kraft-tex Style

by Roxane Cerda
kraft-tex Style
Author: Roxane Cerda
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607059118
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Today’s top designers share 27 stylish sewing projects featuring the rugged craft paper that combines the best qualities of fabric and leather. Kraft•tex™ is a truly amazing material. It looks and feels like leather, but cuts, sews, and washes just like fabric. In kraft•tex Style, top designers demonstrate its endless creative possibilities with projects that involve stitching, embossing, painting, dyeing, embellishing, inkjet printing, washing, distressing, weaving, burning, and die-cutting. Kraft•tex Style features more than two dozen projects, from home décor to bags and accessories. The 18 well-known contributors include Jen Carlton Bailly, Carrie Bloomston (SUCH Designs), Rachel Gander (Imagine Gnats), Michelle Jensen (Mixi Heart), Maryellen Kim (Twist Style), Cheryl Kuczek (Paradiso Designs), Karen LePage (One Girl Circus), Nicole Mallalieu (YOU SEW GIRL!), Caro Sheridan (Splityarn), Alyssa Thomas (Penguin & Fish), and Annabel Wrigley (Little Pincushion Studio).

kraft-tex Creations

by Lindsay Conner
kraft-tex Creations
Author: Lindsay Conner
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2019-12-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617458570
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The author of On the Go Bags shows how to create jewelry, bags, and more out of vegan leather with 18 easy sewing projects. Print, paint, stamp, and stitch . . . it’s never been so fun to design as it is with kraft-tex! Discover the incredibly durable paper that looks, feels, and wears like leather, but sews just like fabric. Modern designers share twelve clever kraft-tex projects plus six bonus ideas, from bags and wallets to coasters and embroidered bracelets, proving there's something for everyone. Whether or not you’ve used kraft-tex before, mixed-media artists and craft sewists will love its creative versatility. Meet kraft-tex, the rugged fabric-paper hybrid! Talented designers share twelve modern projects and six quick ideas, with illustrated how-tos and step-by-step photos Take a mixed-media approach to crafting when you print, paint, dye, and design Sew stylish! Create bags, pouches, wallets, and jewelry from vegan leather

Birds in Toyland

by Becky Goldsmith
Birds in Toyland
Author: Becky Goldsmith
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2022-05-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781644031599
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Appliqué a whimsical Christmas quilt, pillow, and wall hanging with Piece O' Cake Designs! Choose colorful cotton fabric or felted wool and sew a project in two merry colorways. Includes detailed instructions for wool appliqué and needle turn appliqué.

Sew Adorkable

by Samarra Khaja
Sew Adorkable
Author: Samarra Khaja
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2015-09-14
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617450588
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Handmade, unique, tongue-in-cheek. Stitch 15 conversation starters that are as fun to sew as they are to tie up with a bow. Designer Samarra Khaja covers the gamut from cheeky wearables (TRAWRzers!) to quirky quilts and home decor. Make a puffy quilt that looks like candy dots, or stitch a tissue box cover that looks like a vintage typewriter. Tailored to smart, talented, crafty folks of all ages, this hilarious book is just as fun to read (trivia time!) as it is chock-full of sewing projects. Bonus: Go "behind the seams" with a textile designer and learn how her ideas come to life.

Project Teen

by Melissa Mortenson
Project Teen
Author: Melissa Mortenson
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607058855
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Please the pickiest tech-savvy teens and tweens with these 21 trendy projects you can sew. Most of us would agree that sewing something that teens will like is, without a doubt, a challenge. In Project Teen, Melissa Mortenson, sewist and mother of three teenagers, shares not only her 21 teen-approved designs, but also invaluable tips and tricks for sewing for this unique (a.k.a. picky) age group. Whether you make a stylish tech cover, a cushy study pillow, or a personalized quilt, your teen will love these handmade gifts as much as you love them. • 21 projects, specifically for teens and tweens (ages 11+), including quilts, T-shirts, tech covers, totes, accessories, and so much more • Lots of inspiring ideas and designs for the perfect gifts • Get the 411 on what’s cool when it comes to fabric and style—so that your teen is sure to love what you make! Praise for Project Teen “Mortenson has a good eye for what teenagers actually need and want. . . . Something here will appeal to that trickiest of demographics, making the book a worthwhile buy.” —Publishers Weekly “Project Teen is a fresh, mod, fun way to sew for the tweens/teens in our life - kids, grands, nieces & nephews. The projects meet the ever changing needs of kids, from travel blankets and tablet covers to simple bags to store everything in.” —Generation Q Magazine

Sew Illustrated

by Minki Kim
Sew Illustrated
Author: Minki Kim
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2016-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617451797
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Stitch it pretty! 16 projects for your family, friends, and home Fill your home with small works of art that embody the simple life. Start with 16 useful handmade gifts in the popular Zakka design style, then add adorable motifs pulled from everyday life. 35 charming designs are printed on iron-on transfer paper–have fun sketching them with bits of fabric and free-motion stitching. Customize a variety of bags, a fabric basket, a makeup roll, coasters, and more. You can even use images pulled from a photograph, a rubber stamp, or a child’s drawing! - 16 charming projects for your home using free-motion quilting and raw-edge appliqué - Choose from 35 adorable sketches, printed on iron-on transfer paper, for handmade gifts you’ll love to sew and share - Branch out and try sewing your own doodles (or your kid’s!), a stamped image, or a traced photo

The 3-in-1 Betsy Bag Pattern

by Betsy La Honta
The 3-in-1 Betsy Bag Pattern
Author: Betsy La Honta
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2015-02-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617451703
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Wear it your way. With clever construction details, this must-have bag changes in an instant from large carryall to drawstring bag to sleek tote. Zip up your phone or keys in the secure outside pocket and organize other essentials in roomy interior compartments. With the look and durability of a leather bag, this pattern sews up like a dream in kraft•tex™ and cotton fabric. All pattern pieces are easy-to-cut squares, rectangles, and strips.

Organic Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book

by Amanda Murphy
Organic Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book
Author: Amanda Murphy
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617458260
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Let Mother Nature inspire your quilting with this guide full of inspiring ideas, techniques, and tips from the acclaimed fabric and quilt designer. Following the success of her Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book and Rulerwork Quilting Idea Book, Amanda Murphy shares an all-new volume packed with exciting designs. This handy guide provides more than one hundred original ideas inspired by the elements around you—water, air, feathers, ferns, leaves, sticks, stones, flowers, and fire. Amanda’s step-by-step instructions will help you gain confidence in your free-motion work. Then she offers a myriad of ideas organized by element and design type for you to you branch out and get creative. With Organic Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book, you can add texture, movement, and a sense of the natural world to your quilting, whether you're sewing on a domestic sewing machine or a longarm.

Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts

by Kathy Seaman Shaw
Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts
Author: Kathy Seaman Shaw
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617457744
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Find endless inspiration for stitching your crazy quilts in this treasure trove of seam designs and templates by the creator of Shawkl Designs. You don't have to be a master embroiderer to create beautiful crazy-quilt seams! With 480 seam designs to inspire your creativity, Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts will also teach you the simple techniques that give your stitches a professional appearance. Line everything up perfectly with full-size stitch templates and dozens of step-by-step illustrations. Then dress up embroidered seams with sparkly beads, buttons, sequins, and silk ribbon embellishments for endless creative combinations! This eBook edition includes links to printable full-size templates.