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Istanbul: MEPA, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9 3/4 - 12" oblong. Red cloth with blindstamped titling to front, gorgeous full-colour illustrations throughout. Complete with dust jacket and slipcase. Pencilled in name to ffep by Oscar recipient. Minor shelf wear. A stunning coffee table book incredibly detailed and well researched.

Paris: Flammarion, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A stunning tour through the world of Moroccan textile embroidery. Cream coloured cloth with blindstamped titling to front and spine, red end papers, gorgeous full colour illustrations and black and white photographs, with fold-out pages. Minor shelf wear, previous owner's name penciled to ffep.… Read more about this item

New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 2004. Soft cover. Very Good/-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Quilter's bible with thousands of designs to choose from. With 5,500 quilt block patterns to copy, adapt, and combine in countless ways, you'll never run out of ideas for your projects. Softcover with multi-colour design, white titling to front… Read more about this item

Ottawa, ON: Veritas Tools, 1990. Three-Ring Binder. Very Good/-. A Craftsman's guide to design, layout and technique. This volume covers layout design, carving techniques, sharpening the carving tools. Brown three-ring binder. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra… Read more about this item

Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Bi-lingual Chinese and English. Illustrated soft cover with flaps, cream coloured endpapers, richly illustrated with full-colour photographs, 129 pages. Light shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra… Read more about this item

Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Bi-lingual edition Chinese - English. The first book to present a full and illustrated description of the traditional skills and techniques of porcelain in Jingdezhen in a systematic way. Illustrated soft cover with flaps, yellow endpapers, frontispiece, very detailed and richly illustrated, 275 pages. Light shelf wear. For… Read more about this item

Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, Inc., 2004. Coil Binding. Very Good/-. A detailed instruction book on hand-dyeing fabrics and yarns teaching the foundation of this craft. White coil binding, 112 pages plus eight plates showig colour gradations. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking… Read more about this item

Statesville, NC: Speedball Art Products Company, 1999. Card Cover. Very Good/-. The Speedball Textbook: Celebrating 100 Years of Penmaking in the USA. This popular book on lettering presents a short history of penmaking, many examples of lettering, technical advice and more. Glossy card cover, staple binding, 96 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve… Read more about this item

Fontaine-sous-Jouy, France: Association Fibre Art Synergy, 1995. Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Translator: Diana Brennan. Book was published in conjunction with a Fiber Art exhibition held at Musee Hotel Baudy June 1-30, 1995 and Conseil General de l'Eure - Hotel Department, July 18-August 11, 1995 as well as in San Fracisco. "To pay homage to Claude Monet,… Read more about this item

D4daisy. Soft cover. Very Good-. Wicks, Michael, Photographer. This sumptuously illustrated book not only covers the embellisher machine but has lots of ideas for using felting needles by hand. The book covers the basics of using machine and hand techniques; applying fabrics and fibres; texturing and trapping; pattern making; the vital use of stitch; heat techniques; felting; couching;… Read more about this item

Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press. Soft cover. Very Good-. For ten years, Sharon Alderman's collections of fashion fabrics appeared in Handwoven magazine. In this volume, she "shares her design process, tricks of the trade, and specific instructions for more than a hundred of these fabrics." Colourfully illustrated soft cover with black and white titling, black and white diagrams and… Read more about this item

Winnipeg, Manitoba: KoR Publications, 1994. Comb Binding. Good+ to Very Good-. Korpony, Eileen & Kelly. A practical instruction book with emphasison the fundamentals of easy card design.containing 30+ step-by-step illustrated instructions of easy but effective projects. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue and black titling, plastic comb binding, black and white illustrations throughout, 88 pages. Cover has shelf… Read more about this item

McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, Inc., 1984. Soft cover. Good. A complete guide to making lifelike flowers, foliage and branches from fabric. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue and black titling, black and white illustrations throughout as well as two clusters of colour photographs,183 pages. Cover has edge wear, white rectangular sticker on front, shelf wear, text block edges… Read more about this item

Cottage Grove, Oregon: Dorothy Bond. Card Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Peterson, Donlynna. This booklet is a collection of embroidery stitch combinations originally used to outline the seams of old American 'crazy quilts'." Contents include Familiar Families: Buttonhole, Chain, Cretan, Cross Stitch, Detached Chain, Feather, Herringbone and Other Combinations: Fans, Kindred Stitches, Laid Threads, Medallions, Zig Zag, Some… Read more about this item

North Vancouver, B.C.: Pacific Quiltworks, Lts., 1996. Pictorial Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Book is "a quilter's tour of Canada's provinces and territories." A compilation of Canadian quilters and their quilt art, meant to be "read and savoured for its celebration of Canada and referred to regularly for its practical information." Brightly illustrated glossy hard cover with yellow and… Read more about this item

Cape Elizabeth, Maine: Brynmorgan Press. Second Printing. . Soft cover. Very Good-. Published circa 1992, Second Printing. A collection of twelve articles by masters of fine metalsmithing, including Sterling Granulation, Niello, Anticlastic Raising, Nonconforming Dies, Cold Connections, Fold Forming, Toolmaking for Jewelers, Kum Boo: 24K Overlay, Depletion Gilding, Patination, The Instant Etch Process and Reticulation. Colourfully illustrated grey… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Book contains complete step-by-step instructions, profusely illustrated, including exact-size templates that you place directly over the wood, to make carving duck decoys simple. This collection includes sixteen different species, including extra head patterns for females and different positions. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with white titling on front, staple… Read more about this item

Hove, East Sussex, U.K.: Apple Press. Soft cover. Very Good. In this book, beadwork artist Julia S. Pretl shares what she's learned about the Old World technique of bead knitting with modern-day beaders and knitters. Book covers step-by-step instructions on casting on and reading graphs to creating ten purses, bags and accessories. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1987. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Selected from a rare collection of superb German die-cuts created in the 1920s, the 57 copyright-free silhouettes in this whisical treasury reflect the carefree fantasies of a war-weary world." Glossy card cover with staple binding, 41 pages. Minor shelf wear, a blue sticker to back. Shipping charges are… Read more about this item

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Crafts Association of British Columbia, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. For the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 1998 the Crafts Association of British Columbia produced this catalogue accompanying the exhibition at the Canadian Craft Museum in Vancouver. Essays by Doris Shadbolt, Glenn Allison and Paula Gustafson followed by full colour photographs of the craft… Read more about this item