Crafts & Textiles
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Vintage Swimwear
Price:£20.00- Over 25 stunning and historically accurate patterns for retro swimwear, from 1880 to 1970.
- Features demure 1920s costumes with tunic and drawers, knitted patterns from the 1940s, 1960s halterneck bikinis in bold geometric prints, and much more.
- Includes fully annotated patterns and photographs of each garment, plus two projects with step-by-step instructions.
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Instinctive Quilt Art
Price:£19.99Bethan Ash's rich, colourful quilts are created using improvisational collage techniques. Working instinctively, she simply layers fabric shapes onto a prepared background and fuses them down, then adds stitching later. Learn More -
2000 Pattern Combinations
Price:£20.00With the number and variety of surfaces used for embroidery and textile art expanding, this is a timely book that concentrates on two of the key new materials now incorporated into textiles paper and metal. Paper is of great interest to embroiderers. It can be used as a base for a variety of techniques and to enhance and embellish work. Learn More -
How to Be Creative in Textile Art
Price:£19.99A book to help beginner textile artists develop their own creativity, using inspirational exercises and innovative techniques. Learn More -
Layered Textiles
Price:£19.99Out of stock
Bestselling author Kim Thittichai demonstrates a range of techniques for layering textile art to produce simple to extreme surfaces for stitch. Learn More -
5000 Flower and Plant Motifs
Price:£19.99- Over 5000 stunning floral motifs in one volume and on the accompanying free CD.
- Flower, vegetable, fruit, tree and plant motifs in various heights, from Celtic to Art Deco, plus many more original motifs from the accomplished artist-author.
- Images can be copied, enlarged, traced or developed further for creative use.
- Suitable for design work in any creative field, from embroidery to woodwork.
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Vintage Lingerie
Price:£20.00Patterns for a range of fabulous vintage pieces from the last 120 years, including 1890s corsets, 1940s garter belts and basques, 1950s pin-up brassieres, 1920s French knickers and much more.
- 30 stunning and historically accurate examples of period lingerie, from 1890 to 1960.
- Features 1890s corsets, 1940s garter belts and basques, 1950s New Look girdles, brassieres, knickers and much more.
- Includes annotated patterns, drawings and photographs for fashion students, historians and costume makers.
- Features two projects with step-by-step instructions.
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Experimental Flowers in Watercolour
Price:£18.99Out of stock
Well-known watercolour painter Ann Blockley presents flowers through a variety of interpretations, from traditional to unconventional in both technique and concept.
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Painting Atmospheric Acrylics
Price:£14.99Out of stock
New in paperback, this practical guide shows the reader how to choose the right technique to interpret what they see. With skilful examples by the best-selling artist.
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The Essence of Watercolour
Price:£18.99In The Essence of Watercolour Hazel shows how wonderfully versatile and beguiling the medium of watercolour is and how to get the most out of it.
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