It's About Time to Create a Clock!• Stitched, shaped, layered, and decorated—you've never seen clocks like these!• Time flies when you make one of these fun clocks!• Accent any room with working clocks made from fabric, paper, quilt blocks, photo transfer, buttons, trims, and memorabilia• Helpful resource list makes it easy to find everything you need!It's easy to forget that these fun projects are functional as well as decorativ...

"An amazing book for kids . . . Each page is packed full of ideas for crafts, suggestions for games, and fun-to-do worksheets." — About Family CraftsThe Wonderful Colorful Wonder Wheel of Color teaches basic color theory by engaging kids with more than 20 activities, worksheets, stickers, quizzes, and games. Kids will learn how to create, mix, and match color to use in crafting, decorating, and more. They'll learn how to use the color wheel and ap...

This volume features 21 Amish-inspired quilts by some of today's top quilt designers—with simple patterns showing off beautiful solid fabrics.Thirty years after Roberta Horton's classic, An Amish Adventure, introduced quilters to the joys of Amish quilting, the editors at C&T Publishing are proud to bring you the adventure's next chapter. Along with the 21 featured quilt projects, this volume includes a gallery of 17 more beautiful quilts and an introductio...

Create an amazing variety of special effects on fabric using computer printers for quilts, clothes, home décor, and more.Use easy-to-learn photo effects to jazz up your quilts and craftsStep-by-step instructions for creating interesting effects to print on fabric using your digital camera, scanner, printer, and/or computerMake unique fabric by using three-D objects, painterly effects, kaleidoscopes, collage, photo montages, mosaics, and mo...

Frosted Fun for Creative Crafters • Make adorable cupcakes with fabric, yarn, felt, and paper, plus many mouth-watering cupcake recipes to taste while you create • Fun for the whole family - enjoy these quick and easy projects with your children • Sprinkle your creations with buttons, beads, sequins, embroidery threads, and paper embellishments Help yourself to hours of creative play with these charming cupcakes to craft and bake. This book's tasty treats include ...

Warning! Creating Images on Fabric Can Be Addictive Includes 13 Quilt Projects & Exhibition Gallery • 13 innovative projects with step-by-step instructions and inspiring digital techniques • Getting-started chapter on equipment, supplies, printing on fabric, and image-editing software • Gallery of more than 40 entries selected for the Innovative Fabric Imagery special exhibit in Houston This book is filled with inspiration for fabric artists, from projects that sh...

Learn to dye fabric the quick and easy way with twelve can't-miss techniques for adding custom color to fabric, clothing, linens, and household goods.How can you make quilting or crafting more fun? Add color! Everything you need to know about creating fabulous hand-dyed fabrics is right here—what supplies to get, basic techniques to try, and how to achieve different visual effects. Photo galleries give you lots of ideas for projects to show off the results....

You may have heard the initials D.I.Y. and wondered what they stand for and what all the fuzz is about. D.I.Y. stands for Do It Yourself, and it is a hot trend in the craft world. One of the hottest trends in the world of craft, is an old, old tradition-quilting.Quilting has it roots in the utilitarian needs of our ancestors. They needed warm quilts to sleep under and they didn't have a lot of materials to work with. So they took whatever fabrics they could salvage or cut from old,...

Quilt As You Go with a modern, fresh twist! No one will ever never know your quilts are quilt-as-you-go and that's the twist.Quilt As You Go is the process of making quilt blocks (from 12 to 16 inches square) and then quilting them - easy! Join the quilted blocks and you almost have a finished quilt, you just need the binding.This book teaches a few modern twists on a very popular technique which results in simple, easy to make quilts that can be made from "fat quarters", "...

A collection of modern quilting projects you can create with scraps.Are scrap piles wreaking havoc in your sewing space? Not sure what to do with all those tiny bits of gorgeous prints you hate to part with? Modern quilters Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison share a passion for scraps, and they're here to help you get creative with 16 scrappy quilt projects that include piecing, appliqué, and improvisational work. This book has ideas on how to adapt patterns for...

"Bonsai art is the display of a landscape - without the landscape."?--NobuKajiwara ?This quote couldn't be truer. Growing and sculpting bonsai trees can be quite a satisfying hobby. It is a hobby however, that requires a tremendous amount of patience. When you take a simple sapling and mould it to your desire, you'll be rewarded with a beautiful piece of art you can truly be proud of!?The term bonsai literally means plant in a pot or tray planting. Bonsai however is much more than simply a...

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.