Handicrafts, Decorative Arts & Crafts eTextbooks

Abstract Painting and Abstraction

Painting Flowers

A Creative Approach

Botanical Art with Scientific Illustration

Mini Patchwork Projects

6 Sewing Patterns for the Contemporary Crafter

The Nature of Fashion

A Botanical Story of Our Material Lives

Crochet Impkins

Over a million possible combinations! Yes, really!

Coin Collecting For Dummies

3rd Edition

Card Games For Dummies

Eco-Resin Crafts

Texas Hold'em For Dummies

Sustainable Fashion For Dummies

Modern Knitted Shawls and Wraps

35 Warm and Stylish Designs to Knit, from Lacy Shawls to Chunky Wraps

Casino Gambling For Dummies

Destination Creativity

The Life-Altering Journey of the Art Retreat

TinkerLab Art Starts

52 Projects for Open-Ended Exploration

Crochet Wraps

7 Shawl Designs plus Tutorials for New Stitches

Water, Wood, and Wild Things

Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town

The Queen

70 years of Majestic Style

Cultural Heritage in the Fashion Industry

From Tradition to Innovation in India

Weaving Iridescence

Color Play for the Handweaver

Knits in a Day

40 Quick Knits to Cast On and Complete in Three Hours or Less

Knits for Girls and Young Juniors

17 Contemporary Designs for Sizes 6 to 12

Women Writing Cloth

Migratory Fictions in the American Imaginary

Chess For Dummies

Bridge For Dummies

Art Law

A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators

Card Games All-In-One For Dummies

Crocheting For Dummies with Online Videos

DIY Utopia

Cultural Imagination and the Remaking of the Possible

The Pearl Oyster

Jiggle

(Re)Shaping American Women

American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820

A Guide to Identification and Interpretation

Metal Forming Practise

Processes - Machines - Tools

Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty

10th BIOLOX Symposium. Washington D.C., June 10-11, 2005. Proceedings

Handbook of Biological Dyes and Stains

Synthesis and Industrial Applications

Photosensitisers in Biomedicine

Handbook of Natural Colorants

Electroceramics: Materials, Properties, Applications

Materials, Properties, Applications

Orphan Block Quilts

Making a Home for Antique, Vintage, Collectible and Leftover Quilt Blocks

Interlocking Crochet

80 Original Stitch Patterns Plus Techniques and Projects

Sensational Small Quilts

Go Crochet! Afghan Design Workshop

50 Motifs, 10 Projects, 1 of a Kind Results

The Zapp Method of Couture Sewing

Tailor Garments Easily Using Any Pattern

Crazy Shortcut Quilts

Quilt as You Go and Finish in Half the Time!

Pattern Fitting With Confidence

Crochet That Fits

Shaped Fashions Without Increases or Decreases

A String of Expression

Bead Chic

36 Stylish Jewelry Projects & Inspired Variations

Painting Wildlife Step by Step

Learn from 50 demonstrations how to capture realistic textures in watercolor, oil and acrylic

The Artist Unique

Discovering Your Creative Signature Through Inspiration and Techniques

The Elemental Journal

Composing Artful Expressions from Items Cast Aside

Fashion Geek

Clothes Accessories Tech

Beyond The Bead

Making Jewelry With Unexpected Finds

Chairmaking Simplified

24 Projects Using Shop-Made Jigs

The Victorian Marionette Theatre

A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography

Reading a Culture through Its Art

601 Great Scrapbook Ideas

The I Love You Book

More Than 500 Ways to Show the Ones You Love That You Care

Weaving a Future

Tourism, Cloth, and Culture on an Andean Island

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Knitting

Colour Forecasting

Computer-Aided Pattern Design and Product Development

Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear

Carr and Latham's Technology of Clothing Manufacture

Adsorption of Reactive Red 158 Dye by Chemically Treated Cocos Nucifera L. Shell Powder

Adsorption of Reactive Red 158 by Cocos Nucifera L.

Tandem Cold Metal Rolling Mill Control

Using Practical Advanced Methods

Casting Shadows

Creating Visual Dimension in Your Quilts

Paper Engineering and Pop-ups For Dummies

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Beadwork

Learning Off-Loom Beading Techniques One Stitch at a Time

In the Nursery

Creative Quilts and Designer Touches

Quilts for Guys

15 Fun Projects For Your Favorite Fella

Provence Quilts and Cuisine

Quilts and Cuisine

Applique Inside the Lines

12 Quilt Projects to Embroider & Applique

Impressionist Palette

Quilt Color & Design

Picture This!

Capture the Essence of a Photograph in Your Pictorial Quilt

Small Scale Quiltmaking

Precision, Proportion, and Detail

40 Great Stained Glass Projects

Julie Stephani's Ultimate Scrapbook Guide

African Fabrics

Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethnic Flair

Measure Twice, Cut Once

Simple Steps to Measure, Scale, Draw and Make the Perfect Cut-Every Time.

Silversmithing

In-House Book Binding and Repair

Build It Once

A Basic Primer for the Creation of Online Exhibitions

Creative Foundations

40 Scrapbook and Mixed-Media Techniques to Build Your Artistic Toolbox

Pleasant Hill Shaker Furniture

Rethinking Acrylic

Radical Solutions For Exploiting The World's Most Versatile Medium

Tiles Gone Wild

New Directions In Mixed Media Mosaics

Creating Life-Like Animals in Polymer Clay

Sweatshirt Transformations

Sew Jackets, Vests & Hoodies • 8 Projects from Cozy to Elegant

How to Start a Home-Based Jewelry Making Business

*Turn your passion into profit *Develop a smart business plan *Set market-appropriate prices *Profit from craft fairs and trade shows *Sell to local and national retail shops *Make money on the Internet

How to Start a Home-Based Handyman Business

*Turn your skills into cash *Schedule your jobs *Build word-of-mouth referrals *Manage insurance issues *Handle paperwork--from permits to invoices *Work smart and safe

How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business

Home-Based Business Series

Sheet Metal Forming Processes

Constitutive Modelling and Numerical Simulation

The Pulse of Mixed Media

Secrets and Passions of 100 Artists Revealed

Layered Impressions

A Poetic Approach to Mixed-Media Painting

Delight in the Seasons

Crafting a Year of Memorable Holidays and Celebrations

Dreaming From the Journal Page

Transforming the Sketchbook to Art

100 Fresh and Fun Handmade Cards

Step-by-Step Instructions for 50 New Designs and 50 Amazing Alternatives

Potters' View of Canada

Canadian Scenes on Nineteenth-Century Earthenware

Coalescence of Styles

The Ethnic Heritage of St John River Valley Regional Furniture, 1763-1851