Machine Embroidery and Textile Decoration by Elli Woodsford, softback published by Apple Press. ISBN 1-84543-117-0 from www.apple-press.com
I just love this book. It has such fantastic projects and it’s such fun to decide just which you are going to make first, because I bet you will want to make more than one or two. One of [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Machine Embroidery and Textile Decoration by Elli Woodsford
Woven Shibori by Catharine Ellis
Woven Shibori by Catharine Ellis, softback published by Interweave Press in the USA and exclusively distributed in the UK by Search Press. ISBN 1-931499-67-5, price 17.99 from www.searchpress.com
Shibori is the Japanese art of tying before dyeing fabric. Here, innovative weaver, Catharine Ellis applies the principles of design to weave. The book is well illustrated and [...]
Container Gardening by Joanna K Harrison
Container Gardening by Joanna K Harrison, hardback published by Apple Press. ISBN 978-1-84543-301-7 available from www.apple-press.com
Container gardening is one of the areas of horticulture set to decline with the tightening restrictions on water, or charges for water, and the pressure for environmentally friendly gardening. That said this book, with its focus on organic, might just [...]
Water Gardens by Ben Helm
Water Gardens by Ben Helm and Kelly Billing, hardback published by Apple Press. ISBN 978-1-84543-250-8, price 14.99 available from www.apple-press.com
Apple Press like to do things thoroughly, and this book is no exception. It is a thorough guide to water gardening. Find out how to build, plant, stock and maintain one. Find out about different methods [...]
Textile Translations by Maggie Grey
Textile Translations by Maggie Grey, softback published by D4daisy. ISBN 978-0-9555371-1-0, price 17.00 available from www.d4daisy.com
Peel your eyes off the cover, to discover within Maggie Grey’s latest amazing feats. If I had three wishes to be anyone in textiles, all three might well be Maggie Grey. Her vision is a journey of discovery, her use [...]