Search Results: DECORATING & CRAFTS from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney: Sally Milner, 1993. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, few black & white drawings, minimal edgewear, owner's written name. 74 pp. Joyce Spencer and Deborah Kneen provide a practical and comprehensive guide to all you will need to know to run your own classes. The authors provide detailed information on teaching style and class setting, objectives, professionalism, classroom atmosphere, teaching aids and techniques, and how to motivate students.

Sydney, Rushcutters Bay: J. B. Fairfax Press, 1995. 1st ed.. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour photos (mostly full-page), illustrated inside covers, minor edgewear corner tips. 104 pp. Australian quiltmaking takes another step forward with this collection of contemporary quilts bound for Nagoya in Japan. Forty-five quilts illustrate and define the theme with colour and imagination. From all over Australia, quiltmakers have embraced the vision of the exhibition. This book is a record of their quilts in full colour. This is a book to treasure for anyone interested in Australian history and crafts.

Sydney: Murdoch Books, 1991. 1st ed.. Hardback quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour text-photos & drawings, flyleaves lightly foxed, top spine lightly bumped. 80 pp. (No inserted craft cloth.) Australian flora, fauna, and other unique craft designs are in this book, which will help you to create something Australian.

Melbourne: Lloyd O'Neil, 1986. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings (patterns), full-page colour photos, minimal edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 150 pp.

Melbourne: Lothian Publishing, 1995. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings, colour photos, faint foxing inside covers, minor edgewear corner tips. 64 pp. This beautiful inspiring book has an extended range of appealing craft projects where the teddy bear is the theme using: stencilling, patchwork, quilting, decoupage, and fabric painting. All the projects are easy to make, and have clear step-by-step instructions and patterns.

London: Pan Books, 1977. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, black & white illustrations, crease front cover, faint toning pages & edges, top edge rear cover little scuffed, minor edgewear. 112 pp. Malcolm Norris provides a complete guide on brass and brass rubbing for beginner and expert alike. There are full instructions on techniques and materials followed by a history of types of brass, chapters on the people and costumes they depict, and on the old engravers and their workshops.

Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1997. 1st ed.. Hardback small square quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour text-photos, covers little rubbed, two tiny dents rear cover. 96 pp. A study of Cajun Mardi Gras and its traditional maskmaking. Every winter, Cajun Louisiana folk artists assemble unlikely mixtures of material to shape masks for their Mardi Gras celebrations. This fascinating book introduces the artists, the performances, and processes of creating the fantastical masks.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000. 1st ed.. Paperback small square quarto (with flaps), very good plus condition, colour text-photos & drawings, minimal edgewear. 136 pp. This very useful book presents over 30 original projects featuring easy-to-use paints, ranging from simple freehand designs to more complex patterns created by masking and stenciling. There are more than a dozen templates in this idea-packed book. Practical and inspirational, this beautiful book is comprehensive and sure to become an important part of your life. SALE PRICE.

Binda, NSW: Sally Milner Publishing, 2006. 1st Australian ed.. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour drawings (many full-page), black & white templates, glossy paper, few faint scratches rear cover. 158 pp. With a wide range of papermaking techniques and over 50 designs, this book provides all the ideas and inspiration necessary to get started making paper or craft with paper.

London: Mitchell Beazley, 1994. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), full-page colour photos, colour drawings, minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 144 pp. Inspirational sourcebook for comparatively experienced needlecraft enthusiasts, containing 22 projects with colour charts and clear step-by-step diagrams and instructions for making clothes, accessories and gifts. This classic embroidery art is given a modern twist in this generously illustrated book.

Sydney, Wahroonga: Virginia Hollister & Kathrin McMiles, 1988. 1st ed.. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos, colour & black & white text-photos, crease top edge front cover, minor edgewear, top & bottom edges slightly marked. 72 pp. This book complements the art works collected for exhibition at the fifth National Ceramics Conference in Sydney during May 1988. The aim has been to present the work of those ceramicists who have been committed to working with the figure in three dimensions for some time, and of others who have more recently turned to this genre to explore their personal and political concerns. Each artist has reflected on his or her motivation and sources of inspiration, and each has provided technical notes about construction and firing methods.

Burra Creek, NSW: Sally Milner, 1996. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, pictorial cover, very good plus condition, black & white & colour drawings, edges little bumped, minor edgewear. 52 pp. Judy Newman provides very simple, clear instructions for each of several embroidery projects. The book includes all the things you need to know before you start a project, as well as presenting a guide to all the stitches used in the embroidery designs. The author is an Australian craft designer and craft writer (Australian Woman's Weekly).

Burra Creek, NSW: Sally Milner Publishing, 1996. Reprint ed.. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, black & white drawings, minor edgewear. 90 pp. Marilyn McCann describes how to create country Australiana and bush scenes in the folk art (or naive) style. One of the first books in Australia about the popular American style as applied to Australian projects. From the Milner Craft Series from Sally Milner Publishing.

Sydney, Rushcutters Bay: J.B. Fairfax Press, 1995. 1st ed.. Paperback quarto, very good condition, black & white drawings (patterns), colour text-photos (some full-page) & drawings, glossy paper, tiny mark fore-edge last few pages, minor edgewear. 80 pp. Gloria McKinnon provides 80 pages of exciting doll craft projects to make, from cloth dolls to heirloom-sewn finery, for all lovers of dolls. First edition.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1993. Paperback quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos (some full-page), black & white drawings, glossy paper, front cover corner little creased, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp front & rear. 55 pp. Vivienne Garforth shows how to create 23 different decoupaged items - including decorated soaps, pot-pourri fans, notepaper, jars for preserves, herb pots, bookmarks and birthday cards. Clear step-by-step diagrams are included.

Sydney, Birchgrove: Sally Milner, 1991. Hardback small wide quarto, pictorial cover, very good condition, colour illustrations, white & grey drawings, spine ends & cover corner tips very slightly rubbed, bottom corner front cover little bumped. 71 pp. This interesting book has lots of craft projects using dough which can be enjoyed year-round by all the family. The book has dough recipes, techniques and tips, full-colour step-by-step instructions, over 100 ideas in full colour, over 80 drawings.

Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1993. 1st ed.. Hardback quarto, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white drawings, colour photos, spine little faded. 87 pp. This book gives instructions on how to start from a realistic drawing and develop a series of stylised and abstracted designs suitable for china painting and other decorative arts such as stained glass, embroidery, fabric painting, textiles and stencilling. There are colour photos of ten flowers, detailed line drawings in black & white accompany each flower, with pages of creative designs. Over forty of the designs are in colour, painted onto porcelain using mixed media techniques such as lustre, gold, texture, metallics and bright onglaze colours. The instructions for each piece are described in a separate chapter.

London: New Holland, 2013. 1st ed.. Hardback small wide quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), pictorial cover, colour photos (mostly full-page), black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket. 111 pp. Lucinda Ganderton provides a book full of inspiring ideas to show you how to add unique eye-catching detail to your clothes and accessories. A fabulous collection of step-by-step designs for personalizing ready-made clothes with colourful, individual embellishments using simple embroidery, beading, etc. The designs are easy to follow and the full-colour illustrations make this an ideal book for creative spirits.

Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1992. 1st ed.. Hardback quarto, pictorial cover, very good condition, black & white drawings (some full-page), black & white plate (frontispiece), colour plates, tiny dent front cover, minimal edgewear. 72 pp. This book is a followup to her successful How to Bead: French Embroidery Beading. This book has new designs based on combinations of the basic techniques, which take on a new look in a different context. Some of the designs use the more advanced technique of French frame beading, but most use the simpler techniques. A very expensive-looking garment can be created for only a small outlay.

Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1992. 1st ed.. Hardback quarto, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour & black & white drawings, little faint foxing endpapers & title page, minor edgewear. 47 pp. This book features 28 charming, simple and dainty designs suitable for framing or embroidering on clothes. It opens with a short illustrated section on the techniques required for working successfully with ribbon, and follows with detailed instructions for the flower designs, including basic outlines for tracing. Each piece is illustrated in colour. SALE PRICE.