Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts

Emma Bridgewater's cheerfully distinctive kitchen pottery - manufactured and traditionally hand-decorated in the Staffordshire Potteries, just as it would have been 200 years ago - has found its way onto the dresser shelves and kitchen tables of homes all over Britain and beyond.

'This book is packed with achievable ways to transform your house into a home that reflects you and the things you value, plus lots of gorgeous craft projects to try yourself.

The complete visual guide to hand embroidery & embellishing.

This antiquarian volume contains an introductory guide to puppetry, including complete instructions for making your own puppet, information on performing, handy hints and tips, and much more.

A wonderful collection of vintage patterns and instructions for knitting a range of soft toys for children, including animal toys, dolls, a clown, and more.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to making a range of tea cosies, including step-by-step directions for knitting, crocheting, and embroidery.

This vintage handbook provides practical instructions in the art of French Polishing - a wood finishing technique.

Metric Pattern Cutting for Women s Wear, first published in 1975, provides a straightforward introductory book for students beginning courses in flat pattern cutting.

Raffaello Borghini's Il Riposo (1584) is the most widely known Florentine document on the subject of the Counter-Reformation content of religious paintings.

Spiritual reflections on joy, faith, creativity, gratitude, patience, hope, and more--featuring stories of quilters and beloved quilt patternsFor hundreds of years, industrious women have been creating objects of beauty and comfort from discarded scraps of fabric.

Create beautiful, wearable works of art!

Bring balance to your life in the marriage of beauty and function!

Turn galvanized metal into stunning home decor!

Imaginative 3D origami projects that anyone can make!

Transform old T-shirts into trendy accessories--in 60 minutes or fewer!

Handmade soap from scratch!

100 kid-friendly projects from the creator of C.

It's time to make a statement with these stylish necklaces!

The chalkboard isn't just for the classroom anymore!

Ready to get into the holiday spirit?

It's time for serious family fun!

Your guide to online success!

From hive to home!

A treasure trove of knot instruction and lore!

Create beautiful, natural soaps without leaving home!

Have beautiful nails right in the comfort of your home with this YALSA Quick Pick Award Winner and #1 New York Times bestselling cure for the common mani.

The Everything Woodworking Book is an essential guide for tapping into the exciting world of woodcraft.

Despite the availability of retail fashion, more and more people are turning away from the assembly line toward one-of-a-kind clothing, decorations, and accessories.

The natural world holds secrets under every rock and around every tree.

Now, with The Everything Candlemaking Book, you can enjoy the charm of candles every day, rather than reserve them only for holidays or fancy dinner parties.

Passionate knitters know that knitting is more than just a craft or a hobby.

Knitting and haiku, together at last!

"e;Creative longevity is about what you do to prepare yourself for the ripe moment, when the potential of an idea is able to grow into something useful.

Get ready to go on the paper adventure of a lifetime in Paper Wonderland!

Twists, Tilings, and Tessellation describes the underlying principles and mathematics of the broad and exciting field of abstract and mathematical origami, most notably the field of origami tessellations.

This richly illustrated book provides step-by-step instructions for the construction of over 30 different modular origami structures.

The magnum opus of one of the world's leading origami artists, the second edition of Origami Design Secrets reveals the underlying concepts of origami and how to create original origami designs.

From the editors of the popular Making Mathematics with Needlework, this book presents projects that highlight the relationship between types of needlework and mathematics.

Mathematical craftwork has become extremely popular, and mathematicians and crafters alike are fascinated by the relationship between their crafts.

This book is a great resource for people who enjoy polyhedra, symmetry, geometry, mathematics and origami.

This book unravels the mystery of Geometry in Origami with a unique approach: 64 Polyhedra designs, each made from a single square sheet of paper, no cuts, no glue; each polyhedron the largest possible from the starting size of square and each having an ingenious locking mechanism to hold its shape.

This handsome book is aimed towards those with an intermediate skill level, but the origami basics included at the start of the book make it accessible to beginners.

This vintage book contains comprehensive guide to collecting dolls, containing information on the history of dolls, buying and selling, restoration, and a much more.

This book on flower arranging contains easy step-by-step instructions on how to achieve beautiful flower arrangements for a variety of vases and containers.