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Secret Garden Embroidery
$34.99
Secret Garden EmbroideryStitch your very own horticultural haven with What Delilah Did.Step into Miranda Merriweather’s magnificent secret garden, where lucky clovers grow in spades and the towering tulips reach six feet tall.This whimsical collection of botanical-inspired needlework projects will take you from budding novice to confident stitcher as you explore a variety of simple counted embroidery techniques. Bursting with colour and filled with designs to suit a range of abilities, you needn’t be green-fingered to recreate a slice of this magical rural retreat in your own home.Keep your eyes open for beautiful Lacewing Butterflies, Arbour Alphabet Flags, a super-sweet Milk and Honey Bee and a naughty little Early Bird called Gerald who is guaranteed to brighten up your summer.Projects are design-led, practical and colourful, and many can be completed within a weekend. The style is light and folksy but still retains What Delilah Did's signature pared-down and stylish aesthetic. Materials are high quality, with an emphasis on texture and sophisticated colours. Florals play a large part, but are beautiful and modern rather than flouncy, ranging from folky to botanical in style.
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Sewing: Just What You Need
$21.99
Sewing: Just What You Need Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of sewing has just what you need to sew buttons, repair clothes, make alterations and take control of needle and thread.Do you need to sew a button back on?Or let out some trouser legs?Or cut fabric from a pattern?Sewing is a highly satisfying and useful skill, but it can look forbidding from the outside.This handy guide breaks everything down for you so you can pick up the fundamental skills one by one, leaving you confident to take on repairs, alterations and even making simple patterns from scratch.Includes:- understand your sewing machine's controls- how to measure- how to check fit- how to adjust a garment or pattern- many hand stitches- some machine stitches- how to sew a pleat- how to fix a button- how to hem- how to sew a buttonhole- how to add a pocket to a garmentetc...
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Textiles X Art
$69.99
Textiles X Art Ramona Barry is a writer and curator specializing in craft and design, based in Naarm/Melbourne. She has written catalogue essays and articles, curated exhibitions, and taught over 200 craft workshops focusing on textile techniques. Ramona has also designed public programs and large-scale craft events. Her current practice includes artist residencies and community-based projects, as well as her own fine art and creative writing.Beck Jobson is a textile artist, writer, and curator also based in Naarm/Melbourne. Specializing in woven textiles, Beck develops creative projects, residencies, and collaborative partnerships for artists. Her recent works critique labor, utility, and aesthetic value systems using slow handcraft techniques and salvaged materials. Beck currently serves as Head of Studio at the Australian Tapestry Workshop.
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The Green-wood Carver
$34.99
Discover the absorbing art of whittling. An immersive and peaceful craft that rewards calm focus with beautiful objects. Â Samuel Alexander quickly built a strong following sharing his own compelling story about the healing power of carving. Now, in his first book he introduces this calm and gentle craft. Teaching beginners how to responsibly source fresh green wood, master the basic techniques for using a knife and sharing a range of step-by-step projects to work through at your own pace, The Green-Wood Carver is an important reminder of the therapeutic benefits of exploring a new craft. Â After learning the basics of how to get started, you can work through projects as varied as spoons, vases, simple buttons and household hooks. Working with the grain, you'll create tactile curves and textures, slowly revealing the character of each piece as you whittle. Â With Samuel's thoughtful reflections on the joy of small movements and personal creativity charmingly woven throughout this how-to guide, his aim is not only to teach you how to create a beautiful object but to find the beauty in the process itself.
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The Knights Of Tayrealm Coloring Book
$24.99
The Knights Of Tayrealm Coloring Book The Knights of Tayrealm is an exciting new coloring book where your favorite Taylor Swift albums don’t just move you, they come to life!Illustrator Alef Vernon (known online as @alefvernonart) welcomes you to the Tayrealm—an enchanted universe where all your favorite Taylor Swift albums are brought to shimmering, ethereal life. This magical world is filled with characters you already know and love but presented in an all-new way. You’ll meet the Holy Bard of Red Land strumming along through the State of Grace, the Lover Archer protecting her Gold Castle from crumbling, the Folklore Fairy flying through the trees of Woodvale searching for her lost sister, and many more!In this beautifully illustrated coloring book, Vernon introduces readers to a fictional new world filled with knights, swords, castles, and crowns unique to each of Swift’s fifteen studio albums, complete with fun details and hidden Easter eggs to excite fans of all ages and eras. So put on your favorite T.S. playlist, grab your colored pencils and glitter pens, and get ready to meet The Knights of Tayrealm!
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The Quilting Book
$55.00
The Quilting Book Everything you need to know to create your own quilt, whatever your styleThe ultimate guide to quilting, from the first cut to the final stitch.The Quilting Book contains everything you need to know to create your own stunning quilt designs. This essential guide includes more than 200 step-by-step techniques, from measuring and cutting to quilting and binding, along with different styles including improv and foundation paper piecing.Once you have practised the basics, try out your new-found skills with 13 quilting projects, or design your own with 85 classic pattern blocks.Whether you're curious about quilting but don't know where to start, or an experienced quilter looking for a handy reference as you build on your skills, The Quilting Book makes it easy to createquilts that will be loved for a lifetime.
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Trinkets: Felt Food To Sew And Love
$29.99
Trinkets: Felt Food To Sew And Love Trinkets invites you into a whimsical world of felt creations. With Cat Rabbit's adorable, playful designs and step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to make an assortment of charming felt food friends, from the fruit bowl to eggs three ways. Perfect for beginners and experienced crafters alike, this book makes sewing accessible, fun, and extraordinarily cute, and will have you making adorable trinkets for everyone you know.
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Watercolor With Me
$36.99
Dana Fox is the author of Watercolor with Me in the Forest and founder of Wonder Forest. Her work has been featured on the shelves of Target, Urban Outfitters, Wayfair, Bloomingdale's and many others. She lives in Ontario, Canada.
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Wrap: Celebrate
$26.99
Celebrate with this cool and funky all-in-one gift-wrapping collection! The striking marbled artworks are printed and designed as 15 double-sided wraps, along with 30+ gift tags and over 100 fun stickers and tape pieces. No more cluttered drawers filled with half-used wrapping paper and broken tape dispensers – this collection has everything you need to dress up your presents in style. Wrap: Celebrate is perfect for any occasion and will fit neatly on your bookshelf.
