Handicrafts- General Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Handicrafts- General category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/20.html Synopsis: Yorkshire traditions and the bounty of the countryside provide the inspiration for over 100 items to make in this practical gift book, which is in three sections - country, cookery and needlecrafts. It is intended for all craft lovers and connoisseurs of the Emmerdale style.Comments: price corner removed . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 128. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1852831081.html A comprehensive guide published by Penguin Books. 1996 edition.159 pages. Many coloured photographs. As New condition. pages http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/185471824x.html Book Club/ Joseph 190: hard cover in dust jacket: 192 pages including index: 500 b/w line drawings and photographs. Contents: Introduction ; How to use this book ; Tools and supplies ; Wood ; Bamboo and similar materials ; Lacquer finishes ; Special effects ; Textiles and upholstery; Leather ; Car pets and rugs ; Glass ; Pottery and porcelain; Stone ; All kinds of metal; Miscellaneous ; Bibliography ; Picture acknowledgements Index Condition: very clean and good/ almost as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0718116291.html 283 pages instructons patterns diagrams http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0486234878.html 128 pages covering a wide assorment of craft subjects http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0856850055.html 191 page illustrated guide to traditional craft skills http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0517054000.html Comments: previos owners name written in ink on first page otherwise clean and good. Lacks dust cover . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 192. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0715811711.htmlW.I.Books 1979: first edition paperback: approx 8" x 10" tall: 30 pages; b/w diagrams; coloured illustrations. Synopsis: An illustrated W.I Guide to equipment, fabrics, shapes and techniques for home skills in Stiched Rugs. Condition Very clean and good overall/ almost as new. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw001234321.html Collins 1974; small paperback: approx 4.25" x 7" tall: 95 pages; colour illustrated throughout. Contents: the hands of the hunter; Your Hands in action; Shadows; A shadow show; Cut-outs; Coloured shadows on parade; Colourful shadow theatre; Handful of colour; Ballerina and footballers; Matchbox animals; The tortoise and the mouse; Bull-fight; Puppets; Paper figures; The king , the queen and the donkey man; Paper bear; The boson; Mr and Mrs Bun; Queen cardboard and her paper knight; Moppet the dishcloth marionette; Three-string puppets; Dom Quixote and Sancho; Knitting needle puppets; Button puppets; Bluebeard, The grand Vizier and The Princess; Cardboard dragon. Comments: small crease to front cover; very clean and good overall. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0006709249.html Batsford 1998; hardback in dust jacket Synopsis This book deals with the tools and techniques, including marquetry, involved in making reproduction miniature furniture. Timbers, finishes and varnishes, cabinet carcases, making doors and drawers, joints, crossbanding and mitring are all covered. It begins with simple items and builds up to more difficult pieces. The author is one of the top woodwork miniaturists. Condition: as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0713448989.html David and Charles; 1991; hardback in dust jacket; 192 pages including index; colour illustrated b/w diagrams throughout. Synopsis Intended for anyone with ordinary woodworking skills, this book offers complete plans and instructions for making five dolls' houses. A simple three-roomed Victorian shop, suitable for beginners, is followed by a Georgian house, a thatched cottage and a quayside fisherman's cottage. The final project, a more complex three-storey Tudor house complete with beams and timber framing, is for the more ambitious craftsman. The author makes dolls' houses professionally. He was the British Toymakers Guild's "Toymaker of the Year" in 1987. Condition upper edge of dust cover slightly stressed otherwise very clean and good -almost as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0715398482.html Ward Lock 1975: hardback in dust jacket: 8" x 10.5" tall: 96 pages including index; colour and b/w illustrated. Contents: Shells and shell collecting; Using shells; The pictorial aspect; Framed; The animal kingdom; Shell jewelry; Shells and flowers; Things to make and decorate; Common and Latin names of shells. Condition: very clean and good /almost as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0275515400.html Synopsis: This guide to silk painting contains ideas, designs and techniques that follows the silk road of discovery from fibre through to fabric, and takes readers, step-by-step, through the different techniques of this art. Colour illustrations detail the history of the silk trade in Asia and Europe, and the development of the modern silk-making process. There is also information and advice on material and equipment, and many ideas for gift and home-furnishing projects, as well as examples of wallhangings, pictures and designer clothing.Comments: Pristine and as new . Format: Paperback. Pages: 136. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0855327189.html Decorative craft for Christmas. 127 illustrated pages. 1979 Search press book . good condition but dust jacket stressed. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/cn%209596.html