A Sewn Vintage Lifestyle

Author: Verna Mosquera
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 9781440230424
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Sew beautiful projects you'll love to use! Create 20 charming projects perfect for your lifestyle using patchwork, applique and embroidery techniques, all illustrated by pattern and fabric designer Verna Mosquera. Let Verna guide you through the process and projects so you can start creating a handmade lifestyle all your own!

Vintage Living

Author: Bob Richter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781493030682
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Everything Old is New Again! Living a vintage life is mindful, sentimental, cyclical, and always unexpected. Told with respect for those who've left artifacts for all of us to find, Vintage Living touches a chord with all who orbit the thousands of flea markets, antique shops and auctions of the world. Designer Bob Richter honors the love, passion, and value of beautiful things from the past and imparts advice on what to look for and how to incorporate vintage items into your life and your home in a way that feels integrated--not outdated. He takes you to the best flea markets around the country, offers up essential tips on haggling etiquette, bargaining success, and estate sales expectations. From caring for treasures to decorating to giving vintage gifts to celebrating the holidays to finding vintage clothing to cooking vintage recipes, Bob Richter shows how to get the most out of treasures from the past and live a modern-vintage lifestyle.

101 Ways to Stitch, Craft, Create Vintage

Author: The Editors of David & Charles
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1446361748
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
A collection of new crafting projects with old-fashioned style—clothes, jewelry, decor, and more! Get inspired with this fun collection of 101 unique vintage-themed projects. You can create stunning crafts for yourself or as gifts for friends and family, with a huge selection of vintage projects to choose from—including a button necklace, suffolk puff rings, fondant fancies, fabric pin cushion, crochet hot water bottle cover, vintage tea stand, and many more. The beautiful projects cover food and drink, home and garden, fashion, and gifts, giving you the opportunity to try something new and expand your crafting skills from sewing and knitting to papercraft and cake decorating! Every project is quick and simple to make with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, and there is a helpful techniques section at the back of the book, so you’ll be a crafting pro in no time. This collection of projects will inspire you to stitch, craft, and create your very own vintage lifestyle.

Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living

Author: Sharon Holland
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607656094
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
In Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living, renowned fabric and quilt designer Sharon Holland provides 12 well-illustrated projects for simple yet beautiful quilts, ranging from table runners to a queen-sized quilt. Each fast-pieced, stash-busting project is great for beginners, with skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout.

Complete Book of Sewing Techniques, New 2nd Edition

Author: Wendy Gardiner
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1637411030
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 437

Book Description
Learning how to sew has never been easier! Jam-packed with essential information, Complete Book of Sewing Techniques, Updated Edition provides an ideal introduction for beginning sewers, and is also a useful reference for those who already have sewing skills. Featuring step-by-step instructions and photographs, you’ll learn a variety of skills, from hand stitching and hemming to adding darts for shaping, inserting buttonholes, and more. Along with clear instructions on everything from making seams, sleeves, and collars to attaching linings and zippers, also included is information on fabrics, threads, needles, and other equipment.

Monograms and Antique Linens

Author: Phyllis Hoffman DePiano
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940772271
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A collection of beautiful linens, hand-sewn clothing, and fine monogram work highlighting how the beloved custom of monogramming is flourishing today.

Quilt Recipes

Author: Jen Kingwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780645076004
Category : Baking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Quilt Recipes is a brilliant pairing of captivating, pieced projects and family favourite deserts from her mum's kitchen. Enjoy the process of piecing and the challenge of finding, pairing, and arranging diverse patterns and countless colours together, especially those that make you uncomfortable. Savour each kitchen recipe that has been timelessly tested, lovingly passed down and now fondly shared with like-minded soul stitchers.12 brilliant patchwork projects paired with eight of Jen's mum's favourite, delectable dessert recipes. As quilters, stitchers and makers, we fill our souls with like-minded friendships, feed our souls with hand or machine stitching, and we love to treat ourselves and others to decadent desserts. Jen Kingwell's, Quilt Recipes, is a brilliant pairing of captivating pieced projects and delectable desserts. Whether you are a hand or machine piecer, one can relish in each recipe, whether it be a quilt or perhaps something sweet. Use a variety of patchwork techniques including, machine & hand piecing, hand applique, and hand quilting. Full-size paper patterns make template creation quick and simple. Acrylic template sets for six of the quilt patterns are sold separately.

SEW . . . The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge

Author: Barbara Emodi
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617456055
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this is a book that will make a novice sewist say, “Oh, so that’s why you do that,” make a practiced sewist think, “Now that’s a neat trick,” and make a very experienced sewist smile and say, “That is sooo true!” Take advantage of her thoughts, tips, and tricks on the benefits of sewing, the importance of fit, basic techniques, available tools, patterns, and materials, and so much more. • Droll, well-informed, readable, interesting, and useful— the how-to book of sewing wisdom you always wanted • Get the inside scoop on sizing and alteration, patternless sewing, what to sew and what to buy, and many other topics, with mini lessons sprinkled throughout • Tips and ideas on choosing and using the best fabric, gear, and sewing machines

Amy Butler's Style Stitches

Author: Amy Butler
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452132585
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
In this illustrated sewing guide, the celebrated designer shares twelve new patterns with loads of variations for stylish bags of all kinds. With the patterns in Amy Butler’s Style Stitches, you can create everything from chic clutches and delicate wristlets to pretty hobo bags and handy coin purses. Each project is designed with Butler’s fresh, modern style and attention to detail. She also includes easy-to-follow instructions for altering dimensions, straps, and embellishments so you can make each piece truly your own. This ebook includes illustrated step-by-step directions, a comprehensive techniques section, and instructions for how to print the patterns themselves, making an essential and fashionable addition to every sewer’s digital library.

Hankie Couture

Author: Marsha Greenberg
Publisher: Running Press Adult
ISBN: 0762494549
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Unleash your imagination and transform colorful handkerchiefs into more one-of-a-kind fashion ensembles! Hankie Couture is back in this newly revised edition with even more stunning and original doll-sized fashions meticulously crafted from vintage handkerchiefs. With a gallery of 125 unique mix-and-match outfits and accessories, and accented with witty lifestyle advice from the Hankie Couture girl, this book showcases a limitless variety of doll-sized fashions for every occasion. Complete with a how-to and materials guide, this book is the perfect companion for crafters looking to transform treasured heirlooms or colorful flea-market finds into one-of-a-kind fashion ensembles -- whether an eye-catching color blocked dress, sophisticated great coat, or a go-everywhere purse and hat. With its beautiful design and unique, kitschy lifestyle advice, Hankie Couture makes a great gift for crafters, doll-enthusiasts, and vintage lovers alike.