will enjoy creating simple but very attractive greeting cards and measuring their progress on more involved projects, including home décor items (like a Wedding Tin and Framed Botanicals) and beautiful jewelry.

There’s nothing like a fresh cup of coffee to start your morning off right.
And now you can enjoy the robust, satisfying taste of coffee all day long.
In this attractive collection, the author shares more than 65 recipes that range from delicious hot and cold beverages to sumptuous baked goods and desserts.
Warm up over a cup of creamy cappuccino, chat over café mochas with Kahlua®, or indulge in a frozen macchiato.
Finally, satisfy your sweet tooth with luscious coffee-infused versions of chocolate chip cookies, tiramisù, crème brûlée, and custard parfait.