Céline Dupuy—a designer whose creations are often featured in such major magazines as Marie Claire—and stylist Dominique Turbé have created a fantastic and innovative guide to making unique purses and handbags. They offer easy-to-follow instructions and patterns, as well as a wide range of styles, sizes, and shapes to choose from. Some of the projects even give old favorites a new lease on life, thanks to simple touch-ups and adornments. Select from a big, cheery oilcloth bag; retro-style shopper; handy tote; roomy duffle; elegant evening clutch; mini-picnic basket; leatherette briefcase and many more. Color photos illustrate the whole process, and templates are included.
More than twenty-six hundred drawings and photographs and clearly presented directions provide an understanding of the techniques involved in numerous traditional needlework crafts, including embroidery, quilting, applique, macrame, ...
From vintage styles to trendy beaded bags, this handbook shows readers how they can create affordable, designer-quality handbags right in their homes, even if they've never sewn a stitch.
An all-level skill book to make sure you get the most out of your serging machine.
Royal Knits: Designer Knitwear for the Monarchy and Monarchists
In Stitched in Time Alicia Paulson shares 30 beautiful, inventive and thoughtful projects that encourage you to take your memories down from the bookshelf, out of the closet, or off the hard drive and bring them into your daily life.
Choose from shoes meant for weddings, fancy pairs for a night out, and casual ones for everyday or the beach. This work also includes boots and a few patterns for baby footware.
With easy-to-follow illustrations for 60 projects--ranging from caf curtains to reupholstered chairs and down-to-earth directions--readers will return to this volume as a cherished reference again and again.
Ready to take your quilting skills to the next level and spark your creativity? This book is suitable for quilters who have mastered the basics and are ready to explore new techniques.