The Wind in the Willows Felt Friends

Author: Cynthia Treen
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 144638165X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Bring The Wind in the Willows to life with beginner-friendly sewing patterns for felt animals. Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows is a classic that has entertained adults and children alike for over a hundred years. Characters such as Ratty, Mole, Badger and the irrepressible Mr Toad, have influenced children’s stories ever since. This book instructs you in the joyful craft of hand-stitching wool felt animals, made posable thanks to interior wire armatures. It will teach you basic sewing and the specialized techniques required to create these charming felt friends that will provide hours of play. The book includes five key characters from the classic Kenneth Grahame tale, with interchangeable clothing, accessories, and a few small furniture pieces. Interwoven throughout the book, a collection of magical photographs and quotes from the original book highlight the animals and their accessories in natural settings to spark the imaginations as you create. This book will transport you to a light-hearted, creative world of charming wool felt animals, imagination and mindful hand-stitching. Through its pages, you can explore your stitching practice while letting your storytelling thoughts wonder. This book will inspire beginners and delight experienced makers with its designs. While creating enchanting felt animals, you will learn to enjoy every stitch from beginning to end, no matter your level of experience, with detailed illustrations, full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions for each project.

Return to the Willows

Author: Jacqueline Kelly
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466821930
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428

Book Description
Mole, Ratty, Toad, and Badger are back for more rollicking adventures in this sequel to The Wind in the Willows. With lavish illustrations by Clint Young, Jacqueline Kelly masterfully evokes the magic of Kenneth Grahame's beloved children's classic and brings it to life for a whole new generation. A riveting tale of bravery, bravado, and hot-air ballooning!

The Wind in the Willows

Author: Kenneth Grahame
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

A Felt Farm

Author: Rotraud Reinhard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780863157899
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A unique craft book containing step-by-step instructions to make an entire farm out of felt, including a family, animals and the farmyard itself.

The Making of the Wind in the Willows

Author: Peter Hunt
Publisher: Bodleian Library
ISBN: 9781851244799
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Wind in the Willows has its origins in the bedtime stories that Kenneth Grahame told to his son Alastair and then continued in letters (now held in the Bodleian Library) while he was on holiday. But the book developed into something much more sophisticated than this, as Peter Hunt shows. He identifies the colleagues and friends on whom Grahame is thought to have based the characters of Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad, and explores the literary genres of boating, caravanning and motoring books on which the author drew. He also recounts the extraordinary correspondence surrounding the book's first publication and the influence of two determined women - Elspeth Grahame and publisher's agent Constance Smedley - who helped turn the book into the classic for children we know and love today, when it was almost entirely intended for adults.Generously illustrated with original drawings, fan letters (including one from President Roosevelt) and archival material, this book explores the mysteries surrounding one of the most successful works of children's literature ever published.

The Wind in the Willows: For tablet devices

Author: Lesley Sims
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409556549
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
Down by the riverbank, Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad are about to begin their adventures. Join in the fun with this beautifully illustrated retelling of Kenneth Grahame's classic tale. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet.

My Felt Doll

Author: Shelly Down
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 1446370992
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Hand-sewing soft dolls has never been easier with these adorable patterns from the Gingermelon Dolls designer. The eagerly anticipated first book by popular toy designer Shelly Down, My Felt Doll shows sewers of all abilities how to make adorable soft dolls—and more than forty accompanying accessories—using the most basic of materials and skills. With just felt sheets and a handful of simple notions, you will learn how to sew the simple yet delightful doll pattern and then discover eleven imaginative variations on the design—from a mermaid to a witch, from a princess to a superhero, and from a ballerina to a bride—guaranteed to delight little girls everywhere. With no hems to sew and all the stitching done by hand, My Felt Doll makes a great entry point to sewing dolls for beginners and even children. Full-size templates make life easy—trace straight from the page with no need to enlarge. “Totally lovely . . . The instructions are clear and Shelly’s hand-drawn illustrations for each step are a perfect accompaniment . . . This is one of those instances in which buying a book is really worthwhile.” —While She Naps “Great for absolute beginners with no sewing experience . . . Also, a great addition to an experienced plushie maker . . . as the details and color palette will surely inspire you in your next customization.” —Noisybeak “The cutest book . . . Since the dolls are entirely handsewn out of wool felt, they take a little extra time, but the end results were so cute!” —Clover & Violet

The Wind in the Willows: The wild wood

Author: Kenneth Grahame
Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing
ISBN: 9781561631964
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Hang spring cleaning! nature is renewing herself again and the call of the outside is too strong. The timid Mole decides to peep out of his den and eventually take a leisurely walk along the riverbank. He encounters the wiley Rat, who know the surroundings like the back of his hand and the boastful Toad full of loony ideas. For Mole, a season of roller coaster events is about to unfold! Kenneth Grahame's beloved classic, brought many times to the silver screen, finds its first adaptation into sumptuous comic art.

Last-Minute Fabric Gifts

Author: Cynthia Treen
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781584794851
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the follow-up to the immensely successful "Last-Minute Knitted Gifts" by Joelle Hoverson, Treen shows how to complete 30 easy projects for such gifts as fabric-covered notepads, a tea-dyed sequined scarf, or a baby quilt.

Wind in the Willows

Author: Kenneth Grahame
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1616411678
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
In Kenneth Graham's classic tale of the River Bank, Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger make friends, have fun, and get into trouble in the Wild Wood. When Toad is imprisoned for stealing a car, the friends find themselves in a fight for Toad Hall. Follow the whimsical adventures of the Wild Wood in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-8.