Download or read book Happy Stitch written by Jodie Rackley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stitch Up a Smile! You can't help but feel happy while whipping up these charming felt and fabric projects! With a few simple stitches and some basic materials, you'll be crafting in no time at all. From plush animals to electronics cozies to curtains and pillows, you'll love filling your home with bright and colorful crafty creations! Inside you'll find: • Step-by-step instructions and photography that make stitching a breeze! • 30 different projects, perfect for gift-giving, home decoration and creative crafting. • An embroidery stitch library that puts all the basic stitches for embellishing your handmade treasures at your fingertips So gather your felt, fabric and floss, and stitch up a little happiness!
Download or read book Sewing Happiness written by Sanae Ishida and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create Pinterest-worthy clothing, accessories, and more with this how-to guide and memoir featuring 20 meditative sewing projects, plus inspiring stories that promote creativity, happiness, and fulfillment. When Sanae Ishida was diagnosed with a chronic illness and lost her corporate job, she felt like her whole life was falling apart. Inspired to succeed at just one thing, Ishida vowed to sew all of her daughter’s clothes—and most of her own—for one full year. In Sewing Happiness, Ishida recounts her incredible journey, reflecting on how sewing helped her survive such a difficult time in her life. Sewing Happiness features twenty simple sewing projects (with variations) organized by season and tied together with a thread of memoir that tells the story Ishida’s unexpected transformation and how sewing brought her profound happiness. Each seasonal project—from Japanese-inspired home goods to children’s and women’s clothing—is specially designed to promote health, creativity, and relationships and to provide gentle inspiration to live your best life. Complete with photos and easy-to-follow steps, Sewing Happiness is at once a guide to the craft of sewing and a guide to enjoying life in all its beautiful imperfections.
Download or read book Modern Hand Stitching written by Ruth Chandler and published by Landauer (IL). This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain confidence knowing over 35 basic stitches! This contemporary reference offers dozens of variations on straight stitches, cross stitches, chain stitches, knots, couching, wrapping, and more through step-by-step instructions, photography, and expert tips.
Download or read book Stitches written by Anne Lamott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Almost Everything “Lamott’s …most insightful book yet, Stitches offers plenty of her characteristic witty wisdom…this slim, readable volume [is] a lens on life, widening and narrowing, encouraging each reader to reflect on what it is, after all, that really matters.”—People What do we do when life lurches out of balance? How can we reconnect to one other and to what’s sustaining, when evil and catastrophe seem inescapable? These questions lie at the heart of Stitches, Lamott’s profound follow-up to her New York Times–bestselling Help, Thanks, Wow. In this book Lamott explores how we find meaning and peace in these loud and frantic times; where we start again after personal and public devastation; how we recapture wholeness after loss; and how we locate our true identities in this frazzled age. We begin, Lamott says, by collecting the ripped shreds of our emotional and spiritual fabric and sewing them back together, one stitch at a time. It’s in these stitches that the quilt of life begins, and embedded in them are strength, warmth, humor, and humanity.
Download or read book A Life in Stitches written by Rachael Herron and published by HGA Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious, heartfelt romp that will bring you home to yourself. You don’t have to be a knitter to fall in love with this book—any person who’s ever made anything with their hands will dive joyfully into these pages and come back up renewed and ready to create. Tenth Anniversary Edition - This beloved bestseller is newly updated with fresh stories and extra devotion to the happiness found in everyday tools. Internationally bestselling author Rachael Herron shows that when life unravels, there’s usually a way to knit it back together again, and if there’s not, there’s still hope to be found in the simple tools of the craft. Honest, funny, and full of warmth, Herron’s tales, each inspired by something she knitted, will speak to anyone who’s ever loved (or lost). From her very first sweater (a hilarious disaster) to the yellow afghan that caused a breakup (and, ultimately, a breakthrough), every chapter has a moving story behind it. This beautifully candid collection about crafting the art of happiness through joy and grief is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert and Glennon Doyle. Click BUY now! Rachael Herron is the author of more than two dozen books, including thriller (under R.H. Herron), mainstream fiction, feminist romance, memoir, and nonfiction about writing. She received her MFA in writing from Mills College, Oakland, and she teaches writing extension workshops at both UC Berkeley and Stanford. She is a proud member of the NaNoWriMo Writer’s Board. An AmeriKiwi, she’s currently living in New Zealand.
Download or read book Colourful Fun Embroidery written by Clare Albans and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take time out to be creative and de-stress with these colorful, fun embroidery projects from Hello! Hooray! Ranging from things you could complete in an afternoon to others that you can take your time over, enjoy every step of the making process as you focus on feeling good through being creative. The finished makes will bring color and joy to your home, workspace and wardrobe. The projects in this book allow you to craft your creative time by selecting makes according to timescale. Choose one of the crafternoon makes if you want that sense of joy at finishing something, a medium makes project for the days where you have a little more time for crafting, or for something to really take your time over you could stitch one of the longer pick me up projects. Each project includes step-by-step instructions, beautiful photos and inspirational ideas for how to make each project your own. So take time to be creative with this colorful, feel-good craft book!
Download or read book Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary written by Dora Ohrenstein and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated crochet stitch dictionary features 125 stitches plus handy shaping techniques and endless inspiration for creative crocheters. In Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary, designer Dora Ohrenstein offers detailed instructions for 125 beautiful stitch patterns. Plus, she explains how to increase and decrease each stitch pattern in three different ways—without shaping, with shaping at the edges, and with internal shaping. This hefty collection, ranging from lace and filigree to shells and textured stitches, is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern, plus charted and text instructions. Ohrenstein’s focus on shaping techniques makes it possible to explore an array of variations without a pattern.
Download or read book Crewel Embroidery written by Tatiana Popova and published by SearchPress+ORM. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to create stunning needlecraft projects inspired by traditional fairy tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Karolcia, The Wild Swans, and Cinderella. This magical collection takes as its central theme a magnificent embroidery depicting the “Tree of Happiness.” Each part of the embroidery is then explored in detail through stitch diagrams, explanations of the threads used, and alternative ways of working. There are seven wonderful designs in total, each dedicated to one of Tatiana’s favorite fairy tales, and all illustrated with gorgeous photographs and informative diagrams. Over 90 stitches are described in the book, all worked using stranded cotton and cotton pearl thread rather than traditional crewel wool, which gives the embroideries a fresh, modern appeal. Whether you are new to embroidery or an experienced embroiderer looking for inspiration and expert guidance, Tatiana’s beautiful book is one you will turn to again and again. “Tatiana Popova is a major craftswoman in her art, and what she does is beautiful. She not only demonstrates the techniques of crewel, she simplifies and breakdown each design into small achievable parts.” —Postcard Reviews
Download or read book Crochet Stitch Dictionary written by Sarah Hazell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great gift for new and experienced crocheters alike, Crochet Stitch Dictionary offers 200 stitches with detailed written, charted, and photographed instructions. With colorful and eye-catching "candy-box" sampler pages that start every section, this essential book presents hundreds of stitches organized in 10 color-coded sections: - Basic stitches - Fans & Shells - Bobbles & Clusters - Spike stitches - Post stitches - Mesh & Filet - Cable stitches - Tunisian stitches, and more! Each stitch pattern shows a large finished swatch in actual size, along with step-by-step photo instructions that clearly explain where the yarn goes each step of the way. Crochet Stitch Dictionary offers excellent useful instruction and inspiration for all crocheters.
Download or read book Scrappiness Is Happiness written by Lori Holt and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Splendid Sampler 2 written by Pat Sloan and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 28,000 quilters have sewn along with the Splendid Sampler community online. Now Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson return with 100 all-new block patterns to inspire quilters all over the world, all over again! Choose blocks designed by Pat and Jane plus superstar quilters Lissa Alexander, Carrie Nelson, Jenny Doan, Susan Ache, Betsy Chutchian, and many more. Blocks made with patchwork, applique, embroidery, and paper piecing provide plenty of opportunities to try new techniques. You'll discover fun ideas for arranging your blocks in a gallery of sampler quilts. Share your progress online and experience the joys of quilting with this "Splendid" community of quilters!
Download or read book Super Stitches Sewing written by Nicole Vasbinder and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Perfect Stitch for Every Project Does your sewing machine come with lots of fancy stitches that you've never thought to try? This essential guide to machine and hand stitches will teach you how to use any and every stitch for professional-looking seams, hems, gathers, darts, and more. Unlock your full sewing potential with 57 machine stitches, 18 hand stitches, and tips to choose the correct needles, threads, and sewing machine accessories, complete with detailed step-by-step tutorials and illustrations. This comprehensive stitch dictionary is a must-have companion for any sewer, whether you just bought your first sewing machine or you’re a seasoned expert looking to polish your skills. If your passion is dressmaking, tailoring, or simply mending your own clothes, Super Stitches Sewing gives you all of the information you need to make every project a success.
Download or read book Edward s Menagerie written by Kerry Lord and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a suave high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant who knows her way around a kitchen, and a seriously chivalrous tiger . . . With just two weeks to go before her baby Edward’s due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time, and a new obsession began. Over the next twelve months, the collection of crochet animals expanded week by week until Edward’s Menagerie was complete—with forty unique patterns. These cute animals with larger-than-life personalities are made using simple crochet techniques, and the step-by-step instructions enable a complete beginner to get hooking straight away. Each animal also has a universal pattern, allowing crocheters to change their hooks and yarns to create four different sizes, making for 160 different possibilities. Be warned—these unlikely characters, made using a super-soft yarn in a sumptuous natural color palette, will become your new best friends as you hook your way through the whole menagerie!
Download or read book Stitch N Bitch Crochet The Happy Hooker written by Debbie Stoller and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debbie does crochet! Debbie Stoller, the “knitting superstar,” has been leading an entire movement of hip young knitters with her New York Times bestseller Stitch ’n Bitch and its follow-up, Stitch ’n Bitch Nation, together with over 521,000 copies in print. But guess what? For every one knitter in the world there are three crocheters—which translates into millions of hip, crafty, 18- to 35-year-olds ready to be happy hookers with Stitch ’n Bitch attitude, sexiness, ingenuity, and cool. Written in the author’s cheeky chick style, this heavily illustrated book—featuring four-color photographs and instructional illustrations throughout—is chock-full of instruction, inspiration, and to-die-for designs, from a Fishnet Skullcap to a lacy evening wrap. For knitters and new crafters exploring the hook comes the primer: the advantages of crochet and the ways in which knitters (and nonknitters) benefit by learning this sister craft; a discussion of tools; all the cool yarns available, and what the different gauges mean; plus basic techniques and stitch patterns—including the chain stitch, picot, flowers, filet crochet, changing yarns, and finishing. Then come 40 fabulous, funky projects—the kind that make Stitch ’n Bitch rule—for crocheters: Pom Pom Capelet, Retro Clutch Purse, Anarchy Irony Hat, Ms. Pac Man Change Purses, Doris Daymat, Va-Va-Va Voom Bikini, Animal I-Pod Cozies, Kid’s Sock Monkey Poncho. No, these aren’t your grandma’s doilies.
Download or read book Norah Gaughan s Knitted Cable Sourcebook written by Norah Gaughan and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking stitch dictionary from a cable master, featuring 150 cable stitch patterns and fifteen garment patterns to test your skills. This guide for the modern knitter presents more than 150 new and innovative cable stitch patterns ranging from basic to complex and offers enlightening insight into how cables are engineered, how knitters can design their own, and how knitters can mix and match cables in a knitting pattern. Teacher, author, and master knitter Norah Gaughan shares her design principles and offers clear cable-making instruction throughout, always in a conversational, easy-to-understand voice that proceeds naturally, as one cable idea leads to the next. Master the art of cable knitting, then test your newfound skills with the fifteen garment patterns for wraps, sweaters, and accessories.
Download or read book 18 Stitches Of Love written by NILOY SHOUVIC ROY and published by Niloy Shouvic Roy. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "18 Stitches of Love" is a profound journey through the raw, tumultuous experiences of love and life, capturing the deep cuts we often endure. It delves into the heartache and struggles that many face, only to find healing through the metaphorical stitches that bind our wounds. This book is a beacon of hope for those grappling with depression, aiming to shed light on the pervasive yet often invisible struggles many endure. By sharing personal stories and insights, "18 Stitches of Love" assures readers that they are not alone in their battles. It serves as a powerful reminder that amidst the darkness, there is always a way to mend and heal. The book is a call to action, urging those in the throes of despair to hold on, fight back against suicidal thoughts, and seek connection and communication. "18 Stitches of Love" is more than just a collection of poetic stories; it is a lifeline, a community, and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It seeks to make the invisible visible, giving voice to the silent suffering of many, and ultimately, to inspire strength, hope, and healing.
Download or read book Success Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
