This book brings together 17 Sew a Softie designers from around the world. Each designer has come up with a delightful new hand-sewn project to inspire moms, dads, kids, grandparents, and teachers of all kinds. No expensive machines are required, and each project uses stitches and techniques that can easily be mastered by first-time sewers. Get together with kids and enjoy time together sewing a wide range of softies, including a Taco, a Painted Flower, a Tooth Tiger, Bluey Koala, a Toucan, Seashells, Lucky Spiders, and many more. Sew a Softie is a worldwide community that works to teach a whole new generation to sew, and to transmit a love of sewing and an appreciation of its enormous potential to nurture creativity, independence, and a sense of community in our children. Sew a Softie events have inspired thousands of people, especially young children, to begin sewing.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 128

Dimensions: 216 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 26-02-2021

A celebration of the wildest and weirdest that action cinema has to offer, the hosts of the Really Awful Movies podcast take you on a fun-filled pilgrimage through the nuttiest movies in the genre. Traversing both decades and continents, these 100 titles reach beyond the typical patron saints of action, giving unsung genre heroes like Vic Diaz, Reb Brown, and Godfrey Ho their due. Our intrepid hosts have highlighted action gems with all of the necessary components for greatness: Heroes! Villains! Henchmen! But something's typically missing. Usually, it's a budget. Often, it's talent. But that doesn't mean these films aren't as entertaining as any mainstream fare. Divided into nine chapters by subgenre, featuring stills and posters, and with a foreword by genre icon Brian Trenchard-Smith, Mine's Bigger Than Yours is a romp through the world of fisticuffs, jailbreaks, pit fighting, mercenaries, and really big explosions--all the stuff that makes action movies great.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 384

Dimensions: 177 x 254 mm

Publication Date: 28-09-2020

This project book is less how-to and more "dive right in!" Here are 27 inspired ways to add colorfully crafted inspiration to your decor, your wardrobe, everyday accessories, and your artistic gift-giving needs. For those who are newcomers to the punch needle world, and for all who have learned the skills and are ready for new, one-of-a-kind projects that really excite their creative style! Includes patterns for each project.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 128

Dimensions: 191 x 229 mm

Publication Date: 31-10-2021

Zero waste is key to Maria Sigma's renowned weaving designs, and here she shows beginners--and more-accomplished weavers too--how that philosophy can transform what you weave. Enjoy learning the basics of both heddle loom and frame loom weaving and succeed at six guided projects you'll enjoy adding to your home and wardrobe, while also learning how Sigma has built her practice on sustainability. "Without our attention on the materials and process and how they relate to the world, no design is at its best." She shows how to consider the environmental impact at every stage of the design and making process, as well as within your daily work environment and studio space. Learn ways to decrease yarn waste and avoid unnecessary cuts, as well as how to consider carbon footprints in terms of your use of machines, water, and petroleum-sourced energy. With this guide, you can make handweaving an even more sustainable craft.

Pages: 176

Dimensions: 228 x 228 mm

Publication Date: 28-09-2020

This comprehensive yet highly browsable reference offers concise definitions, clear line drawings, and photographs of the elements and features that make up American furniture of all types. Written by an expert furniture maker and woodworker with over 50 years of experience, this is the most extensive and modern resource of its kind. Covering historical and contemporary furniture design, the alphabetized terms include individual elements (such as cartouche, pediment, and hood), types of furniture, and styles of design. Detailed line drawings and photos of beautiful museum pieces augment the text. Informative sidebars throughout delve into the passion and beauty behind fine furniture's artistic energy-lives of notable American furniture designers and craftsmen, guided views of masterworks, help in understanding certain styles, and more. This is an invaluable tool for furniture makers, antique dealers and buyers, and anyone interested in American furniture.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 376

Dimensions: 178 x 254 mm

Publication Date: 31-10-2021

The queen of the craft Amy Oxford offers to beginners and advanced crafters alike a one-stop resource! This is the guide you'll keep at your fingertips while you learn, and throughout your punch needle adventures for years to come. Enjoy Amy's amazingly effective instruction, tips, inspiration, and in-depth info about every aspect of enjoying punch needle rug hooking. Create her colorful contemporary pomegranate project and ginkgo project, and learn to skillfully turn your work into long-lasting treasures like wall hangings, chair pads, rugs, cushions, stair runners, and whatever else your imagination can dream up. Enrich your work with fascinating info on things the other books don't include: the top secrets about the craft that beginners need, and careful step by step photo instructions for doing it right--from choosing your first project's materials, to creating a lovely result the first time, finishing techniques, mounting, adding complexity, and making your own designs. Enjoy the history of the craft of rug punching, gorgeous photos of works by today's biggest names, fun interviews with top makers, how to handle the unexpected, and much more.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 208

Dimensions: 215 x 250 mm

Publication Date: 28-09-2020

Amelia is a curious Boston terrier who is always eager to learn new things. On a recent trip to the library she discovers the wonder of reading and the magic of books. This inspires her to take her own incredible idea and discover all the steps needed to make it into a book. But where to start? Join Amelia in her playful pursuit of knowledge as she learns all about how the pages of a story come to life.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 205 x 205 mm

Publication Date: 28-08-2020

Your mission: Locate and destroy the virus and then escape from the scientific compound before the time-travel portal closes forever! With the help of Dooz, your faithful robot, you have been teleported to the year 2394! In this era, a mad scientist plans to paralyze the entire world using a powerful cyber virus . . . In a few moments, it will be too late! Choose to solve this challenge on your own or with a friend! Either way, let’s go!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 205 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2020

Who's at the door? Doodle the Science Poodle introduces her diverse, blended family, which includes an aardvark, three turtles, eight llamas, and a whole bunch of cats. Colorful illustrations combine lovable animals and hilarious commentary for a simple introduction to counting and diversity. Join in the fun and discover who's behind the door with this unlikely family of comical creatures.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 20

Dimensions: 153 x 153 mm

Publication Date: 28-08-2020

Your mission: find and recover the dragon egg from the castle before the spatial-temporal portal closes forever! With the help of Dooz, your faithful robot, you have been teleported to the Middle Ages. In this epoch, King Badking rules; he has stolen the last dragon egg and plans to make an omelet out of it for his son . . . In a few minutes, it will be too late. Choose to solve this challenge on your own or with a friend! Either way, let’s go!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 48

Dimensions: 205 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 20-02-2020