Books about Embellish from Amazon.com

Step into your own gorgeous landscape scenes by using the incredible texture, color, and pattern that fabric provides No tricky technical techniques here--simplicity is the goal in these artful, small-scale representations of nature's scenery.

* Nine step-by-step projects feature easy elements that focus on fabric--the "paint" for your textile landscapes

* Embellish scenes with beads, embroidery, appliqué, fabric paints, watercolor pencils, and more

* Includes full-sized patterns, plus advice on mounting and framing.
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Customize your clothes Transform your world.

Do-it-yourself fashion is the most creative, affordable and fun way to create a style that's completely and uniquely you. Whether you're a sewing novice or a savvy seamstress, AlterNation will give you all the knowledge and inspiration you need to create your own trend-setting clothes and accessories. Just dig into the back of your closet or hit up your favorite thrift store, and you'll be on your way to creating a one-of-a-kind wardrobe that will have your friends asking, "Where'd you get that?!"

• Convert a men's buttondown into the sleek and sleeveless Office Corset, or combine it with a flowing skirt to create the surprisingly feminine Men's Shirt Dress.
• Reinvent a pillowcase and a flat sheet to create the cute and comfy Bedhead Top and Asymmetrical Sheet Skirt.
• Pair some ripped-beyond-wear jeans with some trendy fabric to make the Dangerous Cherry Handbag, or cut a few out-of-style pairs into panels for the Denim Corset Skirt.

Not only will you learn to make 25+ projects, you'll be bursting with ideas for countless more. Join the citizens of AlterNation! Turn your back on the mall, set your own trends, and show off your style!.
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Cozy knits with an artful twist.

Customizing your handknits is easier than you think! Knit One, Embellish Too includes easy-to-follow patterns for more than 35 warm and comfy scarves, hats and mittens, and shows you how to make them your own with decorative yarn stitching and other simple embellishments. Whether you’re an enthusiastic beginner or a seasoned pro, you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to transform your knitted accessories into one-of-a-kind works of art.

Pick up your knitting needles and:

• Create quick, easy projects from a minimal amount of yarn. Plus, learn how to choose the best yarn for your project, or even recycle old sweaters into unique yarns for knitting.
• Explore fun ways to personalize your work with artful stitching and the addition of buttons, appliqués and other unique embellishments. If you’re looking for a bigger challenge, helpful guides show you how to try your hand at choosing and combining colors and finding the perfect fit.
• Learn all the basics of knitting and embellishing in a comprehensive techniques section right up front, complete with clear illustrations and instructions.

Knit something new and embellish it, too: Open up a world of creative yarns, vibrant colors and inspired embellishments for your knitted accessories..
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With Heavenly Handmade Bags crafters will learn to make beautiful bags using simple embroidery, knitting, beading and patchwork techniques. You’ll find:

-A Step-by-step techniques section and stitch library to help you get a professional looking finish

-Over 25 exciting projects using gorgeous fabrics, threads and ribbons to create highly fashionable bags

-Full color charts and templates

From simple bags that can be made in an evening to more advanced projects, crafters of all skill levels will love creating and using these fashionable projects..
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Inspired by the Japanese art of Sashiko and the decorative embroidered embellishments of crazy quilts, long-time hand quilter Linda Potter has developed fast and easy methods to make any quilt sparkle with gorgeous hand quilting, appliqué, and beading. Four projects feature colorful perle cotton quilting, embroidered appliqué, and intricate-looking beading. Full of tips on choosing threads, batting, embellishments, and more, this guide will enable quilters to accomplish beautiful hand quilting in much less time using traditional and fun new stitches.

Linda Potter has been quilting since 1981, earning awards for her work and sharing her needle magic methods with students and guilds around the country. Her love of hand quilting inspired her to develop techniques that deliver high design impact in less time. She lives in Overland Park, KS..
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Turn your plain T-shirt into a unique design original that you'll wear with pride. Requiring no specialty skills, choose from the stylish step-by-step projects to create a pretty angel wing T for a young girl, a fabric-painted peace mandala for harmony, or a groovy chick slashed T for a great night out. Whether an adult, a teen, tweenie, or tot, a girl or boy, there is a design here for everyone, and everyone can have fun creating their own unique T. All the T-shirt designs use readily available, inexpensive craft and sewing products, yet the finished pieces give no clues to their humble origins. *Taps into the current fashion trend for embellishing and customizing clothes. *Will appeal to everyone from teenagers on allowances to aspiring fashion designers. *All techniques are simple and easy to follow. *Motifs and templates for instant ideas..
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Happy handmade holidays!

* Best-selling Series and author
* Ornaments, wreaths, angels, more--all the Fast, Fun & Easy way
* Let the kids help!

Simple materials and trims plus double-sided fusible interfacing make it easy to create sparkling decorations and presents for the holidays! Let best-selling author Linda Johansen show how to create ornaments, wreaths, angels, gift boxes, advent calendars, and much more. At last the Fast, Fun & Easy series--with more than 4000,000 books sold--is making Christmas decorating and gift-giving faster, more fun, and easier than ever before..
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