Download or read book World of Geekcraft written by Susan Beal and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-03-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geek meets craft in this fun collection of 25 kooky projects for geeks of any affiliation, from D&D dice earrings, Star Trek pillows, and Super Mario cross-stitch to Star Wars terrariums, a Morse code quilt, and much more! Organized by difficulty from "Not a Jedi Yet" to "Warp Speed," World of Geekcraft covers a range of popular crafting techniques including beading, quilting, appliqué, embroidery, and needle felting. Best of all, it's easy to get started with step-by-step instructions and handy templates included in the back of the book. With lots of photos and plenty of geekery throughout, this one-of-a-kind book shows that geek and craft go together like...pixels and cross-stitch!

Download or read book Unstuck written by Noah Scalin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can't get the creative juices flowing? Unstuck features 52 simple, creativity-generating projects that can fit into any lifestyle. Arranged in order of time commitment--from 30 seconds to several hours--the 52 projects can be done randomly or one per week for an entire year of creativity building. Also included are 12 artist profiles that illuminate what other successful creative people do to stay inspired and productive, along with blank journaling pages to sketch, scribble, and jot down your experiences and ideas. Roll the dice (made from the "custom inspiration dice" template in the book) and see where your creative energy takes you! www.noahscalin.com www.skulladay.blogspot.com www.makesomething365.blogspot.com"--

Download or read book Star Trek Cross Stitch written by John Lohman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 30 cross-stich projects--created by "Star Trek" crafters--perfect for both die-hard Trekkies and enterprising crafters alike. It showcases some of the fans' biggest creations, and also includes pattern images and photos of every finished project in use by the creator themselves.

Download or read book Classic Disney Cross Stitch written by Editors of Thunder Bay Press and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday items become fabulous keepsakes when they are transformed into these 12 cross-stitch projects featuring classic Disney characters! One of the easiest and most accessible forms of embroidery to learn, cross-stitch has long been a favorite of beginning and experienced crafting enthusiasts. Classic Disney Cross-Stitch lets you add a touch of Disney magic to everyday items. A 64-page instruction book provides patterns and step-by-step instructions for creating 12 projects featuring classic Disney characters such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Bambi. Use the finished projects to embellish hand towels, baby onesies, bookmarks, and more! The kit includes all materials to stitch two fun projects (Snow White and Sorcerer Mickey from Fantasia): a 6-inch bamboo hoop, 2 pieces of 14 count white Aida fabric, 20 colors of cross-stitch floss, and 2 needles. From Peter Pan and Tinker Bell ornaments to a Sneezy handkerchief and a Winnie-the-Pooh bib, with this fun collection of cross-stitch projects, you can create unique gifts, home goods, decor, and more!

Download or read book Cross Stitch Creations Hello Kitty written by John Lohman and published by becker&mayer! Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add Hello Kitty and her friends to just about anything with Cross Stitch Creations: Hello Kitty. This adorable kit comes with everything you need to get started! Crafting just got a whole lot cuter! Like Hello Kitty herself, the twelve patterns in this fun, accessible, cross-stitch kit are all simply adorable. Cross Stitch Creations: Hello Kitty includes a fully illustrated book with step-by-step instructions and photographs of the finished projects, plus fun notes and details about the characters of Hello Kitty’s world. Cross Stitch Creations: Hello Kitty comes with everything you will need to get started, including a needle, embroidery floss, a six-inch hoop, and enough cloth for completing two projects. It all comes included in the kit, so there’s no waiting to get started. With twelve sweet patterns are inspired by the world of Hello Kitty and feature all of her friends. Adding Hello Kitty’s classic charm to clothing, pillowcases, onesies, and anything else you can get your crafty hands on has never been easier!

Download or read book Sewing for All Seasons written by Susan Beal and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The book offers plenty of inspiration . . . There are a variety of projects for each season, including clothing, pillows, quilts and decorations.” —Oregon Live From autumn’s bursts of orange and red to spring’s lush greens, summer’s long-lasting golden light and winter’s cool whites and grays, the changing seasons provide endless artistic inspiration. In Sewing for All Seasons, author Susan Beal offers twenty-four beautiful projects imbued with the spirit of each season. Home sewists will enjoy stitching a cozy patchwork throw for autumn, a bright gardening apron to welcome spring, a colorful picnic quilt for summer, and soft woolen slippers for those chilly winter nights. With how-to illustrations, helpful templates and patterns, tons of color, and eye-catching photography, this book will leap off shelves and inspire crafters all year long. “Pretty close to perfect when it comes to hitting a balance of what I look for in a crafty book: lots of inspiration, modernity, realistic skill requirements and desirability of finished projects.” —Apartment Therapy “Appealing versions of classic, relatively simple sewing ideas . . . Practical, livable designs.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book AntiCraft written by Renee Rigdon and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knitting, beading and stitching projects to make - or not. Whatever. &break;&break;If you would describe your favorite crafts as "supercute" - no, let us rephrase: If the idea of handcrafting the most nauseatingly adorable plush bunny you've ever seen sets your heart atwitter - feel free to stop reading. We'll understand. Really. &break;&break;If you're still reading, you may be cynical and fed up with syrupy crafts as we are. (Huzzah!) For you and your likeminded AntiCraftspeople, we have hand-selected twenty-five projects from the most talented crafters you'll never find in the mainstream (whatever that even means). Behold: &break;&break; Creations your goody-goody little sister will roll her eyes at, including snake-motif thigh-highs and a duct-tape corset.&break;&break; Tips and sidebars to celebrate (with as much enthusiasm as any of us can muster) your delightfully dark nature, including suggested mood-enhancers (soundtracks, movies, etc.) for making each and every item.&break;&break; Basic techniques for knitting, crochet and jewelry-making virgins - complete with step-by-step photos to save you from the embarrassment of asking that annoyingly perky coworker for help. &break;&break;Join us in the AntiCraft movement - where self-expression, no matter how socially unacceptable, is given a scalpel and room to operate.

Download or read book A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids written by Rikki Gustafson and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create the Monster Menagerie of Your Dreams Who says creepy can’t be cute? With this impressive amigurumi collection you can unlock a whole new world of creatures and cryptids in all their scaryadorable glory. From classic cryptids like Cthulhu, Nessie and Mothman to paranormal paragons like Zombies, Werewolves and Nosferatu himself, there’s no end to the delightful terrors you can create. These 40 unique patterns capture each creature’s quirks like the majesty of dragons’ wings, Medusa’s snake hair and the horror of Slender Man’s tentacles. While you’re creating, you can follow helpful tips on making your own colored eyes and pattern customization for color and sizing. Whether you’re looking to add some spooky new additions to your own plushie collection or are hoping to surprise the horror fan in your life, there’s a loveable monster in here for everyone.

Download or read book Modern Log Cabin Quilting written by Susan Beal and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think quilting is too difficult or too complicated, you’re not alone. Cutting hundreds of pieces and joining angled seams can be tough work! But log cabin quilting—an artful and simple way to piece strips of fabric around a central square—is different. From the intuitive construction through the straight-line stitching, this style of quilting is simple as can be. In Modern Log Cabin Quilting, Susan Beal outlines the entire process from start to finish, including basic quilting how-to as well as extensive design, fabric, and embellishment information. Since all log cabin designs follow the same formula, once you master straight lines and right angles, any of the 25 projects in this book are possible. From stash-friendly designs like the Charming Camera Case to more ambitious undertakings like the Vintage Linens Quilt, there’s sure to be a project that will get you into (or bring you back to) quilting!

Download or read book Crafting by Concepts written by sarah-marie belcastro and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the editors of the popular Making Mathematics with Needlework, this book presents projects that highlight the relationship between types of needlework and mathematics. Chapters start with accessible overviews presenting the interplay between mathematical concepts and craft expressions. Following sections explain the mathematics in more detail, and provide suggestions for classroom activities. Each chapter ends with specific crafting instructions. Types of needlework included are knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, quilting, temari balls, beading, tatting, and string art. Instructions are written as ordinary patterns, so the formatting and language will be familiar to crafters.

Download or read book Bead Simple written by Susan Beal and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[T]eaches basic techniques and design so that you can tailor any of the versatile and style-packed patterns to fit your ever-expanding stash [of beads]"--Page 2 of cover.

Download or read book Black Software written by Charlton D. McIlwain and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. In fact, it spans nearly five decades and involves a varied group of engineers, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, journalists, and activists. But this is a history that is virtually unknown even in our current age of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Black Lives Matter. Beginning with the simultaneous rise of civil rights and computer revolutions in the 1960s, McIlwain, for the first time, chronicles the long relationship between African Americans, computing technology, and the Internet. In turn, he argues that the forgotten figures who worked to make black politics central to the Internet's birth and evolution paved the way for today's explosion of racial justice activism. From the 1960s to present, the book examines how computing technology has been used to neutralize the threat that black people pose to the existing racial order, but also how black people seized these new computing tools to build community, wealth, and wage a war for racial justice.Through archival sources and the voices of many of those who lived and made this history, Black Software centralizes African Americans' role in the Internet's creation and evolution, illuminating both the limits and possibilities for using digital technology to push for racial justice in the United States and across the globe.

Download or read book Button it Up written by Susan Beal and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features instructions for an assortment of accessories and house wares, from bookmarks and key chains to purses, market totes, and embellished curtains. It includes sections on vintage button history and culture.

Download or read book A Geek s Guide to Cross Stitch written by Clarissa Thorne and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by Clarissa Thorne of Unexpected Hobby and formatted by Oceano Ransford (The Arcs, Eisner Award-nominated Rikki), A Geek's Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space combines the art of cross-stitch with the science of space travel, providing a new outlet for geeky creativity for crafters of all experience levels.

Download or read book Knits for Nerds written by Toni Carr and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patterns for Uhura’s dress, Hobbit slippers, a Summer Queen shawl, and other projects for crafty geeks . . . The best of science fiction, manga, and animaguiri meets knit one, purl two as knit siren and part-time roller derby girl Joan of Dark offers up an out-of-this-world assortment of knitting nerdiness. The patterns for thirty iconic clothing and accessory items inspired by popular TV shows, books, films, comics, and more—including Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Firefly—are presented alongside full-color photos showcasing completed projects, such as: * Lieutenant Uhura’s sexy Star Trek minidress * Hobbit feet slippers * Firefly-inspired scarf, socks, hat, and jacket * Tank Girl socks * Hermione Granger’s secret beaded bag * Manga-inspired leg warmers * The Big Bang Theory-inspired his and hers sweater-vests * Lord of the Rings-inspired shrug In addition to a wardrobe of costume finery, hobbyists will also find instructions for practical projects such as an e-reader cover or a laptop bag crafted of checkered fabric that serves double-duty as a chessboard and carryall, as well as patterns for plush toys inspired by Star Trek, robots, and the comic book Squee! Wear your nerdiness on your sleeve with Knits for Nerds.

Download or read book 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse written by Garth Johnson and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists have always been recyclers. This gallery of work made from repurposed materials is both a visual delight and "a source of ideas for crafters" (Library Journal). Artists and crafters have always been recyclers at heart, but in recent decades, it's become not only a thrifty choice but a moral imperative for many. 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse contains a cutting-edge collection of the most inventive work being made with reused, upcycled, and already existing materials. Exciting and inspiring, the work in this book ranges from clever and humble personal accessories to unique and important large-scale works of art, including paper art, fashion, jewelry, housewares, interiors, and installations.

Download or read book Button Jewelry written by Susan Beal and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can resist bright, colorful buttons? The 15 patterns in this booklet invite you to craft a jewelry box full of fun button baubles to completely restyle your wardrobe. Best of all, you finally have a reason to break out your button stash--or find some new ones! · Quick-to-Make.Each project will have you crafting in no time;clear, simple instructions support crafters of all levels. · Introductory to Jewelry Making. Perfect for beginners. · Great Value.A treasure trove of great projects at less than a dollar a piece! · Essential and Unique. Step-by-step instruction for pretty, clever projects readers will not find anywhere else.