A celebration of female inventiveness and aesthetic sensibility, Shedding the Shackles explores women's craft enterprises, their artisanal excellence, and the positive impact their individual projects have on breaking the poverty cycle.
Take your quilts from ordinary to extraordinary Learn 10 different techniques to create art quilts by interpreting still life arrangements Unlock your inner artist with Katie's abstracting techniques Use a variety of art supplies to create designs that have personal meaning for you Includes inspiring student work created in Katie's popular workshopsAs a best-selling author and teacher, Katie draws on her two passions - art studies and art quilts - to create abstract quilts that are inspired by still life compositions.
Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of 'Social Integration' tells of community-led 'solidarity ateliers' engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms.
Pat uses exciting contemporary fabrics and glorious colors while maintaining the gracefulness and charm of this classic needlework style, also known as "e;crewel work.
Visual instruction for 300 crochet stitch patterns This visual encyclopedia features step-by-step instructions for 300 gorgeous crochet stitch patterns, from basic stitches to cables, lace, textured stitches, mesh and filet crochet, fans and shells, clusters, puffs, bobbles, spike stitches, colorwork, and more.
Create a one-of-a-kind quilt with hand-dyed fabrics * Learn how to dye fabrics expertly using simple recipes for stunning effects * Features 9 modern quilted projects - in multiple colorways - showcasing the beauty of hand-dyed fabrics * Learn how to create a truly individual quilt for which you're the fabric designer, quilt designer, and quiltmaker Go ahead - take a dip.
