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Craft Books

Review (and Giveaway!) Doodle Diary

September 1, 2010

Dawn Devries Sokol sent me a review copy of Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls, her new book aimed at girls aged 8 and up. It’s really fun and cute!

It’s all hand-lettered and drawn by Dawn. And there is some basic art-journaling information in the front, but most of the book is dedicated to creative [...]

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Review: Brave New Knits

August 26, 2010

Print publishers have made many attempts to embrace the crafty blogosphere – some more successful than others. I think the mix works best when a printed book seeks to create a tangible record of the wonderful-but-intangible community we enjoy.

Julie Turjoman is about to release Brave New Knits: 26 Projects and Personalities from the Knitting [...]

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Review: The Big-Ass Book of Home Decor

August 13, 2010

Hoo, Boy – it’s been a long week. Over last weekend, I was knocked in the head by some kind of icky virus, and have been down for the count until today.

So, I have no podcast for you this week, and no Google Analytics tutorial. But I do have a cool craft book review!

No [...]

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Review: Art Cloth

August 3, 2010

My goodness, I have a pile of craft books awaiting reviews. Why didn’t someone tell me I was getting so far behind?
Anyway. Something interesting happened when I first thumbed through Jane Dunnewold’s Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design for Fabric (affiliate link). I went looking for the projects, and there weren’t any.

…Well, it’s not [...]

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Quite possibly, the finest 3D needlepoint book ever published

July 20, 2010

Susan was lovely enough to grab this book for me on a recent thrifting trip. She knows what I like!

Needlepoint: The Third Dimension (Copyright 1979) is a freaking masterpiece of 1970’s needlepointy goodness – one which (dare I say it) goes way beyond plastic canvas.

Case in point: let me zoom in on the cover a [...]

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Review (Giveaway!): The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design

July 5, 2010

Yaaay for indie craft publishing! Knitgrrl Shannon Okey has just released a new book in print and digital formats: The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design. I’m honored to be the second stop on the blog tour.
This is a very comprehensive guide to taking your knitting (or crochet) to an income-earning level. There’s a whole [...]

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Review and Giveaway: Whip Up Mini Quilts

June 2, 2010

Yippee! We’re the second stop on the blog tour for Whip Up Mini Quilts, the new book from Kathreen Ricketson of Whipup.net.
(Some disclosures: that’s an affiliate link, and Chronicle Books sent me a review copy.)
I’ve been really excited to see this book, because I love the art of quilting, but my living space and ancient [...]

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Interview & Giveaway: Totally Twisted!

April 2, 2010

Today, we’re taking a short break from the Archive-Along so I can participate in the blog tour for Totally Twisted, a new book from jewelry artist Kerry Bogert.
Totally Twisted combines really interesting wire-working techniques with beautiful handmade glass beads. The designs are whimsical and elegant, and the educational quality of the book is excellent. There [...]

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Got any crafty biz questions for Kari Chapin?

February 24, 2010

I’m so excited that Kari Chapin’s new book, The Handmade Marketplace is finally out! Kari and I are planning to do a podcast together soon, and thought you might like to contribute.
Got any craft-business questions for Kari? Just leave them in the comments, and we’ll include as many as we can in the podcast.
The Handmade [...]

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Japanese Craft Books vs. US Craft Books: your thoughts?

January 11, 2010

I’ve been culling my craft book stash lately, and thinking a lot about Japanese craft books.

I should say right up front: I receive a fair number of review copies from US craft book publishers. So I’ve been in the fortunate position to see a lot of the new titles that have come out in the [...]

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