Admire large, color photographs of the best modern quilting has to offer—more than 200 quilts curated by the Modern Quilt Guild. From the Amish and Gee’s Bend to the first use of the word "modern” in quilting, trace the history of modern quilts and learn about hallmarks of the genre in a concise retrospective. This beautiful hardcover book celebrates the genre, honoring its past, present, and future.

Unprecedented access to the prestigious Embroiderers' Guild's huge collection of embroidered birds through the ages, complete with detailed comments about each piece.This fantastic book showcases the Embroiderers' Guild's huge collection of embroidered birds through the ages. Featuring photographs taken especially for the book, items are shown in full and also with detail images to show off the birds at their best. These wonderful embroidered treasures are as varied as wall hangings, dresses, bridal bags and samplers, some of which date back to the seventeenth century. The images are shown with extended captions giving the country of origin, age, size and the embroidery techniques employed to make them. Now housed in the Bucks County Museum (UK), the collection hails from countries such as China, Japan, North America, Spain, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Norway and Switzerland. This books represents an opportunity to see fabulous embroideries that are rarely seen in public.

In this workshop manual, Gina Barrett shows how to recreate the beautiful passementerie buttons of the past and how to work modern designs. A large variety of techniques are expalined, including thread wrapping, needlework, knots and embroidery. Working with beads and spangles, needleweaving and lace techniques are discussed, as are tools, materials, useful stitches and finishing. Instructions for over 100 individual designs are included – each clearly explained and illustrated with step by step drawings. Suggestions for many more variations are also given, with photographs and drawings for inspiration, enabling the reader to create a huge range of unique buttons. Regardless of whether you sew or not, and whatever your skill level, this manual will show you how to make beautiful buttons.

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8.5" x 11" weaving journal to document your 4-shaft, handwoven handmade projects. There are amazing resources to learn how to weave and create a handwoven project. This is a workbook to accompany those resources to plan and document your projects.Each project has four pages to record the planning and results of your next 25 handwoven projects. The first page includes information collected for planning the project as well as project completion notes for easy reference: Project title Pattern/structure and source SettReed and ends per dentMeasurements on loom, off loom and after finishingFinishing method notes Location of sample and/or textileand more.Second page includes project planning of warp and weft colors and summary table of yarn needed for project:Third and fourth pages include step by step calculations for warp, weft and yarn needed.This project planner and notebook was created by a weaver for weavers. There are many wonderful printables available online though none contained all of the information I was looking for or the printouts were misplaced along with all the precious notes they contained. This workbook was created to help keep all the notes in one place.If you are ma... [Read More]

When "Adorned in Dreams" was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as 'the best I have read on the subject, bar none'. Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity or to subvert it and this brand new edition of her book follows recent developments to bring the story of fashionable dress up to date, exploring the grunge look inspired by bands like Nirvana, the 'boho chic' of the mid 90's, retro-dressing and the meanings of dress from the veil to Beck's pink-varnished toenails.

8.5" x 11" weaving journal to document your 4-shaft, handwoven handmade projects. There are amazing resources to learn how to weave and create a handwoven project. This is a workbook to accompany those resources to plan and document your projects.Each project has four pages to record the planning and results of your next 25 handwoven projects. The first page includes information collected for planning the project as well as project completion notes for easy reference: Project title Pattern/structure and source SettReed and ends per dentMeasurements on loom, off loom and after finishingFinishing method notes Location of sample and/or textileand more.Second page includes project planning of warp and weft colors and summary table of yarn needed for project:Third and fourth pages include step by step calculations for warp, weft and yarn needed.This project planner and notebook was created by a weaver for weavers. There are many wonderful printables available online though none contained all of the information I was looking for or the printouts were misplaced along with all the precious notes they contained. This workbook was created to help keep all the notes in one place.If you are ma... [Read More]

This book is the one. The Wedding Dress: How to Make the Perfect One for You offers many indispensable tips –  Advice on dresses to flatter every body shape All the information you will need on equipment Fabrics: selection and types Sewing techniques How to work from patterns How to alter patterns Say “Yes” to the dressmaker. Professional dressmaker Becky Drinan guides you through the entire process of making your own made-to-measure wedding dress!  Picture Perfect. 500 stunning, colorful and enlightening photographs and 45 illustrations will help you create the perfect gown. In addition to the three beautiful and elegant gown patterns, you will learn to sew: a lace bolero three veil styles Presenting 3 gorgeous gowns. These gowns embody the key styles featured in a number of the designs throughout the book. You can get to work right away: Three pull-out pattern sheets are enclosed in a clever pocket at the back of the book.    

8.5" x 11" weaving journal to document your 4-shaft, handwoven handmade projects. There are amazing resources to learn how to weave and create a handwoven project. This is a workbook to accompany those resources to plan and document your projects.Each project has four pages to record the planning and results of your next 25 handwoven projects. The first page includes information collected for planning the project as well as project completion notes for easy reference: Project title Pattern/structure and source SettReed and ends per dentMeasurements on loom, off loom and after finishingFinishing method notes Location of sample and/or textileand more.Second page includes project planning of warp and weft colors and summary table of yarn needed for project:Third and fourth pages include step by step calculations for warp, weft and yarn needed.This project planner and notebook was created by a weaver for weavers. There are many wonderful printables available online though none contained all of the information I was looking for or the printouts were misplaced along with all the precious notes they contained. This workbook was created to help keep all the notes in one place.If you are ma... [Read More]

Garments throughout the book are roughly graphed so you have ideas of construction. Shapes are simple. Garments are photographed in black & white

The electrical fences and advanced technology of Jurassic World didn't stop the dinosaurs from escaping and terrorizing the visitors, just like nothing is going to stop you from having the best Halloween yet when you dress in this one-piece inflatable T-Rex suit. A built-in fan will keep you cool all night, so whether you're trick or treating through Jurassic World or you're going to a fun party with your friends, you'll be comfortable! You can also don this costume to the premiere of the upcoming film; you'll look so great, people will forget all about the movie and all eyes

Dashing and daring, this flashy costume is perfect for the little man in your life who is always on the run. Celebrate the arrival of the new Incredibles movie with the Incredibles 2: Dash Classic Muscle Child Costume. This incredible costume comes with muscles built in, and with a belt and mask included, nothing will stop this lightning fast

Live out the Avengers fantasy and suit up as the high tech crime fighter and get ready to battle it out in this Avengers Age of Ultron Iron Man Muscle Chest