Yo-Yos and Fabric Flowers

Author: Suzanne McNeill
Publisher: Design Originals
ISBN: 9781574213157
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Create colorful yo-yo circles and accent almost anything. Put your fabric scraps to great use making vests, jackets, shirts, quilts & more. Full instructions and lavish color illustrations!

Fun-to-wear Fabric Flowers

Author: Elizabeth Helene Searle
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781579907693
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Creating stylish fabric flower accents on bags, belts, hats, jackets, or any item of clothing imaginable is easy with this hip little guide. Projects range from refined to funky, and include a blossom in luxurious burgundy silk; loopy flowers with bias-covered cording and centers made of coiled zippers, and pretty roses and daffodils.

Be Crafty

Author: Jodie Davis
Publisher: Be Crafty
ISBN: 9781416206989
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"The well-loved craft of making yo-yos - cutting circles of fabric to gather and make rosettes - is popular for many reasons. Yo-yos are a perfect way to be penny-wise as they use up fabric scraps, they do not require any special tools, and they are portable and can be constructed in just a few minutes once the technique is learned. Yo-yos are used ina variety of craft projects including quilts, pillow covers, and toys, and they are perfect embellishments for scarves, hats, dresses, and shoes."--P. [4] of cover.

Japanese Fabric Flowers

Author: Sylvie Blondeau
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1782212280
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Japanese word 'kanzashi' originally referred to decorative pins as part of the traditional female hairstyles. These pins were often works of art in themselves, holding in place elaborate floral arrangements made with natural or silk flowers. Today, kanzashi encompasses flowers made from regular fabrics. Sylvie Blondeau shows you how to make 65 of these simply stunning designs. The projects are so easy and fun to make that you will soon be making them for every occasion. Perfect as accessories on clothing, jewellery, home decorations or table adornments for special occasions.

Handmade Fabric Flowers

Author: You-Zhen Lu
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250009022
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
“Learn how to make flowers in the traditional and classic manner using heated irons and a range of stunning materials like silk, lace, velvet, and ribbons. With step-by-step directions, close-up photographs, clearly illustrated diagrams, and full-size flower templates every flower in the book is a breeze to make. The full-color photographs of each bloom provide inspiration for the many ways to use them – such as corsages, brooches, hair ornaments, headbands, bracelets, and more.” –Back cover.

Big Fun with a Little Fabric

Author: Amanda Herring
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1609000420
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
Get big-quilt satisfaction from creating playful little quilts! These high-impact patterns will help you make the most of your fabric stash and all those tempting new fabrics that insist on following you home from the quilt shop. Fast piecing and outrageously fun appliques show off your favorite colors in bold new ways! The 6 playful designs by Amanda Herring of TheQuiltedFishPatterns.com include Kaleidoscope, Giddy Bloomers, Flowers for My Friend, Sassy Squares, Whoopsy Daisy, and Year at a Glance. Big Fun with a Little Fabric (Leisure Arts #5251) contains 48 pages plus a 16-page pattern insert.

Hand-Dyed Quilts

Author: Marquetta Bell-Johnson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 1402752652
Category : Dyes and dyeing
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Presents illustrated instructions for creating hand-dyed quilts using air brush paint, with patterns for twenty patchwork and applique projects.

Embellishments for Adventurous Sewing

Author: Carol Zentgraf
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
ISBN: 1589237315
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
With Embellishments for Adventurous Sewing, you'll delve into various methods of applique, learn the nuances of free-motion embroidery and thread sketching, and learn to maximize the decorative stitches and embroidery capabilities of your sewing machine.

Creative Stitching Second Edition

Author: Sue Spargo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999390207
Category : Appliqué
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Full color, highly detailed, step by step instructions for over 70 of Sue Spargo's favorite embroidery stitches.

Kanzashi in Bloom

Author: Diane Gilleland
Publisher: Potter Craft
ISBN: 0770434274
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Kanzashi tsumami is the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. In the United States, the online craft culture has sprouted a renewed interest in making Kanzashi with American crafters devising simplified ways to create these gorgeous fabric flowers and incorporating more user-friendly materials like cotton and synthetic fabrics along with the traditional silks. Kanzashi in Bloom takes the American interpretation of Kanzashi a step further, presenting modern, more easily executed flower designs as elements in a variety of fun, fashionable, hip craft projects. Kanzashi in Bloom offers advice on materials, three petal-folding styles, and techniques for assembling a Kanzashi flower. You’ll also find instructions for 20 projects to wear and give as gifts, including: • Tiny blossom earrings • Flowers-in-your-hair clips • The happiest belt buckle ever • Elegant floral gift topper