Books about Needlepoint from Amazon.com

From the creator of RoxyCraft com, a collection of adorable crocheted creatures

This colorful guide presents twenty-one sweet and simple-to-make yarn creatures for crafters young and old. Each animal is assembled using several basic crochet stitches—stitches even beginners can easily master—and the results, from a winsome little lamb to a wide-eyed lemur, make for delightful yarn friends..
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Ready to take your craft projects to the next level? With "smart" materials, unorthodox assembly techniques, and the right tools, you can create accessories, housewares, and toys that light up, make sounds, or do even more. Fashioning Technology is an introductory DIY book that brings technology and crafts together in a fun and unique way. You get jargon-free primers and lots of how-to projects that will have you making -- and even wearing -- functional works of art.

Written for a broad audience, this book demonstrates how to blend sewing and assembly techniques with traditional electronics to assemble simple circuits using conductive thread, solder joints for snaps, and switches for buttons. With the sewing machine as a viable substitute for the soldering iron, you can craft a new generation of objects that are interactive, quirky, and fashion-conscious.

Author Syuzi Pakhchyan, a seasoned artist, roboticist, and teacher, explains how to use smart materials such as thermo- and photochromatic inks that change color by touch or sunlight, magnetic and conductive paints, polymorph plastic, fiber optics, and more.

In Fashioning Technology, you'll find:

• An invaluable reference section that breaks down the materials, components, and tools with clear, concise explanations and photos
• A wide range of projects, including electronic accessories, interactive plush toys, and color-changing blinds, all using diverse crafting techniques
• Techniques for seasoned crafters interested in incorporating simple electronics into their own projects
• Methods for makers proficient in electronics who are looking for unconventional ways to create novel projects

Each project encourages you to personalize and customize using your own designs, materials, and craft skills. Fashioning Technology translates traditional electronics into fun, fashionable interactive projects for the geek, fashionista, and the craft aficionado alike. Now you really can be the flashiest dresser in town.

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-American Sewing Guild has 20,000 members

-Written by well-known author and creator/host of PBS' "Sewing With Nancy"--the longest-running sewing show in television

-Nancy Zieman's previous five books together sold more than 100,000 copies

Timesaving techniques are a big part of today's hobbies, and in this beginner's guide to serging author Nancy Zieman demonstrates the essential skills to quickly and easily creating stunning fashions, accessories and home décor projects.

This book gives sewers:

-Solid skills for operating multi-threaded, multi-needled sergers and completing sewing projects more quickly than with regular sewing machines

-Guidelines to serging tools and terms

-20 projects to enhance the home and wardrobe

-Confidence to tackle more complex techniques and projects

Serging With Confidence empowers sewers to tackle a new skill, and seek out projects to challenge themselves..
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Since its original publication in 1976, The Needlepoint Book has become known as "The Black Bible" -- the one resource every aficionado of needlepoint needs to own. Completely revised and expanded, this updated edition includes your favorite features, plus:

* A 16-PACE COLOR INSERT WITH ALL-NEW PROJECTS * A CRASH COURSE ON THE NEW FIBERS UPDATED INFORMATION ON MATERIALS, AS WELL AS HOW TO WORK WITH AND CARE FOR THEM * DOZENS OF NEW STITCHES AND A CHAPTER ON THE POPULAR OPENWORK STITCHES * MORE THAN 1,300 ILLUSTRATIONS * 369 STITCHES! DIAGRAMS FOR ALL PROJECTS SHOWN

The Needlepoint Book covers all the information you need to learn needlepoint and improve your technique -- in a single comprehensive volume. You'll find section on:

* CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROJECT * TRANSFERRING DESIGNS * ELEMENTS OF GOOD DESIGN: COLOR, PROPORTION, AND BALANCE * LEFT-HANDED NEEDLEPOINT * FINISHING TECHNIQUES * CLEANING NEEDLEPOINT * AND MUCH MORE!

The Needlepoint Book is a complete guide to the craft, and the only book you'll ever need as a reference to become an expert at creating exquisite works to be treasured forever.

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Here are 35 needlepoint projects from 14 top designers, including Kaffe Fassett, Candace Bahouth, and Elian McCready. Ehrman needlepoint sets are recognized all over the world and this new and varied collection reveals the Ehrman standards at their best..
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This book begins with and preparation choice of materials, and then proceeds to give clear, concise directions for 99 needlepoint stitches, both basic and decorative. Inspiration and instruction for needleworkers of all levels..
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Love Needlepoint? Looking for inspiring ideas, organizing tips, information about techniques, threads, materials, or stitching? Look no further, the answer is in Needlepoint Trade Secrets. Whether you have been stitching for a lifetime or are brand new to needlepoint, Janet M. Perry's great new book will make your stitching better, easier, and more fun. She has gathered tips from needlepoint professionals, teachers, and stitchers like you and combined them with her encyclopedic knowledge of needlepoint into a book which will fire your stitching from start to finish. The first edition was hailed by stitchers everywhere for the wealth of information. The new second editon is expended and improved. Small to fit with projects, this is an indispensable part of your stitching toolkit..
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A glorious collection of this well-known needlepoint designer's best work to date. Artist and embroiderer Elian McCready has been one of the best-selling designers for Ehrman Tapestry for years, and this book includes work that has previously only been available in kit form, as well as six new creations. Elian's work is theatrical and larger than life, but her skill is to create highly colored yet subtle results.

The projects are worked in tent stitch and long stitch, and superb colour charts and photographs make the instructions easy to follow. Materials for each project are listed and there is advice on stitching and making up..
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