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Adaptable Crochet: techniques, designs and colours to brighten up your crochet ... offers six crochet techniques: - Log cabin crochet - Pioneer quilt - Geo-Filet crochet - Texture technique - Triangular crochet - Bruges crochet

Crochet Unravelled is the ideal starting point for anyone interested in learning the craft of crochet. Clear instructions, detailed illustrations and step-by-step exercises enable the complete beginner to learn quickly. We highly recommend this book to anyone starting out on their crochet journey - the clear instructions also cater for left/right handed crocheters.

The DMC Nova Vita 4 Book includes 16 knitting, crochet and macrame projects to create stylish bags, belts and more!

The 250 pages of this book cover all current Bernina presser feet and accessories with techniques, from appliqué to zippers. Find out how these feet work and why they do what they do. Most presser feet were designed for a specific reason but often have multiple uses, making them even more valuable in your sewing room. Each presser or accessory has a Technique Settings chart. The chart gives you an…

This book will get sewing machine users thinking about machine embroidery, using ready-made designs, in a whole new light. It provides everything you need to know, from the types and formats of embroidery design available, how to get them off the internet and into your machine, how to stabilize fabric, which threads and needles to use to get the best results, and of course how to use these designs…

This book will show you how you can get the most out of your sewing machine while quilting, from working easily with different weights of wadding and fabric, to great time-saving tricks, and adding a cornucopia of decorative stitching effects. For those new to the wonderful world of quilting, you will find all the help and advice you need to get started. And if you are considering upgrading your m…

Tailor-make your wardrobe with this essential dressmaking guide. A new edition of DK's dressmaking bible with more than 80 step-by-step techniques, a refreshed design, and updated patterns. Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, The Dressmaking Book contains everything…

Tilly and the Buttons: Stretch! offers perfect proof that easy-to-wear clothes can be seriously stylish with a collection of outfits that combine the comfort of stretch fabrics with Tilly Walnes’ signature look. The book includes complete, full-size patterns. Even experienced stitchers are often wary of working with stretch knit fabrics, but in this book Tilly demystifies the techniques needed and…