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Book reviews:30 minute jewelry

30-Minute jewelry making series by Lark Books

30-Minute Bracelets

Pub Date:June 2012 ISBN:9781600594885 Format:Paper,136pp Color:8 X 9

30 Minute Bracelets is the latest release in the 30 Minutes series from Lark Books. The book includes 60 quick and creative projects for [...]

book review:Dreaming from the journal page

Dreaming from the journal page by Melanie Testa

Paperback:128 pages Publisher:North Light Books (May 8,2012) Language:English ISBN-10:1440314349

This book covers everything you’ll want to know about how to begin your art making journey through the pages of your sketchbook. Broken into 5 main categories opening with a chapter [...]

Book review:fabulous surfaces by Lynda Monk

fabulous surfaces by Lynda Monk

Paperback:40 pages Publisher:D4daisy books ISBN-10:0955537185 ISBN-13:978-0955537189

There is so much good stuff packed into the 40 pages of this book it’s hard to know where to start with this review. The first in a series of workshop style publications for the [...]

Book review and giveaway!

Read on to find out how you can win this entire set of Lark Publishing Studio Series books:

Lark books has created a whole mini series of books excerpted from their corresponding titles in their 500 Series. These little hard cover pocket books measure about 5” square and [...]

book review:Personal Geographies

 

Paperback:144 pages Publisher:North Light Books (November 30,2011) Language:English ISBN-10:144030856X ISBN-13:978-1440308567

Author:Jill K. Berry

Jill Berry has turned the art of cartography into a unique and irresistible way to approach using a sketchbook or journal to explore your life experiences,travels and personal [...]

Book review:Create your own free-form quilts

Paperback:96 pages Publisher:C&T Publishing (December 16,2011) Language:English ISBN-10:1607052504 ISBN-13:978-1607052500

Author:Rayna Gillman

This book is your key to learning how to create original,eclectic and visually engaging quilts without feeling the need to follow rules about seam sizes or what fabric and color combinations [...]

book review –Layered Textiles

Author:Kim Thittichai

Hardcover:128 pages Publisher:Batsford (October 4,2011) Language:English ISBN-10:1849940088 ISBN-13:978-1849940085

I have so many good things to say about this new book by Kim Thittichai that it’s hard to know where to start! So I’ll start right at the beginning with the cover. Yes you read that [...]

book review:Inside the Creative Studio

Inside the Creative Studio:Inspiration and Ideas for Your Art and Craft Space by Cate Coulacos Prato Paperback:160 pages Publisher:Interweave Press (November 15,2011) Language:English ISBN-10:1596683988 ISBN-13:978-1596683983

This book is divided into six sections:A room of one’s own,Organization and storage,Flea Market Flair,Small [...]

Masters Art Quilts book giveaway!

Thanks to Lark Crafts I get to give you all a chance to win a free copy of the newly released Masters Art Quilt book!

All you need to do to be entered is to leave a comment on this post and I’ll choose a name at random this Friday (9/2/11). UPDATE 8/31:THANKS [...]

book review –masters art quilts volume 2

Paperback:414 pages Publisher:Lark Crafts (August 2,2011) Language:English ISBN-10:1600595995

Curated by Martha Sielman this beautiful little book is filled with the work of 40 contemporary international quilters. This is the second book in the Art Quilt Masters Series and like the first it does not disappoint. Divided into segments by [...]