Heartfelt: 25 Projects for Stitched and Felted Accessories

Heartfelt: 25 Projects for Stitched and Felted Accessories
Author: Teresa Searle
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006-12-26
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780312362140

Felt and felted accessories are hot! Teresa Searle shows how knitted and recycled knitted felt can be transformed into a wide range of unique accessories using simple decorative embroidery techniques and appliqu�. The book starts with an introduction to the processes involved in the projects: -How to make felted knitting by hand or with a knitting machine -How to felt knitting and recycled sweaters in the washing machine -How to appliqu� felt motifs using your sewing machine and other simple machine techniques -How to hand-appliqu� using blanket stitch and other easy decorative stitches Then goes on to show step-by-step photos and complete directions for over 24 stunning projects including: Russian Hat & Pull-on Hat Bunny Slippers & Baby Coat Scarves & Mittens Handbags.& Purses 3-D Roses used for jewelry and other accessories With its full color photography and wide range of appealing projects this book will appeal to all the sewers, stitchers, crafters or quilters who want to learn how to make felted accessories and how to embellish. The smaller projects are easy to create- each project has a box indicating the time needed. In addition they present an opportunity to recycle pieces of flat knitting or sweaters by turning them into felted knitting and using the end results to create a wide variety of beautifully embellished projects for both adults and children.

Heartfelt

Heartfelt
Author: Teresa Searle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2006
Genre: Dress accessories
ISBN: 9781863513609

Contemplative Crochet

Contemplative Crochet
Author: Cindy Crandall-Frazier
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2011-09-22
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1594733872

With Hook in Hand, Enrich Your Spiritual Practice and Renew Your Awareness of the Connections of Creativity to Spirit What can you learn about yourself through your crocheting? What deeper symbolism lies behind the loops and patterns that you create? How can this simple activity help you make your way down a spiritual path? Delve into these questions and more in this imaginative book that will become your spiritual friend, your teacher and your sanctuary. Follow the crochet journeys of the author and other crocheters to discover how they have used their crocheting to explore and strengthen their spiritual selves, and how you can do the same. In this joyful and engaging look at a time-honored craft, you will discover ways to: Find a Sense of Fullness and Gratitude Have More within a Structure of Less Combine the Spiritual Practices of Meditation and Prayer Create Tools for Intensifying Spiritual Practice Find Your Spiritual Path with Crochet Connect with Community through Crochet Make Crochet Uniquely Yours and much more

The Sweater Chop Shop

The Sweater Chop Shop
Author: Crispina ffrench
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2009-08-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1603426574

Recycle, Re-create, Re-enjoy You don't even need a sewing machine to upcycle old sweaters into new wearables, blankets, pillows, and dolls that are fresh, playful, and utterly captivating. It's easy as felting the wool, cutting the pieces for your new project, and stitching everything together using simple hand-sewing skills. Noted designer Crispina ffrench shares her techniques and passion as she introduces you to the beautiful possiblities in old sweaters. "Crispina's blankets and throws and rugs are piled on and over each other on my beds, chairs, couches, and floors. She's a great artist who understands texture and how it adds individuality and comfort to a home, not to mention a car, or an old refurbished orange trunk seat!!" - Carly Simon "Crispina makes the most beautiful soulful blankets, pillows, and sweaters, out of people's old sweaters. In this amazing and magical book she shares her secrets so that you can do it too." - Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's

Sweater Surgery

Sweater Surgery
Author: Stefanie Girard
Publisher: Quarry Books
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 161673468X

Contemporary crafters are thriving on personalizing, modifying, and altering fashion, and as a way to take a greener approach to their creative lifestyle. This book shows you how to upcycle all your slightly worn, slightly damaged, or out-of-style sweaters into fabulous new items for your wardrobe and your home. Readers learn how to choose, cut, restitch, felt, and embellish old sweater fabric, transforming it into beautiful handbags, mittens, scarves, hats, hoodies, skirts, jewelry, soft toys, pillows, and more! Complete instructions for 27 projects, plus a huge gallery of exciting ideas for further inspiration.

Zakka Wool Appliqué

Zakka Wool Appliqué
Author: Minki Kim
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2020-05-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617459356

Happy-go-lucky meets wool felt appliqué! Enjoy carefree embroidery and colorful wool felt appliqué anytime, anywhere! Admirers of Minki Kim's machine-sewn illustrations will adore her new Zakka motifs in wool, perfect for hand stitching and easy enough for beginners. Sixty-three impossibly cute designs celebrate the best of everyday life, from morning rituals to nature's beauty. Display your work on six heartfelt projects, including a pretty purse, patchwork coasters, and a boxy sewing case. A robust gallery shows ideas for handmade gifts and even more fun ways to decorate your space Hand stitchers, rejoice! Minki Kim's illustrations are finally translated to wool felt More than sixty small, easy-to-stitch designs to embellish your sewing projects Surround yourself with Zakka style with a gallery of ideas, including wall pockets, coin purses, key fobs, tote tags, baskets and drawstring bags, wall art, and covered boxes

Easy Felted Accessories

Easy Felted Accessories
Author: Teresa Searle
Publisher: Search Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Dress accessories
ISBN: 9781844481736

This text demonstrates a method of combining felted knitting with applique and embroidery to produce a range of coloured accessories for children and adults. It covers such projects as hats, mittens, slippers and scarves for adults and children, as well as jewellery such as brooches, hair clips and corsages."

Felt Wee Folk

Felt Wee Folk
Author: Salley Mavor
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2010-11-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 160705048X

A Foreword Reviews’ GOLD WINNER for Crafts & Hobbies. “If you enjoy felt sculpting, doll making, or fun fabric embellishment, check out Felt Wee Folk!” —Needle ’n Thread Salley Mavor’s charming, bendable Wee Folk fairies and dolls are real show-stoppers. Learn to create your own tiny figures and accessories using wool felt, chenille stems, simple embellishments, and Salley’s new step-by-step guide. Take your work along with you anywhere—no sewing machine needed! 18 complete Wee Folk projects feature dolls, pins, purses, checkbook and cell phone covers, pillows, and scenic backdrops Techniques include appliqué, embroidery, thread wrapping, and painting, plus add your own buttons, beads, natural materials, and “found objects” Ideal for dollmakers, quilters, and embroiderers of every skill level “The projects in this book will tempt us all to the needle and felt . . . Thank you for a wonderful book about the doll form and its application in miniature.” —Elinor Peace Bailey, author of Storytelling with Dolls “An inspiring hands-on book that awakens us to the beauty and magic of the forest, and encourages us to pick up our needles and create.” —Ruth M. Keessen, publisher of Soft Dolls & Animals, Contemporary Doll Collector, and Miniature Collector magazines

Ask a Manager

Ask a Manager
Author: Alison Green
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0399181822

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Make Thrift Mend

Make Thrift Mend
Author: Katrina Rodabaugh
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1683359003

Slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh, bestselling author of Mending Matters, teaches readers how to mend, patch, dye, and alter clothing for an environmentally conscious, reimagined wardrobe Slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh follows her bestselling book, Mending Matters, with a comprehensive guide to building (and keeping) a wardrobe that matters. Whether you want to repair your go-to jeans, refresh a favorite garment, alter or dye clothing you already have—this book has all the know-how you’ll need. Woven throughout are stories, essays, and a slow fashion call-to-action, encouraging readers to get involved or deepen their commitment to changing the destructive habit of overconsumption. Rodabaugh has an engaged community (her kits are in high demand and her classes sell out quickly) and a proven ability to tempt sewists and nonsewists alike to take up needle and thread.