Crafts & Hobbies
Discover a wide selection of craft and hobby books, from crochet and origami to embroidery and cross stitch. Find the best-selling books on crafts and hobbies for beginners, all available at our online bookstore.
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The Mad Weave Book: An Ancient Form of Triaxial Basket WeavingMost basket weaves are created on two axes but the triaxial method -- also known as mad weaving -- is formed on three axes for a strong and distinctive fabric that lends itself well to color patterns. Mad weaving has been practiced around the...
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How to Make Mission Style Lamps and ShadesMission-style architecture and furniture, popular in this country shortly after the turn of the century, was an offshoot of the 19th-century English Arts and Crafts Movement. Deploring machine-age artificiality, Mission furniture sought to blend beauty, simplicity, and utility in an organic unity. Today, Mission-style...
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L. Delaney's All Dolled Up: Creating a Paper Fashion Wardrobe for Paper DollsLearn how to make your own miniature paper doll fashions with this charming guide, which weaves together the tale of two spirited sisters and their dazzling wardrobe of vintage fashions. Costume designer Lauren George offers playful interpretations of authentic historical dress in her story...
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Christmas Scroll Saw Ornament DesignsInside the pages of this book, you will find over 200 beautiful ornament patterns that any scroll saw user would love to own. The finished ornaments make wonderful gifts that will be admired and treasured for years to come. The collection contains offerings for...
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Quilty as Charged: Undercover in a Material WorldIn the United States today, there are more than twenty-two million quilters who collectively spend more than one billion dollars on quilting every year. The annual International Quilt Festival attracts more than 50,000 dedicated visitors from around the world. Festival prize money can reach...
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Crocheting Patchwork Patterns: 23 Granny Squares for Afghans, Sweaters and Other ProjectsIf you've ever wondered what to do with those remnants and half-skeins of yarn left over from your crocheting projects, this book provides an answer: Patchwork crochet projects. By combining granny-type squares based on quilt block patterns, you can make beautiful afghans, sweaters, and...
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Easy-To-Make Wooden SundialsGnomonics is to the scientific what the Art of Dyalling is to antiquaries: both refer to the art, science, and craft of sundials. The sundial, the oldest mechanical clock, is also the truest -- when properly set and corrected it is more accurate at...
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Jewelry: From Antiquity to the PresentFrom the simple shell beads worn by Palaeolithic hunters to the splendor of Renaissance gold work and the sumptuousness of Art Nouveau enamels, here is a fascinating and informative guide to the development of Western jewelry--concluding with the radical and experimental developments in the...
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Color Me Aloha: A Hawaiian Adult Coloring BookEscape to the islands of Hawaii. Coloring is an experience just like the islands. This 8.5x11 coloring book has 65 pages of unique, original hand drawn, colorable designs including iconic beaches, whales, turtles, pineapples, surfboards, canoe paddles, hula girls, flowers, and more. Every skill...
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The Art of KnittingComprehensive in scope and elegant in presentation, this classic Victorian-era volume was the first complete how-to guide to knitting. Originally published by Butterick, the company that later produced Vogue Knitting, it constitutes a fantastic historical document as well as an easy-to-follow guide for knitters...
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Escapes Fashion Art Coloring BookColor a dazzling array of modern and vintage styles These original interpretations of classic and contemporary fashions offer an exciting and imaginative array of styles to color. Printed horizontally, the 55 glamorous images include complete outfits, models in the latest trends, and collage-style artwork...
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String Figures and How to Make Them: A Study of Cats-Cradle in Many LandsAt some time in your youth, no doubt, you took a loop of string and made a cat's-cradle, a Jacob's ladder, or some other type of figure by looping and crossing the string between the fingers. But perhaps you were not aware that this...
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Color Your Own Great Flower PaintingsArt lovers, coloring book fans, and flower enthusiasts will delight in bringing 30 magnificent floral masterpieces to vibrant life. Works by Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, and other celebrated artists depict an array of superb blossoms, among them...
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Early American Embroidery Designs: An 1815 Manuscript Album with Over 190 PatternsThough it was common for women of the 18th and 19th centuries to keep personal albums of their own needlework designs, few of these hand-drawn pattern books survive intact. This rare volume, signed and dated 1815 by Elizabeth M. Townshend, appears to be just...
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Needlework Designs for Miniature Projects: 64 Charts for Counted Cross-Stitch and NeedlepointThink small ... beautiful things come in miniature sizes. With this collection of over five dozen charted designs, miniature enthusiasts and needleworkers can delight in creating a panoply of Lilliputian-sized heirlooms at a fraction of store prices. Here is a treasury of decorative projects...
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Stories from the Old Testament Coloring BookPowerful scenes from the Old Testament dramatically come to life in this coloring book. Artists of all ages can apply their coloring skills to 30 boldly rendered biblical scenes. Among them are Adam and Eve being driven out of the Garden of Eden, Cain...
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More Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm QuiltsPam and Nicky Lintott have sold over 250,000 books all over the world - testament to their extraordinary talent for creating great quilt designs with easy-to-follow instructions. Following on from the best-selling title Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts, this is a beautiful...
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Creative Haven Steampunk Designs Coloring BookOver 30 detailed drawings depict men and women in Victorian regalia adorned with goggles, gears, antique clocks, and other artifacts of the steam-powered era. Evocative backgrounds feature moody mashups of butterflies, flowers, and stars with locomotives, hot-air balloons, Victrolas, and other machinery. Pages are...
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José Clemente Orozco: Graphic WorkMexican painter José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) was one of the twentieth century's major artists and Mexico's greatest muralist. In addition to his acclaimed work in painting, Orozco was also a skilled and versatile printmaker, architectural draftsman, caricaturist, portraitist, book illustrator, and stage designer for...
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Little Feminist Icons Coloring BookLittle Feminist Icons Coloring Book features 24 pages of original illustrations by KahriAnne Kerr of fashion icons and their quotes. Everyone from Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Maya Angelou are ready to be colored in style! Author: Kahrianne KerrPublisher: BlurbPublished: 11/10/2022Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize:...
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