GIVEAWAY CLOSED – CONGRATULATIONS ADRIAN! Another Giveaway! Read on. Have you ever made paper airplanes? If you have, then you’ve created origami, an ancient Japanese art form. The first chapter covers the basics including papers, tips on proper folding, the different folds, making shapes, and other beginner information. The author, Nick Robinson, cautions the beginner…
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Book Review: Threads: the Basics and Beyond
Threads the basics and beyond is the seventh title in this “basics and beyond” series by Landauer Publishing. I absolutely loved Fabric Embellishing which I reviewed earlier in the year. First of all, I really like books that are spiral-bound and this is another one of those books. This book, written by Debbie Bates and…
Read MoreMixed Media Polymer Clay Workshop Dvd
Here is another one of Interweave’s Beading Daily Workshop with Ronna Sarvas Weltman, artist and best-selling author. Ronna takes the listener through the very basics of polymer clay starting with the tools needed for this craft to proper conditioning of the clay. Other topics include shaping and adding texture to the clay. She also includes…
Read MoreSquare-agonals Giveaway
Giveaway Closed – Congrats to Halle Gustafson from Chanhassen, MN! Square-agonals: A New Angle on Quilting, a new book published by Landauer Publishing is written by Sandi Blackwell, quilter, teacher, and business owner. In this book, Sandi shows a new technique for creating diagonal-set quilts without the complications of adding setting and corner triangles. Square-agonals…
Read MoreCreating Collage Backgrounds
This is another one of those fun lab series from Quarry Books. There are 52 labs divided into 12 units. Author Bee Shay starts with building the foundation and textures and continues on through the book to unification and composition. All of the labs contain materials list and instructions. The labs also include Play and…
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