"150 how-to photographs. Step-by-step instructions. Easy sewing."--Back cover.

“Projects ranging from simple curtains and linens to professional-quality window treatments and decorative accessories . . . excellent.” —Library Journal Written by a sewist with a background in interior design, this is an essential guide to home-décor sewing. Included are 31 functional projects—ranging from beginner to advanced—including DIY window treatments, bed linens, storage solutions, rugs, pillows, and custom accessories for every room in your home. Work with cording and zippers, blind hems, and home decor fabric, and discover interior design basics that help you customize any space. “The must-have guide for any home-decor sewist.” —Sew News

Bring handcrafted style to your garden or patio with this beginner-friendly guide featuring 22 sewing projects. Using easy-to-follow photography and simple instructions Debbie shows you how to create fun and practical accessories for your next garden party, barbecue, or lazy Sunday by the pool. Sew Outdoor Living features decorative projects like outdoor seat cushions, placemats, plant pot covers, and bunting. Debbie also includes practical items such as a BBQ tool roll and picnic caddy. There’s even a teepee for the kids!

Express your unique style with 20 fun and fabulous bags to stitch! Welcome to a selection of the best bags from the popular Stitch magazine, plus 5 brand-new projects, curated by its editors. The book features designs from Malka Dubrawsky, Ayumi Takahashi, Kevin Kosbab, Carol Zentgraf, and many more. Techniques include patchwork, applique, pleating, creating dimension with fabric, and embroidery. Bags of a variety of shapes and sizes were selected, including coin purses, gadget bags, clutches, slouch bags, and messenger bags, so you are sure to find something to make for yourself or give to your friends and family. Inside you will find all of the best bags from Stitch magazine in one place, plus 5 brand-new designs- there's something for everyone!

This text offers a comprehensive analysis of the concept of the modern creative and imaginative child in Western education. Drawing on archived sources and historical works, it reframes childhood creativity as a social, cultural, and scientific construction, asking how our thinking and acting toward the creative child have been produced historically. The text dissects the discursive construction of creativity as a natural and developmental attribute of the child. It argues that the idea of the White creative child, constructed through comparative reasoning, shaped by primitivism, and illustrated through botanical metaphors as close to nature and the senses, is a notion embedded with colonialities, forming part of a Western civilizing project and entrenched power-knowledge relations. A compelling and original account of childhood creativity, this text will appeal to researchers in arts education, early childhood education, curriculum studies, and the history of education.

Brighten up your boudoir with twenty sewing projects! Stitch magazine readers can't get enough of pillows and other home-decor accessories. Perhaps it's because home-decor items are among the most accessible of sewing projects: quick to make, no fitting required, and fun to show off. And what better place to use and showcase these items than where you lay your head? Best of Stitch: Beautiful Bedrooms brings together a colorful, sensory feast of favorite and fresh projects that are easy on the eye and just a little bit sultry. You will learn new skills and find creative ways to make your sleeping quarters a showplace for handmade items. The book includes twenty projects as well as tips and sidebars on special techniques and troubleshooting advice for construction, handstitching, working with fabrics, and embellishing. A "Sewing Basics" reference section at the back of the book covers the skills necessary for creating each project.

What people wore in the distant past is often challenging to determine, owing to the disintegration of natural textiles and materials over time. Yet when new findings from archaeological excavations are compared with documentation about early Acadia, a fascinating picture of the society’s early fashions is revealed. Fashioning Acadians is a history of clothesmaking and dress in Acadia from 1650 to 1750. Through the analysis of four Acadian settlements in what is now Nova Scotia, Hilary Doda uncovers the regional fashions and trends that had begun to emerge prior to the violence of the deportations of 1755. Men’s and women’s wardrobes are described from head to toe, from headdresses and hairstyles down to stockings and shoes, along with accessories such as buttons, buckles, and jewellery. While Acadians retained many aspects of the fashion systems of France, New France, and New England, a distinctive Acadian identity can be seen to take shape as their dress evolved and was influenced by other regional styles. Exploring the possibilities of a new methodology for identifying lost or decayed garments, Doda argues that surviving notions, sewing tools, and accessories – the small finds of archaeological sites – are important sources of information not only about domestic life, but about manufacturing processes, dress and textile cultures, and the influence of intersecting fashion systems in colonial spaces. Fashioning Acadians expands our understanding of Acadian lives and their connections to both the Atlantic world of goods and the landscapes of Nova Scotia.

A collection of seventy-five one-of-a-kind, affordable, and manageable DIY projects for the garden. The DIY craze has moved beyond the craft room and into the garden! Relying on easy-to-find, inexpensive, and repurposed materials, Handmade for the Garden is a treasure trove of original projects that not only make planting and growing efficient and successful but also add a personal touch to the gardenscape. Among the myriad projects in this hardworking book are mini hothouses; painted, stamped, and stenciled terracotta planters; hypertufa and cement pots and decorations; rustic and formal fencing and trellises; plant markers and stakes; and sieves and baskets. With Handmade for the Garden to inspire them, gardeners of all skill levels will be empowered to experiment with form and function to discover creative, artful ways to personalize and beautify their gardens with handmade objects. “This book is bursting with beautiful and creative ways of using everyday materials to liven up your outdoor spaces” ―Country Woman Magazine “This book adds new dimension to playing outside . . . if you love the garden, tinkering with tools and creating beautiful objects for out-of-doors, this is your book.” ―Examiner.com “Any person with a modicum of entry-level crafting skills can add individual flair to their garden following the descriptive step-by-step instructions. . . . Many illustrations depict precise details in the fabrication process. A source list, with website addresses, will prove useful to those who cannot find supplies at their local home improvement center.” ―Better Homes and Gardens / Country Gardens

What is the difference between ‘risk’ and ‘danger’? What can children learn from taking risks? How can you provide key experiences for children and ensure their safety outdoors? Young children will naturally seek out challenges and take risks and this is crucial to their overall development. This book clearly explains why children should be given the freedom to take risks and provides practical guidance on how to offer stimulating and challenging outdoor experiences that will extend all areas of children’s learning. Including examples of activities for all weather conditions across all areas of learning, the book covers: The pedagogical history of adventure, risk and challenge Health, wellbeing and keeping safe The adult role Risk assessment Supporting individual children with different needs Environments that enable challenging and adventurous play Working with parents and addressing concerns Observation, planning and assessment This book is essential reading for practitioners and students that wish to provide rich experiences for children that will enable them to become confident and adventurous learners.