Search Results: Crafts from Black Sheep Books

New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc., 2004. Soft cover. Very Good/-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Quilter's bible with thousands of designs to choose from. With 5,500 quilt block patterns to copy, adapt, and combine in countless ways, you'll never run out of ideas for your projects. Softcover with multi-colour design, white titling to front and spine, full-colour patterns throughout, 448 pages. Light sunning to top, minor shelf wear. Due to the weight of this book, we might ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of insurance and tracking, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Hove, East Sussex, U.K.: Apple Press. Soft cover. Very Good. In this book, beadwork artist Julia S. Pretl shares what she's learned about the Old World technique of bead knitting with modern-day beaders and knitters. Book covers step-by-step instructions on casting on and reading graphs to creating ten purses, bags and accessories. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue and white titling, illustrated throughout with colour images,112 pages. This attractive book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Book contains complete step-by-step instructions, profusely illustrated, including exact-size templates that you place directly over the wood, to make carving duck decoys simple. This collection includes sixteen different species, including extra head patterns for females and different positions. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with white titling on front, staple binding, colour photographs inside front and rear cover, black and white illustrations throughout, unpaginated (approximately 40 pages), publisher's advertising at back. Cover has negligible edge wear, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Lady Lorraine Designs. Second Edition. . Card Cover. Very Good-/-. The secret te hniques of designer lampshades . made easy! All done with your glue-gun!" An easy-to follow manual for creating romantic Victorian lampshades. White card cover with black and white illustration, staple binding, black and white photographs throughout, 50 pages. Light shelf wear, a red spot to front and a smudge to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Jiangxi Fine Arts Publishing House. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Bi-lingual Chinese and English. Illustrated soft cover with flaps, cream coloured endpapers, richly illustrated with full-colour photographs, 129 pages. Light shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Fontaine-sous-Jouy, France: Association Fibre Art Synergy, 1995. Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Translator: Diana Brennan. Book was published in conjunction with a Fiber Art exhibition held at Musee Hotel Baudy June 1-30, 1995 and Conseil General de l'Eure - Hotel Department, July 18-August 11, 1995 as well as in San Fracisco. "To pay homage to Claude Monet, the Group FIBRE ART SYNERGY invited 42 international artists to create 84 works around the theme 'IN THE LIGHT OF GIVERNY.'" Colourfully illustrated blue soft cover with white titling on spine and front, colour plates throughout accompanied by a short biography of each artist on the facing page, book is unpaginated, advertising on a few pages at end of book. Cover has shelf wear, light bend to upper front corner which continues several pages into book, light edge wear, some minor discolouration to lower text block edge adjacent to spine end, interior is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard… Read More

Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, Inc., 2004. Coil Binding. Very Good/-. A detailed instruction book on hand-dyeing fabrics and yarns teaching the foundation of this craft. White coil binding, 112 pages plus eight plates showig colour gradations. Minor shelf wear. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1987. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Selected from a rare collection of superb German die-cuts created in the 1920s, the 57 copyright-free silhouettes in this whisical treasury reflect the carefree fantasies of a war-weary world." Glossy card cover with staple binding, 41 pages. Minor shelf wear, a blue sticker to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

D4daisy. Soft cover. Very Good-. Wicks, Michael, Photographer. This sumptuously illustrated book not only covers the embellisher machine but has lots of ideas for using felting needles by hand. The book covers the basics of using machine and hand techniques; applying fabrics and fibres; texturing and trapping; pattern making; the vital use of stitch; heat techniques; felting; couching; manipulating and weaving." Colourful soft cover with white titling, illustrated throughout with handsome colour plates, 56 pages. Cover has light edge and shelf wear, lengthwise crease front and back parallel to spine, previous owner's name in ink on title page, some of the ink has transferred to adjacent page, interior is clean and tight. This is a handsome copy. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us… Read More

Cottage Grove, Oregon: Dorothy Bond. Card Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Peterson, Donlynna. This booklet is a collection of embroidery stitch combinations originally used to outline the seams of old American 'crazy quilts'." Contents include Familiar Families: Buttonhole, Chain, Cretan, Cross Stitch, Detached Chain, Feather, Herringbone and Other Combinations: Fans, Kindred Stitches, Laid Threads, Medallions, Zig Zag, Some More. Tan card cover with black titling and grey illustration, fastened with with three brass brads through three-holes, two pages of text and thirty pages of black and white illustrations. Cover has light shelf wear with some light creases, sticker ghost on upper front cover, otherwise book is in good shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions… Read More

McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, Inc., 1984. Soft cover. Good. A complete guide to making lifelike flowers, foliage and branches from fabric. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue and black titling, black and white illustrations throughout as well as two clusters of colour photographs,183 pages. Cover has edge wear, white rectangular sticker on front, shelf wear, text block edges slightly darkened, pages 37 to 48 have brown staining, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Winnipeg, Manitoba: KoR Publications, 1994. Comb Binding. Good+ to Very Good-. Korpony, Eileen & Kelly. A practical instruction book with emphasison the fundamentals of easy card design.containing 30+ step-by-step illustrated instructions of easy but effective projects. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue and black titling, plastic comb binding, black and white illustrations throughout, 88 pages. Cover has shelf wear, rear edges sunned, minor edge wear, small paper-clip stain near upper edge of title page and adjacent end paper, text is clean. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Blue Moon Publiscations, 1988. Coil Binding. Good+ to Very Good-/-. Lorence, Janet; Alm, David. A practical instruction booklet on how to build a dulcimer with line drawings and very detailed and clear instructions. Beige card cover with black titling, black plastic coil binding, two colour photographs of a dulcimer to back of front cover, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to title page, line drawings throughout, 27 pages. Light edge wear and age darkening, a few spots of discoloration to cover and some inside pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press. Soft cover. Very Good-. For ten years, Sharon Alderman's collections of fashion fabrics appeared in Handwoven magazine. In this volume, she "shares her design process, tricks of the trade, and specific instructions for more than a hundred of these fabrics." Colourfully illustrated soft cover with black and white titling, black and white diagrams and illustrations and colour photographs throughout, 143 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, some light creases near upper rear edge, text block edge and many page edges have a pale stain (tea?) that extends 1 cm. or less, small spot of the same colour on title page, book is otherwise clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over… Read More

Venezia: Albrizzi Editore Di Marsilio Editori, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. Written in Italian. Textile history of Venetian textiles. White paper covered boards with grey titling to front and spine, grey endpapers, richly illustrated, 179 pages. A few very light pressure marks to edge. Dust jacket shows some sunning to spine, light edge wear and two small closed tears to top of spine. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Ottawa, ON: Veritas Tools, 1990. Three-Ring Binder. Very Good/-. A Craftsman's guide to design, layout and technique. This volume covers layout design, carving techniques, sharpening the carving tools. Brown three-ring binder. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Cologne, Germany: Galerie Rudolf G. Smend, 1992. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Inge Huebers Kunst des Quiltens / Inge Hueber's Art of Quilting. Text in German and English. Illustrated card cover, black titling, staple binding, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ARTIST to title page, full colour illustrations throughout, 36 pages. A presentation of gorgeous quilts. Light edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Crafts Association of British Columbia, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. For the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 1998 the Crafts Association of British Columbia produced this catalogue accompanying the exhibition at the Canadian Craft Museum in Vancouver. Essays by Doris Shadbolt, Glenn Allison and Paula Gustafson followed by full colour photographs of the craft pieces. 90 pages. Minor edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cape Elizabeth, Maine: Brynmorgan Press. Second Printing. . Soft cover. Very Good-. Published circa 1992, Second Printing. A collection of twelve articles by masters of fine metalsmithing, including Sterling Granulation, Niello, Anticlastic Raising, Nonconforming Dies, Cold Connections, Fold Forming, Toolmaking for Jewelers, Kum Boo: 24K Overlay, Depletion Gilding, Patination, The Instant Etch Process and Reticulation. Colourfully illustrated grey soft cover with blue titling, black and white illustrations throughout, as well as a few in colour, 151 pages. Cover has light shelf wear, marginal edge wear, some small stains on text block edges and title page, spine slightly sunned, book is otherwise clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to… Read More

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1972. A Hard Cover. Good/-. Beige and brown cloth with black titling to front and beige titling to spine, illustrated endpapers, 276 numbered plates with black and white photographs as well as some coloured photographs, glossaries, bibliography, 300 pages. Soem shelf wear with light rubbing and a few pressure marks, a few light brown spots to textblock edge. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall