Australian Plants for Art & Craft – Current stock only

Gwen Elliot
$10.00, weight 460 grams, PB
Develop a cottage industry and grow the materials for your crafts in your own backyard. Whether your craft is a hobby or a business you will experience new freshness and inspiration if you follow Gwen Elliot's advice and grow Australian plants for art and craft. Projects include dying, woodworking, bark painting, using epoxy resins, fragrant oils and potpourri, and more.

Make your own old-fashioned Cloth Doll
Claire Bryant

$15.00, weight 270 grams, PB
With this guide, anyone who can sew can create an exceptinally charming hand-crafted antique style doll. Over 30 how-to diagrams make each step easy, and you will find various version of the complete doll shown illustrated throughout the book. While the doll itself is totally sewn, you paint the face on muslin to achieve an antique look.

Art Nouveau Cross Stitch
Memory Makers
$45.00, weight 650 grams, HC
Over 80 Stunning cross stitch designs to be worked into a wide range of projects that include pictures, a peacock rub and bolster, even a Voysey-inspired clock. The famous Mackintosh rose is reinterpreted as a pair of cushions. Clear step-by-step instructions for making up each project.

Have you tried working in wire?
Wire work adds a new dimension to jewelry making with stunning effects. These are a few relevant titles:

Silver Wire Jewelry $24.95

Creative Wire Jewelry $35.00

Making Silver Chains $27.50

Complete Craft
Katherine Sorrell

$49.95, weight 1850 grams, HC
This is a definitive book for anyone with a passion for craft. Whether your interests lie in stencilling or sewing, felt making or glass decorating, papier mâché or soap making, this book will offer you inspiration. It contains over 60 projects, each specially devised by a leading practitioner in the field. Stunning photography and clear illustrations used throughout. This book will become a classic addition to your library, and one to which you will refer again and again.

Making Designer Gemstone & Pearl Jewelry
Tammy Powley
$42.00, weight 550 grams, PB
This book shows you how to create the latest jewelry fashons with a few readily available tools and some basic jewelry-making techniques. Gemstones and pearls are all the rage in jewellery design. The projects using these beautiful stones and pearls are in a variety of styles - bold, ornate, timeless and elegant. Well illustrated with useful tips every step of the way. Gain the skills to develop your own projects.

Crochet with Wire
Nancie Wiseman
$24.50, weight 155 grams, PB
Do it with wire! Crocheting takes on a new dimension in this fun and creative collection of 30 projects, including stunning, yet easy-to-make necklaces, earrings and bracelets. All have a delicate and intriguing appearance. Learn the essentials, such as how to get started, how to finish off, and how to add in new wire. As you add beads to your work, any project is only limited by your imagination.

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Triangle Free Quilts
Judy Hopkins
$44.00 , weight 400 grams, PB
Skip the fuss of working with triangles! These classic quilts start with shapes that are a snap to sew, and they are all positively, completely triangle-free. Use only squares, rectangles, and strips to stitch up 18 gorgeous quilts - perfect projects for today's busy quilter.

Beautiful Beaded Jewelry
Stephanie Bourgeois & Barbara Le Garsmeur
$21.50, weight 260 grams, PB
Become your own jewelry designer and make gorgeous beaded necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more. Over thirty-five projects include creations to suit everyone, from delicate daytime looks to striking evening styles. A range of materials includes glass beads, bugle beads, sequins, wire, buttons and other readily available items.

The New Beader’s Companion
Judith Durant & Jean Campbell
$34.00, weight 450 grams, HC
A portable manual which is filled with definitions, illustrations and colour photographs of beads, beaded samples and tools. A useful reference book explaining a range of basic techniques, giving you the skills to create your own projects.

Loose Ends
Eldonna Bouton
$24.00, weight 450grams, PB
A Journaling tool for tying up the incomplete details of your life and heart. Are you ready to let loose of your lifelong collection of emotional baggage? What if you were to die tomorrow? What words would be left unspoken? Over 30 simple and direct exercises to assist you in releasing guilt, shame and pain so you can let go of the past and live in the present. This book is a catalyst for healing and celebration.

Cats in Quilts

Carol Armstrong

$47.00, weight 455 grams, S, PB
Watch these furry feline friends come alive in your quilts! Cat lovers everywhere will recognize these true-to-life kitties, at play and on the prowl. No templates required - fun, relaxed lightbox technique brings the applique process within reach of every quilter. Change individual pattern pieces or mix and match parts from different projects.

Also in stock – The Cat’s Meow $37.50

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