Following the huge success of last year's MAKE!, Cath Kidston has now put together a treasure trove of fabulous simple projects for stitchers to get their needles into - bags, clothes, soft toys - and all designed to be made with her popular printed fabrics. Cath has also included a length of a unique fabric specially printed for the book.

Beads have been used for decoration for centuries. Available in a huge array of colours, shapes and sizes, they are beautiful, adaptable, and easy to work with. These practical projects show how you can add detail, texture, colour and originality to garments and accessories by incorporating beads into your knitting, crochet and needlework. Learn traditional and contemporary techniques such as ...

A guide to basic stitching techniques, from threading a needle to simple tips for machine sewing. It introduces you to a range of needlecrafts including applique, patchwork, hand sewing and sashiko.

Helps to expand your sewing creativity with freestyle machine embroidery. This title demonstrates how to create quirky, fun and memorable pictures and motifs.

Explains how to create everything from openwork and lace through to woven and hairpin crochet. Useful for both the highly experienced and the absolute beginner, this book takes you through the basic techniques to a project section that provides guidance for making colourful and stylish garments for you to wear.

Offers a way to use up scraps of yarn or practice using novelty yarns to decorate clothing, hats, bags and belts, embellish home accessories, or make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece. This work allows you to choose from simple spiral roses, pretty poppies, elaborate layered blooms, and fabulous felted flowers.

Artist's Mailing Cards are a growing trend in the world of mixed media art. This book contains a selection of some of the best designs, with contributions from a number of well-known textile designers.

Presents twenty hand-knitted cakes. This title includes a selection of muffins, fairy cakes, carrot cake, scrumptious gateaux and more.

Offers twelve practical quilt projects. This book includes designs that come with a colour styled photograph, comprehensive making instructions and diagrams.

Whether you want to make a lovely quilt to pass down through generations or a fireside blanket for winter nights, this work offers the information with charts and detailed instructions for 25 projects, and 10 extra ideas for ways of using the same instructions to make larger or smaller items.

Suitable for those interested in sewing needs, this book provides various techniques: from machine-stitching a buttonhole and attaching a collar, to altering patterns and building a basic sewing kit. It shows hand and machine stitches and techniques. It features 25 stylish projects, for the home and to wear.

With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

From bunnies and bears to Russian dolls and robots, this book helps you discover a range of 20 knitted characters.

Contains the techniques for making a wide range of book styles, including books with sewn spines, wrap-up books, zig-zag books and wallet-style books, with both soft and hard backings and intricately constructed bindings.

Stuffed animals have never been cuter or put to better use. This title features six different stuffed animals that hug their own fleece blankets in an appealing manner. It includes blankets that are made from fleece and are trimmed with crochet stitches.

Examples of medieval stumpwork - the art of embroidering using raised, 3D embellishments - can be found in museums and galleries throughout Europe. It is considered among the most intricate and lovely of embroidery styles. Here are eight beautiful floral projects, inspired by Jean Bourdichon's 'Book of Hours', created in the 16th century.

Teaches beginners how to knit in plain English, using a line of 'knit' translated into a line of English, so that knitters will feel confident about taking that next big step into the world of knitting patterns on their own.

Choose from 200 beautiful block designs and learn different ways of joining them to make blankets and throws that are both functional and decorative. From Art Deco geometric patterns to traditional chequer-board stripes and elaborate motifs, discover new ways to combine colour, pattern and texture. Crochet is one of the oldest and most fascinating ways of creating a fabric out of yarn. Find out ..

A collection of 50 fun and sassy cross stitch sayings to remind us not to take life too seriously. It presents the answers to the endless demands on a woman's time - husbands, chores, children and work.

Everyone has an old favourite college sweatshirt or comfortable hoodie, now it's time to pull them out of the closet and give them a different twist. This title shows you how to make twenty-two fabulous designer looks out of an array of sweatshirts, sweatpants, and hoodies - new or from your closet.