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Needle Felting
$ 59.95

Art Tins
$ 22.50

'Dolly Dingle" Paper Dolls
$ 14.95

Please feel free to browse on our varied special selections of arts and crafts books for young and old, novice and experienced...for each and everyone who loves to craft.

To help you create your own work of art, select the book that interests you the most....and with our matching supplies ...your next craft project ....will be a treasure to keep !

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The Art of Stitching on Metal

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- showcases unique and awe-inspiringt art of stitching on metal using mainly machine stitching from jewellery to richly decorated boxes and panels and represents a rare fusion of traditional and contemporary methods and designs.
- eleven beautiful items to make with clear, step-by-step instructions.
- comprehensive source of information on materials, equipment and techniques.
- how to create fantastic effects on metal by heating it, treating it with household substances and adding texture and colour through foiling, stamping, stencilling, embossing and more.

$ 72.50

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Fabric Art Collage

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - Mix it up with dozens of exciting new ways to create mixed-media fabric art.
- Everything you ever wanted to know about mixed-media fabric collage - the techniques, the supplies, the fun of creating.
- 40 original techniques, each illustrated with step-by-step photos.

- Painting, stamping, creating base materials, embellishments, fibers and hand embroidery, hot tools, distressing, assembling the layers. - Projects include canvas quilt, birdhouse quilt, flower sampler quilt, paper quilt, black, white and red quilt.

$ 49.95

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Embellishing with Anything

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - Fiber Art Techniques for Quilts-AtC's, Postcards, Wallhangings and More.
- Recycle found treasures into fun little art quilts to give, trade and show off.
- 17 small-scale projects give you a quick and inexpensive way to play with new fiber-art techniques and materials.

- Enhance your creations with found objects like wine labels, driftwood, feathers, costume jewelry and even beer cans. - Make beautiful beads from fabric scraps, stabilizer, wool felt or recycled-plastic felt.
- Includes informative sections on tools, techniques and supplies.
- Projects include: Beaded print ATC, Pin Dolls, Landscape Wallhanging, Ladybug ATC....and more.

$ 54.95

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Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutrador

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - For quilting, papercrafts, mixedmedia art.
- Revolutionize your craft experrience with 27 techniques and 14 projects.
- Get creative with this fabulous cross between paper and fabric.
- Discover all the wonderful things you can do with Lutradur.

- The exciting new fabric that looks, feels and folds like translucent paper but does not tear or fray.
- Add luminous color and exotic lacy effects to art quilts, fabric or altered books, mixed media art.
- Projects include Baby's Blocks, Her heart, Autumn Field, Squared Away.....and more.
- Comes with a bonus Lutrador.

$ 43.95

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Art Quilts at Play

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - Ignite your inner artist. Experiment with surface design techniques.
- Have more fun with your art quilting. Expand your artistic horizons and learn exciting new ways to play with surface design techniques and materials. - Explore 22 different techniques and creative design effects.
- Projects include mixing color, simple screen printing, nature printing, shrink film, metallic foil and leafing....and more.

$ 62.50

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Art Quilt Workbook

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- Exercises and techniques to ignite your creativity.
- Do-it-all guide to putting the art in art quilts.
- Learn the basics of good design with simple step-by-step exercises, then add your own personal style.

- Explore fabric collage, thread painting, innovative piecing and photo imagery on fabric.
- Learn about the business side of creating, exhibiting and marketing your quilts.
- Projects include fabric collage, innovative piecing, paint effects, embellishing....and more.

$ 58.50

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Handmade Books & Albums

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- Decorate and embellish notebooks, diaries and journals.
- Transform ready-made notebooks and create stunning journals of your own with easy-to-follow techniques.
- Beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions for more than 20 inspirational projects.
- Includes simple paper-making and creative embellishments for decorative papers.

- Explains the different materials that can be used for creating, covering, binding and fastening books and albums.

$ 44.50

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The Fabric Stamping Handbook

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- A complete guide to stamp printing on fabric.
- Discover the magical world of fabric stamping using rubber stamps and more, printing on fabric to make one-of-a-kind quilts, wearables and accessories.
- Use commercial stamps or create your own. Everything you need to know about materials, paints and supplies.

$ 59.95

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Unique Handmade Books

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - Astonishing and original projects that will redefine your idea of how a book should look.
- One-of-a-kind volumes folded like an accordion, shaped and themed with windows and envelopes.
- thickly sewn and decoratively woven and even made out of paper bags.
- Fun ways to create collaborative books including one to craft with a child.

$ 47.50

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Handmade Books
How to Make if you think you can't

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- 15 different books including a case-bound journal, circle accordion book, long stitch book, four needle book, french stitch book, packet from Egypt,japanese stab binding,...and much more.
- Includes a brief introduction on what a book is and a history of book-making.
- Basic supplies, paper grain, trimming the fore edge, rulers, glue.
- Glossary and terms to know about making a book.

$ 37.50

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Mixed Media Explorations

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - Blending paper, fabric and embellishment to create inspired designs.
- Learn how to apply basic design principles like layering, highlighting motifs and creating grids to give your art depth and meaning.
- Use six simple embroidery stitches to add interest and texture.
- Turn favourite papers into fabrics that can then be stitched or quilted.

- Age your art by etching, burning and tearing and create richness with metallic threads, paint and rub-ons.
- Embed fibers and found objects, stitch through metal or use everyday items like brown grocery bags, wallpaper scraps and bleach to create texture.

$ 47.50

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Simple Soldered
Jewelry & Accessories

Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge - A crafter's guide to fashioning necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more.
- Create striking jewelry and unique home decorations featuring soldered glass frames displaying art.

- Create collages of decorative paper, placing them between readily available microscope slides, then soldering the edges to craft an eye-catching pendant.
- Try a unique approach to making exquisite jewelry and beautifully transforming ordinary household objects.

$ 52.50

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Fabric Memory Books

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- Techniques, projects, inspirations
- The art of storytelling in extraordinary fabric books.
- Combine your love of crafting, fabric and reading to create unique volumes for preserving your memories.

- 24 projects feature a variety of binding methods as well as inventive techniques like transferring photos onto textiles.

$ 52.50

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Create your own hand-printed cloth

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Click to enlarge image - Stamp, screen & stencil with everyday objects.
- Fun, foolproof ways to create your own one-of-a-kind fabric.
- Discover 8 can't-miss techniques for creating one-of-a-kind cloth for quilts or wearables.
- Product fascinating effects with objects you find at home or in the hardware store.
- Print original fabric with no rules, no limits! Explore the endless possibilties!
- Use these techniques on cotton, silk or rayon.

$ 56.95

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Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists


- A sketchbook is an invaluable companion for the embroiderer and textile artist. This book is pack with inspiring glimpses into the sketchbooks of some of the world's leading textile artists.
- This hard-cover book will help you make the most of your sketchbook practice, enabling you to develop ideas, record personal observations, experiment with materials and create sketchbooks that are works of art in themselves.

- Also contains practical advice on choosing a sketchbook, equipment, mark-making and page-colouring techniques and instructions for making your own simple sketchbooks.

$ 49.95

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The Art of the Family Tree
Creative Family History Projects Using Paper Art, Fabric & Collage


- This book offers a beautiful array of projects to highlight and celebrate them. From lovely "espalier" family trees that hang on the wall to keepsake books and albums, to creative sculptural family trees, you will surely find wonderful projects to artfully documnet your family's heritage.
- A lovely book for paper artists, genealogists or scrapbookers looking for creative family tree ideas.


- Creative ideas for making beautiful family heirlooms that will be treasured by future generations.
- Free artwork, family tree templates and clip art included.

$ 42.50

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Artful Paper Dolls


- New ways to play with a traditional form. Paper Doll projects with whimsical, nostalgic & Contemporary themes.
- Using a creative assortment of materials including personal photos, scanned hardware parts or mixed-media elements interpret the fuman figure in a variety of ways.
- Some of the projects are static and others are jointed with fashion as focus. Some are featured as part of an altered book or one-of-a-kind sculpture.

$ 36.95

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Simply Soldered Jewelry, Frames, Boxes & More


- If you can use a glue gun, then you can solder successfully. ermanently preserve the dried flowers from your wedding bouquet between glass slides that are soldered together.
- Make mixed media art from personal keepsakes that will last long enough to pass down for several generations. You can make photo frames exactly to your own specifications without spending a fortune at the frame shop.
- You can even make jewelry items that rival those found in galleries.

- You are going to love the creations in this book. Designs for everything are included...home decor to unique jewelry.
- A 36-page book including front and back cover.

$ 21.50

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Metal Craft Discovery Workshop


- Create unique jewelry, art dolls, collage art, keepsakes and more. Creating with metal has never been easier. Whether its jewelry, journals or kitschy keepsakes that spark your fire. This book shows just how easy it is to create 20 fun and funky projects step-by-step from a miniature journal to an altered lunch box.
- Explore ways to age and add texture to metal, discover the numerous types of metal available including copper, mesh, wire and recycled material.

- Conjure up beautiful patina finishes with several secret recipes. Give your recycle bin a second glance and start crafting beautiful pieces with metal today.

$ 54.95

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Collage Unleashed


- Unleash your creative spirit with freeform collage. Leave what you know about collage behind and take your artwork and creative expression to a world without limits. Discover collage's playful side as you gather your crayons, paints and other favorite materials then unleash your wild side with techniques such as :
- Dying paper towels, Making freezer paper monoprints, Building transparency sandwiches, Sewing with freeform stitches and embroidery,

- Creating books with wildly-sewn bindings, Doodling and making letterforms with assorted mark-making tools.
- Explore the freedom you had creating art as a child again, in the form of intuitive, freeform expression that is collage unleashed.

$ 46.50

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Fusing Fabric
Creative Cutting, bonding and Mark-Making with the Soldering Iron

- Discover one of the most innovative techniques in textile art: cutting, fusing and marking fabrics with the soldering iron to create stunning effects. Full step-by-step instructions for the basic methods plus a wealth of inspiring ideas for creative experimentation.
- With over 100 illustrations, colour photographs of beautiful finished pieces.
- Discover how to bond, cut, seal, seam, score and make marks on single or multiple layers of synthetic fabric, creating finished pieces that are beautiful in their own right or make unique surfaces for further stitching whether by hand or machine.

$ 48.50

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Paper, Metal, Stitch


- Creating surfaces with color & texture. Lots of new ideas and innovative methods for working with paper and metal. From melting techniques for embossing powders to using paper with heat-reactive threads. Innovative techniques for forming, manipulating, coloring and stitching both purchased and handmade papers.
- Coloring and stitching metal shim, glittering metal meshes, wires and coils, beads and foils and recycled domestic metals.

- Putting them all together : combining paper, metal and stitch plus other media to make stunning textiles. With over a hundred color photographs plus clear diagrams and detailed step-by-step instructions. All you need is enthusiasm and a sewing machine.

$ 48.50

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Pretty Little Things


- Collage Jewelry, trinkets, keepsakes. Discover a palce of creative magic. LEarn to combine vintage treasures with your own collage creations to make beautiful things that will not only dazzle your friends but will bring a touch of enchantment to your day.
- Full step-by-step tips and techniques. Learn soldering techniques and tips that set our work above the rest. Over 25 projects and numerous variations to satisfy to your creativity.
- A 36-page book including front and back cover.

$ 44.50

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Collage for the Soul


- Expressing hopes and dreams through art. Ideas and themes behind self-expression and creativity, highlighting how we can explore our relationships through art, the ways to see and present nature and what goes into the making of a visual memoir.
- Includes 26 projects from well-know collage artists. Each project is accompanied by directions that focus on thematic content, assembling materials, getting started and using techniques such as photo transfer,

gold leaf, encaustic, assemblage, phot montage, computer collage, fabric collage, cast-paper-pulp collage, tissue-paper collage, decoupage, painting and printing on paper, working with water-soluble oil pastels, frottage, texturing or altering paper and altering books.
- Gallery of work by top collage artists offer inspiration and demonstrating the many ways collage can be used to express ideas and explore personal issues. Special sidebars provide specific exercises for overcoming creative blocks

$ 46.95

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Material Visions
A Gallery of Miniature Art Quilts

- Stunning examples of one of the most exciting mediums for creative expression that has emerged for multi-media artists.
- Includes close-up photos of art quilts from traditional, non-traditional and contemporary quilters that documents the metamorphosis of quilts from bed coverings to art objects.
- Simple and concise tips and techniques to inspire expert and novice quilters to incorporate techniques such as embellishing with found objects, art stamping, embroidery, image transfers and beading into their next art quilt project.

$ 42.50

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Surface Designer's HandBook
Dyeing, Printing, Painting and Creating Resists on Fabric.


- Discover the secrets to creating visual complexity and depth in fabric. This book brings together dyeing techniques and surface design in one book. Covers all aspects of dyes favored by textile studios - fiber reactive, acid, vat and disperse.
- Explains step-by-step how to use these dyes to alter and change surfaces by discharging, screen printing, monoprinting, stamping, stenciling, resist dyeing, devore and painting. Teaches embellishing your fabric with foiling, embroidery, beadwork or collage.

- Offers hands-on resources including dye worksheets, recipes and instructions for all techniques plus tips and tricks. Essential reference tool whether you are a skilled surface designer or just starting out.

$ 59.75

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Collage Lost and Found


- Creating unique projects with vintage ephemera. Delivers collage projects including a jewelry, cards and journals that will inspire you to dust off the vintage ephemera you've been collecting and combine it with basic collage elements to create romantic pieces you can wear and display.
- Learn practical techniques that will aid you in all your creative endeavours : Include simple soldering techniques that anyone can do right away. The art of layering with beeswax to add an intriguing deoth to your work. Magic tricks for turning metal repair tape into aged metal sheet.

- Sources for finding vintage ephemera as well as tips for transforming new items into ones that appear to have stood the test of time.

$ 44.50

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Fabric Paper Party


- 69 Easy-to-make projects, 5 fun themes, invitations, favors, decor and scrapbook pages. Make 3-D crafts and scrapbooks with versatile fabric paper.
- Fabric paper is fun for all ages and perfect for scrapbooking, photo transfer, 3-D projects, altered books and other crafts.
- Projects include party poppers, bulletin boards, waterlily chocolate holder, tags, camera cse, magnets, butterfly streamers, travel valet, take-me-along photo frame.....and more.

$ 49.95

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Fabric Art Journals


- Making, sewing and embellishing journals from cloth and fibers.
- Guides you through the process of creating tactile, beautiful books and journals from cloth. Explores in detail all types of embellishments for fabric books including painting, dyeing, writing techniques, decorative stitching, machine and hand embroidery, image transfers, quilting.
- Step-by-step process of creating eight unique book structures.


- Step-by-step construction techniques, complete patterns and templates and fabulous embellishment ideas. Provides guidance detailed enough for inexperienced sewers and brims with inspiration and ideas for those with some background in fabric arts.

$ 47.75

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Making Family Journals
Projects and Ideas for Sharing and Recording Memories Together


- Creating journals and keeping scrapbooks are wonderful ways to tell your family's story. They offer a creative opportunity for family members to share a common project. Learn methods for creating simple book structures. Find creative ways to personalize and embellish purchased books.
- Discover your family's past by learning how to conduct simple genealogy research. Celebrate your family's present with inspirational projects commemorating central events. Look forward to the future with projects about yuor family's goals, dreams and wishes.

$ 47.95

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Beyond Paper Dolls


- Expressive paper personas crafted with innovative techniques and art mediums. Explore the human form, to create paper personas that are expressive, innovative and insightful.
- Technique-related details are provided, how paper and other exciting mediums to create their dolls are being used.
- See how inspiration rather than tradition are being followed to present dolls that are charismatic, colorful and full of surprises.

$ 49.50

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Crafting Personal Shrines


- Using photos, mementos & treasures to create artful displays.
- Create unique shrines that capture a story or make an observation about something that matters to you.
- Shrines, artful enclosures that contain personal objects are a wonderful way to celebrate and remember the special people and important moments in our lives. Learn how to build and decorate your own distinctive shrines from creating embellishments to finding objects to display in them.

$ 32.50

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Alphabetica
An A-Z Crativity Guide for Collage and Book Artists

- Learn to work with paper, paint, ephemera, found objects and fabric using the innovative techniques in this book. Collage, Assemblage, altered books, journals or mixed media, Alphabetica promises to get you started and to keep you trying new things while uncovering new depths of creativity.
- Learn from the artists techniques on using different mediums. Includes vintage photos, transparencies, using great quotes, creating with recycled papers, metal tapes and altered images, building a surface with patterns and fabrics, faux and ancient surfaces, attachments, layering .....and more. From altered to zigzag, a project from a to z.

$ 48.50

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Make Spectacular Books
Fabulous Fabric, Skewer & Folded Books


- Whether you are an experienced scrapbooker, a paper crafter, a quilter or beginner. Choose an occasion or theme, round up fabric, paper and embellishments and then follow the easy and fun directions.
- 19 projects feature lots of inspiration.
- 3 unique techniques to create a huge variety of books.
- Go wild with pockets, accordion foldouts, tabs and closures

$ 48.50

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Transparent Art
Imaginative ways to enhance crafting projects with transparencies


- Acetate transparencies that can be used to execute timeless designs in fresh and exciting ways.
- Demonstration of the versatility of transparencies in numerous projects including cards, scrapbooks, assemblages, collages, quilts, ornaments, altered books, ATC's, purses and.....so much more.
- Projects include mini art quilts in vessels, adorable ornaments, crackled glass embellishments, books and journals, memory art.....and so much more.

$ 47.95

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The Art of Fabric Books

- Innovative ways to use fabric in scrapbooks, altered books and more. Perfect creative combination of fabric and altered books. Use fabric as a natural addition to scrapbook and altered book projects and for books made entirely of fabric and embellishments.
- Includes ideas and inspirations for fabric pockets, frames, mini quilts and much more .
- Creative, doable projects using paper, fabric, thread, findings, buttons and other embellishments in a variety of book styles.Full of techniques, projects and inspiration !

$ 42.50

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Dimensional Delights
20 Folding Fabric Screens to Personalize, Embellish and Display


- These screen savers preserve treasured memories.
- All-new fabric screens for any style of decor.
- No-sew and stitched versions can be embellished with just about anything - photos, buttons, home-decor and scrapbook trims, mementos, found objects and more.
- Unforgettable gifts for anyone on your list. Great projects to make with kids, friends and family.

$ 42.50



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