Three of Cath Kidston's bestselling books (Sew! Stitch! and Patch!) are now available, for the first time, in a special presentation slipcase, creating the ultimate craft gift that will keep busy hands occupied for hours.

This book presents Cath's new take on traditional patchwork, which combines established techniques with a more contemporary approach. Mixing her own distinctive prints with vintage fabrics, Cath has designed 30 original projects including not just the pieced quilts but also numerous accessories and home furnishings - bags, cushions, pillowcases, even a toddler's toy ball and a dog bed. Many of the projects in this book can be made out of the scraps and leftovers that crafters accumulate, thereby putting all those odds and ends to perfect use. There is a wide range of techniques from simple machine piecing to more complex crazy patchwork. The book includes pieces of seven different printed fabrics and instructions to create either a calico bag or cushion.

Following the runaway success of both Sew! and Make! Cath Kidston has turned her unique designer's eye to Stitch! Reinventing the arts of needlepoint and cross stitch for today's crafter, Cath has injected her own distinctive cheery, heartwarming, homemaking print designs into these traditional crafts. To complement the hand-stitched tapestry pieces, when making up many of the projects into cushions, bags, purses and much more, Cath has incorporated her trademark fabrics such as her mini dot design r electric flowers print.

The autobiography of seamstress Nancy Zieman.

Cath Kidston has put together a treasure trove of simple projects for stitchers to get their needles into. Basic sewing instructions are followed by ideas for creating over 40 sewing projects for bags, quilts, cushions and more. Included are 7 templates for different motifs, and a paper pattern sheet with full-size traceable patterns for every project in the book.

An ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname—Buffalo Bill—is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues—about Buffalo Bill and about her—launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.

Capture the glory of the historic textile designer’s work in exquisite appliqué quilts, cushions, and wallhangings, featuring an array of motifs. No artist ever captured the beauty of nature in such exquisite detail as William Morris. Now Michele Hill has transformed his graceful birds, flowers, vines, and woodland creatures into appliqué designs any quilter can master. • Turn William Morris' designs into 6 lovely appliqué projects: quilts, cushions, and wallhangings • Mix and match more than 50 appliqué motifs to create your own William Morris-inspired designs • Make your masterpiece quickly with easy fusible appliqué

Find endless inspiration with this photo guide to embroidery stitches. Discover the 120 hand-embroidery stitches that every embroiderer should have in their stitching arsenal, with clear, step-by-step photos you can come back to time and again! Contemporary needlework teacher Sharon Boggon’s forward-thinking ideas will help you view hand embroidery through a vibrant new lens. Beginners and seasoned embroiderers will gain the confidence to create new patterns by playing with the stitches—manipulating the height and width, making asymmetrical loops, stacking up designs, or filling multiple rows with the same stitch. With so many creative variations and the author’s gorgeous samplers, you’ll be inspired to incorporate new techniques in your own crazy quilts and modern projects. Essential guide to surface embroidery! 120 contemporary stitches, including left-hand stitches, with step-by-step photos See how tiny tweaks to each stitch can take your needlework to unexpected places Play up the possibilities with modern fill patterns, asymmetry, luscious texture, and crazy quilting

Sewing your own clothes is a way to dress yourself in exactly the kind of style you want. Clothing bought in stores is expensive and often does not fit right. By learning to sew you get to make something useful and you can make tons of one-of-a-kind accessories, tote bags, scarves and more! This book guide you to learn sewing with simple techniques. - Easy to understand because this book is totally for beginners. - Has high qualified illustrations To beginners, the perfect sewing guide will be appropriate but will also have details to fit more advanced sewers. Therefore, this book is going to remain relevant for a long time. Get this book and start sewing your own products.