textile crafts

A series of hands-on exercises shows how to use fabric scraps to translate color choices into fabric selection.

Contains instructions for making various types of containers by wrapping fabric strips around cotton clothesline and sewing them together, including plates, baskets, and purses and provides directions for lids, handles, and embellishments.

Presents six projects that teach readers how to upcycle trash into treasure, including a headband, coiled baskets, and a scarf.

Describes the many activities that take place from the time a sheep is sheared until the fleece is woven into a soft blanket.

An illustrated introduction to textiles that explains how textiles are made and used in various cultures and provides instructions to complete related textile art projects, along with notes for parents and teachers.

Presents step-by-step, illustrated instructions for eight art projects made with textiles, including a thank-you card, a woven mat, and a decorated T-shirt.

Examines various designs for T-shirts and the materials and techniques necessary for creating them.

Contains instructions for thirty Japanese-style fabric crafts, including totes, fashion pins, purses and pouches, sewing accessories, and other small items.

Presents six different ways in which people from around the world work with and decorate fabric and provides instructions for creating one's own craft projects using similar materials.

Provides step-by-step illustrated instructions on the materials and basic methods for four classic textile crafts--embroidery, appliqu?, quilting, and patchwork--as well as patterns and instructions for twenty-four projects using the techniques.