Crafts & Hobbies

Aims to teach readers how to get the most out of their tools, supplies, and their own handwriting to create pages that integrate text into successful designs. This book helps you learn how to: choose the perfect lettering to portray mood or theme; have fun mixing and matching letter types; create titles; and journal with maximum impact.

Looking for the perfect gift for a baby or toddler? Nursery Stitch is brimming with beautiful projects to make for babies and young children.

Glitz It Up is packed with over 50 brilliant, easy and stylish ideas for personalizing your clothes - everything from edging a skirt or top with sequins, beads, ribbon, feathers and velvet to decorating clothes with embroidery or applique. Whether you want to give a new lease of life to a tired-looking ...

Good Quality Colour Pictures and full Details of How the Layout was Constructed

Once you've got the basics covered, you will be amazed at the variety of paper techniques there are to explore. Paper treatments are covered in Colouring, Decorating and Texturing. Learn how to make beautiful cards for family and friends in the Cardmaking chapter, and learn to make your own Envelopes, Giftwrap and Gift Boxes, as well as much more.

This standard work details the names, general uses, and correct operation of all of the basic hand and power tools, fasteners, and measuring devices you are ever likely to need. The book also covers grinding, metal cutting, soldering, and much more. 329 illustrations.

In 1968, Mattel introduced the first 16 Hot Wheels cars and revolutionised the world of toy cars. Fifty years and a few billion cars later, Hot Wheels are still number one. These die-cast cars are a hot collectible and a favourite toy for kids of all ages. Hot Wheels recounts the story of the world's ...

Explores the various types of beadwork, including beading on fabric, fringing, bead weavings, bead embroidery and beaded jewelry via simple instructions and 500 full-color photos. Original.

Origami 101 provides hours of family fun with step-by-step instructions for 40+ captivating origami figures, illustrated with 400 photos and online video demonstrations.

Knitting 101 is a comprehensive beginner's guide to knitting. With close to 400 step-by-step photographs and an online instructional video companion, this book will help you achieve success from the start.

A collection of over 400 original verses, sentiments and sayings for cardmakers, scrapbookers and anyone who wants to find the perfect message at Christmas. It includes over 50 seasonal copyright-free motifs and illustrations for crafters to copy on to cards or festive projects, or just use for inspiration.

The Grown-Up's Guide series features how-to projects, creative prompts, and crafting activities that will inspire you and your little ones to spend hours of fun together. Now you can learn the fun, trendy paint pouring technique—and teach your kids to do it too! Paint pouring, also known as fluid art, ...

A new collection of 100 entertaining, stimulating and challenging puzzles

100 puzzles are featured from a variety of ancient civilizations located all over the world.

Sew up one of these five very different bags, or make them all - it's easy with precut fabrics! Precut fabrics are getting easier and easier to find at any craft store. That's great news for sewers who are looking to make their projects quick and affordable! Patchwork projects are perfect for anyone ...

The third volume in a new series of practical books produced in partnership with London's Victoria and Albert Museum, offering a fresh, contemporary and, above all, intelligent shake-up of the craft book genre.

This text explains simply, step-by-step, how even inexperienced amateurs can achieve excellent results when they embark on porcelain restoration. Would-be restorers are introduced to the many options available and encouraged to discover which techniques suit their individual circumstances.

Following the best-selling book The World's Most Difficult Quiz comes this sequel which collects the most taxing questions from early King William's College General Knowledge papers published in the Guardian over many years. A challenge for the most erudite of minds, The World's Most Difficult Quiz 2 is the ultimate general knowledge challenge.