Sewing Pottery by Machine by Barbara Warholic, softback published by Martingale. ISBN 978-1-60468-029-4, price 18.99 available from www.martingale-pub.com
This is quite an ingenious idea – it looks like pottery but is made from fabric and stitched on the sewing machine. It follows on from the success of Breier’s ‘It’s a Wrap’ books one and two, published [...]
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Block Printing DVD with Jamie Malden
Inspired Block Printing DVD with Jamie Malden, published by Coloricious. Price 17.96 available from www.beckmanndirect.com
This one hour long DVD slowly takes you through a structured approach to block printing with pre-made blocks. The printing is mainly done on top of commercial fabrics although there is some mention of creating serendipity fabrics – wiping your hands [...]
Drawn to Stitch by Gwen Hedley
Drawn to Stitch by Gwen Hedley, hardback published by Batsford. ISBN 978-1-906388-80-5, price 19.99 available from www.anovabooks.com
Discover the uses of line and stitch in textiles and embroidery. This book covers all you need to know and gives an excellent basis on which to develop your own work. There is excellent content in this book, produced [...]
The Found Object by Cas Holmes
The Found Object by Cas Holmes, hardback published by Batsford. ISBN 978-1-906388-46-1, price 19.99 available from www.anovabooks.com
I think the beauty of this book lies in the fact that you don’t look at the objects and think – that’s recycled, they look new as if made from expensive materials. As with all Batsford craft books, what [...]
Embroidered Textiles by Sheila Paine
Embroidered Textiles by Sheila Paine, softback published by Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28858-0, price18.95 from www.thamesandhudson.com
For anyone who enjoys textiles and embroidery, this book should be on the top of your list. If you do not already possess the hardback edition, this paperback edition is a revised and expanded edition of the 2008 hardback. It [...]