Autograph Party

Vintage Notions

Amy Barickman’s Vintage Notions is an inspirational guide and creative collection that features needlework, cooking, sewing, fashion, and fun. This book was inspired by the wisdom of Mary Brooks Picken, a pioneer in the domestic arts and international authority on dressmaking and fashion. Mary’s sole purpose, which resonated so deeply with Amy, was to educate women, encourage their entrepreneurial spirit, and elevate the value of their work.

Mary’s name may not be familiar to you now, but in these pages you will be charmed by her vision and inspired by her “blueprint for living a simple, fulfilling life.” In Vintage Notions, Amy Barickman joins creative forces with a previous era to preserve Mary’s work for a new generation and showcase it alongside her own extensive collection of vintage textiles, needlework, illustrations, and memorabilia.

For more information on the book including chapter previews, Amy’s journey & blog and more history on the book, please visit www.amybarickman.com

The book features:

Inspirational essays and project for each month of the year
Seasonal recipes and decorating ideas
Four storage pockets – one for each season
12 Magic Patterns – easy-to-make, chic sewing projects

$29.99

Indygo Junction and The Vintage Workshop
P.O. Box 30238, Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone: 913-341-5559
website: www.indygojunctioninc.com

Amy Butler’s Style Stitches: 12 Easy Ways to 26 Wonderful Bags!

Celebrated designer Amy Butler’s most coveted products are her handbag sewing patterns. In Style Stitches, Butler presents an array of new bag designs for her fans across the globe. The book offers 12 basic patterns with enough variations to achieve 26 unique looks. Ranging from chic clutches and delicate wristlets to pretty hobo bags and handy coin purses, with instructions for altering dimensions, straps, and embellishments to get the desired look, each project incorporates Butler’s fresh, modern style and attention to detail. With illustrated step-by-step directions, a comprehensive techniques section, and a bound-in pocket filled with the patterns themselves, Style Stitches is an essential and fashionable addition to every sewer’s library.

$29.95
Published by Chronicle Books, 80 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94107
Phone: (415) 537-4200
E-mail: frontdesk@chroniclebooks.com • Web: www.chroniclebooks.com

Amy Butler’s In Stitches

Celebrated designer Amy Butler brings her fresh, modern style to the timeless craft of sewing. In this lavishly illustrated collection of patterns, she presents more than 25 charming projects ranging from cushy floor cushions to smart aprons to stylish handbags. Our innovative packaging makes for easy use—pattern sheets are neatly tucked into a folder on the inside cover of this full-color, lay-flat spiralbound book. Lush photographs inspire, while how-to illustrations and straightforward text (minus the confusing sewing lingo) make it a cinch to achieve beautifully finished projects. In addition, Amy offers thoughtful tips on finding and treating new or vintage fabrics, an easy-to-navigate techniques section, and a glossary and resource guide at back. Whether it’s chic placemats and napkins for the kitchen, a luxurious kimono-style robe for the bath, or handy organizer baskets for the home office Amy Butler’s In Stitches makes it easy to create beautiful accessories for every room and every mood.

$24.95
Published by Chronicle Books, 80 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94107
Phone: (415) 537-4200
E-mail: frontdesk@chroniclebooks.com • Web: www.chroniclebooks.com

Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern: A Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle

“Midwest Modern” expresses Amy Butler’s personal vision across home, fashion and lifestyle, capturing the energy and creativity inherent in her vision. Meant to inspire a personal quest for the reader, the emphasis is on beautifying the everyday with the graceful use and editing of fabrics, colours, textures, objects and furnishings. Underscoring Amy’s realistic and personal relationship with her fans, the book will address the practical side through information on budgets, shopping resources and time.Each chapter is comprised of rich, vibrant photography, with text and captions to give the details behind the concepts. Two or three ideas in each chapter will be outlined as “how-to” projects. The chapters are: A Fresh Home: the home as retreat, from living room to bedroom, bath, to kitchen, to home office; The Body as Canvas: vintage ideas for modern style in both clothing and personal accessories; Natural Highlights: outdoor living focusing both on furnishings and entertaining; The Gypsy Caravan: how to travel in style on both short hops and long voyages; and Upside Downtown: the urban take on Midwest Modern.Amy Butler is a rising star in the fabric and home decor world. The book “Midwest Modern” will be the cornerstone of her brand – it is eagerly awaited by her many fans around the world.

$35.00
Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 115 West 18th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 206-7715 • Fax: (212) 519-1210
E-mail: abrams@abramsbooks.com • Web: www.abramsbooks.com

Sewing Green: 25 Projects Made with Repurposed and Organic Material

Eco-consciousness is informing the cars we buy, the way we build houses, the food we eat, and the clothes we wear; even fashion veterans like Marc Jacobs, Versace, and Stella McCartney have openly supported the use of recyclable, sustainable, and earth-friendly materials and production methods in their recent lines.

With Sewing Green, you don’t have to be a well-heeled designer to create gorgeous modern projects from repurposed and sustainable materials. Designer, author, “green” crafter, and environmental advocate Betz White presents 25 modern projects made from repurposed fabrics, new organic and sustainable fabrics, and recycled non-fabrics (don’t miss the tote bag refashioned from Tyvek envelopes) along with plenty of resources and tips that show crafters how to stitch beautifully while treading lightly on the planet.

For added inspiration, she profiles some of the leaders of the eco-sewing movement. See Betz’s line of home and fashion accessories (www.betzwhite.com) for more of her whimsical color and design sense.

$24.95
Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 115 West 18th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 206-7715 • Fax: (212) 519-1210
E-mail: abrams@abramsbooks.com • Web: www.abramsbooks.com

Warm Fuzzies: 30 Sweet Felted Projects

Warm Fuzzies is filled with techniques, tips, and patterns for using castoff sweaters to create over 30 cute and colorful felted items, including cozy pillows and throws, comfortable hats, scarves, and handbags.

Your pup will look adorable in the Haute Dawg Doggie Sweater with an appliqué dog in a bun on the back. Kitties will flip for the sunflower-shaped cat bed with an attached mouse toy. You’ll find lots of cozy hats, fabulous bags, and clothes for little ones, too. Any little guy would love the Robot Sweater Vest, and your favorite princess would adore wearing the Teacup Jumper with the playful mouse finger puppet in the pocket.

The best thing about these projects is how easy they are to make —there’s no knitting involved! Simply throw old wool sweaters into the wash to make fabulous felted material, then cut the pieces apart and use them to make felted goodies. Start with the sweet Cupcake Pincushion. These projects are so easy and so very cute!

$22.99
Published by North Light Books, F+W Publication Products, 700 E. State Street, Iola, WI 54990
Phone: 1-800-258-0929
Web: www.northlightshop.com

Betz White has been featured on Martha Stewart’s TV show, and in Country Living, Adorn, and Craft magazines. She lives in North Potomac, Maryland, with her husband and two sons.

The French Inspired Home

Carolyn Westbrook is a prominent lifestyle designer, known for her brand The Carolyn Westbrook Home. Her passion for all that is French often translates into her home décor line which includes bedding, pillows, slipcovers, lamps and other accessories, as well as the interiors she has designed. Carolyn’s first branded book, The Carolyn Westbrook Home, was published by Sterling. She was also a featured designer in the bestselling Where Women Create book and her products have been featured in many home décor magazines, such as Country Living, Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, Better Homes and Gardens and Somerset Life. Carolyn was most recently featured in the book Vintage Vavoom, released by the editors of Romantic Homes magazine. Carolyn’s philosophy is to surround yourself with the things that you love, including your family. Carolyn lives at The Oaks Plantation in Texas and is surrounded by her husband, Joe, her children Victoria, Alexandria, and Nicholas along with their dogs Princess, Teddy, Bella, and Jack.

$29.95
Published by CICO Books, 519 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10012
Phone: (646) 613-8682, (646) 613-8684, (646) 613-8685, Fax: (6646) 613-8683
E-mail marny.smith@rylandpeters.com
Web: www.cicobooks.com

101 Snappy Fashions

Personalized onesies for the trendy baby! Begin with a plain, inexpensive snapsuit–and make baby fashion magic! Cutting-edge clothing for little ones is all the rage, and this collection, created by one of the most popular hosts on cable TV, taps into that phenomenon.Each chapter features 8-10 projects, and has a small how-to section that explains the simple techniques, which range from tie-dyeing (with natural dyes, of course) to stamping, iron-on transfers, stenciling, embroidery, painting, and more. These one-of-a-kind fashions are perfect for hip, new moms, as well as family and friends looking to create a fabulous (yet low-cost) personalized gift!

$14.95
Published by Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 67 Broadway,
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 253-0467
Email: customerservice@larkbooks.com
Web: www.larkbooks.com

Bow Wow Wow

What is it about a dressed-up dog that’s so irresistible? Fortunately, most pups patiently put up with this foolishness—and that just heightens the hilarity. Never has doggie-wear come wilder, wackier, and wittier than these 33 designs from Emmy(R)-nominated TV craft hostess, Cathie Filian. Cathy’s own furry friend, Max, has tested them all out and enthusiastically barked his approval of this funny, irreverent collection.
Best of all, dog-crazy but sewing-challenged humans will appreciate how easy these colorful clothes are to stitch. (Some simply involve embellishing a store-bought costume.) All the projects are based on two easily adjustable basic patterns: one consists of a top and a skirt; the other, a cape. Among the delightfully stylish extras: a fluffy collar, top hat, leg wraps, and more.
The cool canine attire includes such Halloween favorites as a witch, cowgirl, fire patrol dog, and skeleton, plus more unusual designs, like a sea dragon and candy striper. Many reflect the popularity of certain people costumes, such as Elvis, surfer dude, biker babe, and Red Hat Ladies. Some come in pairs, like the bride and groom. Each project is charmingly photographed on an adorable dog, accompanied by laugh-out-loud captions that enhance this one-of-a-kind book’s appeal.

$17.95
Published by Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 67 Broadway,
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 253-0467
Email: customerservice@larkbooks.com
Web: www.larkbooks.com

Heather Bailey is a playful and inventive designer of all things happy. With a B.A. in Apparel Design and a knack for style, Heather has run successful businesses in both children’s and women’s accessories. Her designs were eagerly snatched up by celebrities and were offered by many of the world’s most exclusive stores including Fred Segal, Henri Bendel, and Bloomingdales, as well as high-end boutiques in Japan, Hong Kong, and Paris.

Fresh and imaginative, Heather’s designs have been featured in top fashion magazines, such as InStyle, Glamour, Seventeen, and Mademoiselle. Her work has also been showcased by the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), in recognition of her artistry and superior construction techniques.

Through all her adventures, sewing has remained Heather’s grand passion. This passion and Heather’s flair for art and color, have now happily married in fabric design. Freshcut™, Heather’s all-original debut collection for Free Spirit.

Heather is a busy young mother of two.

To Heather, “Handicrafts foster a feeling of sisterhood among women. From quilting bees to craft blogs, I’m thrilled to be a part of the growing movement toward creative community.”

Discover more about Heather’s fabric designs and upcoming pattern line atHeatherBaileyDesign.com, or for free project patterns and sewing tips visit her blog at HELLOmynameisHeather.com.

Heather will be giving away free copies of her pattern “La Fleur Debris” during the Autograph Party.

Where Women Create

Published by Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 67 Broadway,
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 253-0467
Email: customerservice@larkbooks.com
Web: www.stampington.com

French General: Treasured Notions:
Inspiration and Craft Projects Using Vintage Beads, Buttons, Ribbons, and Trim from Tinsel Trading Company

French steel-cut beads, mother-of-pearl buttons, spools of vintage ribbons . . . This exquisite book showcases the decorative bits flea market hunters dream of. Hundreds of photos reveal rare European notions from the craft community’s most beloved emporium, Tinsel Trading Company.

With these vintage baubles as her inspiration, Kaari Meng shares projects that crafters can make with their own flea market finds or with contemporary materials they have on hand: a button charm bracelet, whimsical petite prize medals, an heirloom-worthy memory book, shimmering handbags, and more. Kaari’s colorful inspiration boards lend design guidance, while her tips and resources help notion lovers build up their stash of treasures.

Kaari Meng runs French General, a store that specializes in vintage and new French textiles, notions, and more. She lives in Southern California.

$24.95
Published by Chronicle Books, 80 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94107
Phone: (415) 537-4200
E-mail: frontdesk@chroniclebooks.com • Web: www.chroniclebooks.com

Flea Market Style Magazine

The debut issue of Flea Market Style magazine is currently in it’s second printing! And work has begun on the second issue set to hit newstands in February 2011 – with me in the role of “chief cook and bottle washer”. Check-out the blog and watch the progress of FMS, a magazine chock full of vintage-style decorating, projects, collecting tips, photo and home features and more!

www.fleamarketstylemag.blogspot.com

The World According To Curly Girl 2011 Calendars

Enjoy the antics and witticisms of Curly Girl all year long with a 12 by 12-inch wall calendar or 7 by 7-inch mini calendar. Created by Leigh Standley, Curly Girl is a young woman who knows what she wants out of life and how she wants it gift-wrapped … with flare and panache! Leigh’s illustrations and accompanying messages are a real kick!

For more about Leigh and Curly Girl Design, visit www.curlygirldesign.com.

$13.99 (wall calendar)
$7.99 (mini calendar)
Published by Sellers Publishing, 161 John Roberts Road, South Portland, ME 04106
Phone: (207) 772-6833 • Fax: (207) 772-6814
E-mail: rsp@RSVP.com • Web: www.rsvp.com

Beading In No Time

A piece of unique, handmade jewelry is always more special than something storebought–so why not learn how to make your own? This beautifully illustrated book shows you how to work with beads to make your own bespoke bracelets, necklaces, brooches, and more. Begin with Simple Jewelry Designs and projects you can make in less than an hour. Next, create Fabulous Focals from mixed media like plymer clay, resin, and pewter. In the Multi-Strand chapter, choose from bracelets, earings, and necklaces, all with multiple chains and cordings. In Bead Weaving, learn the ancient Japanese Peyote stitch, which is easy and versatile. get handy with Wire Wrapping, then try out some fabulous Knotted Designs. The Techniques chapter gives all the essentials, from specific stitches to using jump rings and crimp beads, plus embellishments such as tassels. Clear, step-by-step instructions make this book suitable for beginners as well as more experienced jewelry-makers. Each piece can be made quickly and easily, so you’ll have your own collection in no time.

*Learn all the key beading techniques: bead weaving, multi-strand, wirework, and knotwork.

*Part of the bestselling “In No Time” series, which includes Sewing in No Time, Quilting in No time, Crochet in No time and Knitting in No Time.

$24.95Ryland Peters & Small – CICO Books
519 Broadway
5th Floor
New York, NY 10012
T – 646 613 8682
F – 646 613 8683

http://www.rylandpeters.com
http://www.cicobooks.com

About Linda Peterson

Linda Peterson is a professional and award-winning arts and crafts designer,
teacher and TV personality. She creates unique jewelry using handmade beads
and has written several books on the subject, including her latest, BEADING
IN NO TIME, published by CICO Books. Linda’s designs have appeared in
numerous magazines and advertising campaigns. She lives in the Ozark
Mountains of Missouri with her husband and four children. To learn more
about Linda, visit her website at: www.lindapetersondesigns.com

Country Threads Goes to Charm School
19 Little Quilts from 5″ Squares

Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene

Quilters, it’s time to send all your adorable little precuts to charm school! From the owners of the popular Country Threads quilt shop and pattern company, these designs beautifully showcase today’s precut 5″ squares. Enjoy a fun and lighthearted approach to quilting with projects such as “Take Turns”; “Dress for Success”; and “Wipe Your Feet.”
• Choose from 19 terrific quilts with traditional appeal—find something for everyone from confident beginners to experts
• Make clever use of low-cost fabric packs
• Finish these small quilts in a jiffy for a last-minute gift or a spot in need of decorating

Price: $24.99 (CAN $31.99)
Martingale & Company
19021 120th Ave. NE, Suite 102, Bothell, WA 98011
Phone: (800)426-3126 • Int’l: (425) 483-3313 • Fax: (425) 486-7596
Email: info@martingale-pub.com• Web: www.martingale-pub.com

Rugs from Rags

Around 1980 we learned rug weaving from an elderly lady in the neighborhood who did rug weaving, actually called “twining”, on an old window frame.  We have engineered a frame for the rug weaving in several different sizes and developed a set of easy to follow instructions in our book Rugs From Rags. The rug weaving is done with strips of new or old fabric yardage, old clothing, linens or denim jeans. These nearly indestructible rugs take only about 10-12 hours to complete. Rugs can be laced together for a larger floor covering with a country look showing off your beautiful rug weaving.  Rug weaving is a great opportunity to use up those fabrics in your stash that you’re not interested in using in your current quilt patterns. When you use up that fabric, you can buy new! Rugs from Rags has become our most popular book and is sold to Girl Scout troops, 4-H’ers, grandmas who want to plan a fun activity with their visiting grandchildren, home economics classes and quilters and sewers all over the world who want to put their old fabric to work in rug weaving for their home.

Price:$12.00
Country Threads
2345 Palm Ave.
Garner, IA 50438-8613
Phone: (641) 923-3893
Fax: (641) 923-3893
Email: info@countrythreads.com Web: www.countrythreads.com

About the Authors:

Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene, two friends who love to sew, opened Country Threads, Inc., in 1983. What began as a small quilt-pattern business in a renovated chicken coop is now a thriving business that sells patterns around the world. Mary and Connie are the authors of numerous patterns and books, including Quilts from Aunt Amy, now available as a digital download at www.martingale-pub.com.

One Yard Wonders

One Yard-Wonders was hailed as the #1 craft book of 2009 with 80,000 copies in print:

Look at all you can make with just one yard of fabric! 101 fun and stylish sewing projects range from clothes and accessories to toys, home decor, baby items, pet beds, bags, and much more. All projects require no more than a single yard of fabric, and most can be completed in just a few hours. Simple step-by-step instructions, plus templates and pattern pieces where needed, make it easy to create something wonderful – beautiful fabric never had it so good!

$20.95
Published by Storey Publishing, 210 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247
Phone:  413-346-2100 Fax: 413-346-2199
E-mail: Webmaster@storey.com
Web: www.storey.com

About Rebecca Yaker & Trish Hoskins:

Rebecca Yaker began sewing at age five. Today, she creates unexpected luxuries of fun using all-American elements and icons in the most unpredictable ways.  In 2005, Rebecca launched Hazel and Melvin’s Room, for which she creates one-of-a-kind baby bedding and apparel in her Minneapolis design studio. She is a hand- and machine-knitter, crochets, weaves, does fabric printing, and consults on design. More of Rebecca’s work can be found at www.rebeccayaker.com

Trish Hoskins and her husband Matt are the co-owners of Crafty Planet (www.craftyplanet.com), a retail fabric and needlework store plus craft workshop located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has designed several of the patterns used in Crafty Planet classes. Trish dabbles in all manner of all things crafty, including knitting, crocheting, spinning, sewing, quilting, embroidery, and cross-stitching. Watch for Trish’s forthcoming craft book, Crafty Planet Goes Green.

Fresh, funky fabrics and needlework patterns, yarns, books, classes and so much more in Nordeast Minneapolis! www.craftyplanet.com

The Pioneer Woman Cooks

My name is Ree. Some folks know me as The Pioneer Woman.After years of living in Los Angeles, I made a pit stop in my hometown in Oklahoma on the way to a new, exciting life in Chicago. It was during my stay at home that I met Marlboro Man, a mysterious cowboy with steely blue eyes and a muscular, work-honed body. A strict vegetarian, I fell hard and fast, and before I knew it we were married and living on his ranch in the middle of nowhere, taking care of animals, and managing a brood of four young children. I had no idea how I’d wound up there, but I knew it was exactly where I belonged.

The Pioneer Woman Cooks is a homespun collection of photography, rural stories, and scrumptious recipes that have defined my experience in the country. I share many of the delicious cowboy-tested recipes I’ve learned to make during my years as an accidental ranch wife—including Rib-Eye Steak with Whiskey Cream Sauce, Lasagna, Fried Chicken, Patsy’s Blackberry Cobbler, and Cinnamon Rolls—not to mention several “cowgirl-friendly” dishes, such as Sherried Tomato Soup, Olive Cheese Bread, and Crème Brûlée. I show my recipes in full color, step-by-step detail, so it’s as easy as pie to follow along. You’ll also find colorful images of rural life: cows, horses, country kids, and plenty of chaps-wearing cowboys. I hope you get a kick out of this book of mine. I hope it makes you smile. I hope the recipes bring you recognition, accolades, and marriage proposals. And I hope it encourages even the most harried urban cook to slow down, relish the joys of family, nature, and great food, and enjoy life.

$27.50

HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-207-7000

www.harpercollins.com

Layered, Tattered and Stitched: A Fabric Art Workshop

Ruth Rae’s step-by-step instructions will provide you with the inspiration and techniques you need to create fabric art with incredible depth and personal significance.

Throughout the book, she combines atypical sewing techniques, such as trapping found objects between layers, stitching and quilting paper, and creating windows in fabric, with mixed-media techniques that include transferring photos, staining fabric, and more to create magnificent works of art.

Ruth’s pieces are recognized for their unexpected yet elegant combinations of altered fabrics combined with found objects and words that are bound together by hand and machine stitching.

$24.99
Published by North Light Books, F+W Publication Products, 700 E. State Street, Iola, WI 54990
Phone: 1-800-258-0929
Web: www.northlightshop.com

A Charming Exchange: 25 Jewelry Projects To Create & Share

Readers will be introduced to techniques and inspiration for creating mixed-media charms and other jewelry items from a selection of 25 talented contributing artists. Together, these artists have collaborated to create a stunning charm bracelet that demonstrates techniques such as working with wire, beads, solder, fabric, found objects, and more that can be applied to other crafts.

In addition to reading about each individual artist’s inspiration and creative thought process, readers will learn how to organize art swaps or collaborations of their own.

Ruth Rae received her artistic training in metalsmithing and lapidary arts, but she has also worked in fiber arts, polymer clay, and precious metal clay. Her work has been featured in galleries across the country, in countless art publications, and on Quilting Arts TV. She travels around the county teaching jewelry and fabric workshops. Visit her Web site at www.ruthrae.com.

Her co-author Kelly Snelling is a self-taught mixed-media artist whose work has been published in Artist Trading Cards Workshop, Somerset Memories (Formerly Legacy), Somerset Studio, Somerset Gallery, and the 2007 Top Hat Calendar.

$22.99
Published by North Light Books, F+W Publication Products, 700 E. State Street, Iola, WI 54990
Phone: 1-800-258-0929
Web: www.northlightshop.com

Stone has rarely met a piece of fabric or trim she didn’t immediately envision in an entirely unexpected way. The self-taught upholsterer has a degree in studio art and seeks to reuse and recycle in each of the pieces she creates. Among the projects included in “Fabric Remix,” her first book: a headboard upholstered with belt buckles, a footstool covered in ball fringe, totebags sewn from vintage obi sashes and a tapestry formed from over-sized metal zippers. She works from her home studio in Minneapolis where the family’s West Highland terrier, Charly, is frequently underfoot. Her work is sold a few blocks away at vintage boutique Hunt and Gather Antiques. Find Sandy at www.sandystonedesignstudio.com and www.huntandgatherantiques.com

$19.95

Published by Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 67 Broadway,
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 253-0467
Email: customerservice@larkbooks.com
Web: www.larkbooks.com

The Farm Chicks Christmas

For “Farm Chick” Serena Thompson, Christmas means a house overflowing with ornaments, lights, and cherished treasures, and the aroma of baking cookies to welcome family and friends. Here, she shows us how to spread the magic of the season, with ideas for entertaining, decorating, tree trimming, charming crafts, and 17 recipes for yummy holiday sweets-plus tips for wrapping food and gifts.

As in The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen, Serena weaves delightful stories of her family and friends throughout the book, calling forth nostalgic smiles that remind us of the importance of tradition at this special time of year.

$27.95

The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen

“Mompreneurs” Serena Thompson and Teri Edwards have achieved super-success, winning a following with their family-friendly food and craft projects. In a few short years, they established an annual antiques fair, created a line of products, and became contributing editors at Country Living. And fellow Farm Chicks across the country have embraced them, inspired by their warm motto: Live Well, Laugh Often, Cook Much. Now, fans can enjoy the duo’s first book, which serves up 50 tasty recipes and 19 easy projects to bring Farm Chick style to your kitchen.

$13.97

Published by Hearst Corporation, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3741
Phone: (212) 649-4115
Email: jdeval@hearst.com
Web: www.hearst.com/magazines/hearst-books.php

Sew Tina

Star fabric and pattern designer Tina Givens offers up her singular designs and unique color palette to stitchers looking for patterns for children. Embellished with Givens’s own vibrant watercolor illustrations, and showcasing her strikingly original fabrics, this multifaceted volume includes garments, accessories, and home décor. More than 30 projects range from a dreamy bed canopy and whimsical mobile to comfy lounge suits and delightful dresses. With a section on techniques, even beginners will quickly master the patterns.

$24.95
Published by Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 67 Broadway,
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 253-0467
Email: customerservice@larkbooks.com
Web: www.larkbooks.com

About Tina Givens

Inspired from both her colonial African childhood, current travels and her own garden, Tina Givens is a multifaceted artist and designer for surface and finished products. A prolific artist, she paints, sews and fearlessly designs everything from ornaments, giftware, textiles, paper products, and apparel.  Not only does she create strikingly original patterning for paper and textile, she is an illustrator of irresistible little creatures full of personality. who perform on paper, and in 3-dimensional form within various product arenas.  Her hand crafted stationery collection, Cid Pear, unusual sewing patterns, delectable fabrics and giftware are all distributed globally, from both her own studio and in partnership with a unique group of companies. A great lover of life, with an enormous sense of humor and energy, you’ll always find Tina Givens laughing out loud. With an energetic personality driven to share her love of color, art, creativity and life, with all she can. See more on Tina at www.TinaGivens.com • www.CidPear.com • www.BiscuitandPoppet.com

Be Kind Be Sweet

There are many things we forget to do from day to day:

checking the mail, watering the daisies…

But if we forget the simple things like please” and thank you”, we are in real trouble! Here is a new and exciting book for

children that encourages good manners and counting!

Be Kind Be Sweet Be Nice to Everyone You Meet….

to help raise a generation of kids who care about manners.

Also included is Tricia’s Ten for the Heart CD.

S is for Shepherd

Did you know that every President through Franklin Roosevelt learned his ABC’s through a book called the New England Primer? Tricia Lowenfield’s “S is for Shepherd” teaches the ABC’s to children the same way the presidents were taught, through scripture. Each page features a handpainted picture filled with color, and a scripture verse to match each letter. Also included is Tricia’s Jump Forward CD, with 1 song that puts the book to music, and 12 other great hits.

Each book: $19.99

www.tricialowenfielddesign.com

Tricia Lowenfield

Tricia Lowenfield is a wife, mother, artist, singer, songwriter and designer. She has recorded three children’s CD’s and has written and illustrated two children’s books- “S is for Shepherd” and “Be Kind Be Sweet To Everyone You Meet”. She and her husband Clark live in The Woodlands, Texas and have three daughters: Nancy Page, Mary Moore and Catherine Clare.

Craft Corps

Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time

Through a series of insightful and often humorous interviews, designer, TV host and writer Vickie Howell gets to the bottom of how 30 influential designers and 60 every-day extraordinary people are taking part in creating and living the new, American Dream.

Craft Corps is more than celebrating craft; it is about creating your life through the shift in career possibilities, making a living doing what you truly love, and celebrating individual creativity in a fast-paced, electronic world. It is an ever-growing community of people that flourishes online, both locally and globally. Craft Corps is a book, a blog, a community, a movement.

Similar to NPR’s Story Corps, Vickie’s extraordinary new collection features interviews with 30 successful professional craftspeople as well as profiles of a diverse group of approximately 60 amateurs. And every interview includes a photo of the subject, plus a peek at their work or their studio.

This project—a true labor of love—also documents how social networking sites, groups like Stitch ’n’ Bitch, and alternative sales outlets such as Etsy have helped create a close community of crafters passionate about their work and each other.

Includes interviews with such influential crafters, designers, and business people as:
• Renowned quilter Denyse Schmidt
• The Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo
• Artist and designer Mary Engelbreit
• Emmy-nominated host of Creative Juice, Cathie Filian
• Indie craft documentarian Faythe Levine
• Scrapbooking legend Sandi Genovese
• Project Runway winner and fabric designer Jay McCarroll
• TV Host and author Mark Montano
• Craft pioneer Carol Duvall
• Famed fabric designer Amy Butler

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Where Women Create Magazine Issue 8

Whether it’s art, food, music, written works, or choreographed dances, extraordinary women know that the process of creating is as important as what ultimately gets created. WHERE WOMEN CREATE invites you into the creative spaces of the most extraordinary women of our time. Through stunning photography and inspirational stories, each issue of this quarterly magazine will nourish souls and motivate creative processes.

ISSUE 8 FEATURING:

Amy Barickman

Amy Butler

Ashley Carter

Camille Roskelley

Christen Olivarez

Debbie Dusenberry

Jennifer Murphy

Jen O’Connor

Jo Packham

Ki Nassaeur

Laurie Lenfestey

Nancy Soriano

Pat Murphy

Rebecca Yuhasz Smith

Wendy Addison

$14.99 per issue, $59.99 for one year subscription (4 issues)

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Amy Barickman

Amy Barickman built a business by anticipating popular trends. As founder and owner of Indygo Junction, she discovers and showcases the work of innovative fabric artists and designers (35+ to date). Her company has published 800 sewing pattern titles and over 80 books since 1990, and her craft kits and fabric lines are licensed with the nation’s top fabric, fashion, and novelty craft suppliers. Quick to spot the emerging vintage art movement and a savvy computer user herself, Amy launched The Vintage Workshop in 2002 to give crafters on-line access to vintage images that can be downloaded and printed on fabric. Amy is author of numerous books, including Hankie Style (2009). Her newest book, Amy Barickman’s Vintage Notions (coming in September 2010), is inspired by her personal collection of rare sewing and needle arts books, vintage home arts magazines and cookbooks, and sewing, textile, and handiwork projects found at antique stores and flea markets over the past 20 years.

Amy Butler

Amy Butler is a creative designer known for her sophisticated yet relaxed modern approach to printed fabrics and products for home, fashion, and craft. With spirited color and confident combinations, her fresh point of view is apparent in all of the products she creates.

As a sewing pattern designer, Amy has brought modern styling to the sewing arts and inspired a new generation of young women to “find their own style.” With millions of hits a month on her Web site and numerous editorial appearances, Amy’s growing brand has become synonymous with creativity, sustainability, quality, and great style.

Amy works from her studio in Central Ohio with her husband, cats, and a small staff of amazing friends. Her fabrics, patterns, handbags, design and project books, and home decor products are sold worldwide. Please visit www.amybutlerdesign.com to find out more.

Ashley Carter

Ashley Carter is Goldbug Studio’s doyenne and design diva. In a former fire truck factory in the Five Points section of Raleigh, North Carolina, she and her talented team create sophisticated and chic handmade follies, fairy tale–inspired figures, decadent headpieces, and vintage-style party adornments. Her building houses her private studio, a production space, a warehouse brimming with vintage millinery and trim, and her newest venue, a retail store aptly named Folly.

www.goldbugstudio.com

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Camille Roskelley

Camille Roskelley creates with an unexpected twist, whether she is using a funky block, adding rickrack to a sewing project, or embellishing a quilt with large flower appliqués. Her designs are bright, youthful, and playful while giving a nod to the quilting tradition she was raised in. Her signature color combination of red and aqua is at the core of many of her designs, but she loves to work with a variety of fabrics and styles and is always dreaming up new whimsical ways to incorporate quilting and sewing into the modern home. Her pattern company, Thimble Blossoms, offers over 40 original patterns for quilts, table toppers, and children’s accessories. She has also designed three fabric lines for Moda. Look for her new book, Simplify: Quilts for the Modern Home, due out from C&T Publishing this fall. For more on Camille, see www.thimbleblossoms.com and camilleroskelley.typepad.com.

Christen Olivarez

Christen Olivarez, director of publishing and editor-in-chief for Stampington & Company, leads a very talented team of editors, designers, and photographers. Her vision for Stampington’s publishing division is to create the best art and crafting publications in the industry, with an eye to fresh content, relevant designs, and stunning photography.She personally manages three titles, Somerset Studio, Somerset Life, and Belle Armoire Jewelry, a total of 14 issues a year, and is very excited about planning Stampington & Company’s new book division.

Surrounded by so much artwork, Christen often finds herself in inspiration overload. “So much amazing artwork comes through the door, I sometimes have the overwhelming desire to run home and create something of my own. I’m working on adding a small art corner to my office so that when I need to take a break, I can release some of my creative energy. I actually get starstruck when I see the artists’ names that show up in my e-mail inbox.” For more on Stampington & Company, visit www.stampington.com.

Debbie Dusenberry

Debbie Dusenberry is the owner and creative director of Curious Sofa, the Kansas City–based retail boutique specializing in home furnishings and accessories. Debbie’s eye for the unusual and her unorthodox way of display have made Curious Sofa one of the nation’s top small retailers and a destination shop for customers from across the country. Established in 2000, Curious Sofa has been recognized by many local, trade, and national consumer publications including Victoria, Romantic Homes, Travel and Leisure, Country Home, and Elle. It was a featured business in the 2007 entrepreneur issue of Country Living and the subject of a New York Times six-article series on the personal side of running a retail business. For those who can’t attend store events in person, the shop’s Web site and blog are the next best thing for distinct products and artistic inspiration.

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Jennifer Murphy

Jennifer Murphy’s unique style and vision was shaped by a childhood spent sewing and hunting for antiques with her creative family. At age 11 she began creating jointed animals with her mother, renowned teddy bear artist Pat Murphy. After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art in 2001, she launched her Web site, which is filled with teddy bears, animals, “and other silly things.” Inspired by the unique combination of vintage illustration, Japanese cute, and all things old “with a story to tell,” she continues to develop her line of quirky and endearing pieces.

Jennifer has been featured on the “Martha Stewart Show” and in numerous national magazines. Her designs are licensed to Midwest of Cannon Falls and have been widely distributed, but the core of her business remains making one-of-a-kind original pieces for discerning collectors worldwide. Visit Jennifer online at jmurphybears.com or on her blog, andothersillythings.blogspot.com.

Jen O’Connor

Life’s sweet adventure led me from Queens, New York, where I grew up the youngest of five, to my husband’s hometown, with hills all around. I describe myself as the cheerful ringmaster to my three little ones. Home is our circus, full of folk art, color, and vintage oddities I’ve collected since childhood. My New York University (NYU) master’s degree in city planning first led me to organizing urban markets. Once settled in the country, I became knight-errant to the band of artists I call my Earth Angels. I now know I want to be me when I grow up. Visit my world at www.earthangelstoys.com.

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Jo Packham

THE CREATIVE CONNECTION EVENT Co-founder

Jo Packham has been a leading innovator in the creative industry for more than 30 years. A successful entrepreneur with her own publishing company, Chapelle, Ltd., she is currently partnering with Stampington & Company to produce their new magazine Where Women Create — Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women. Jo has personally authored more than 40 arts and crafts titles, including her newest book Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration. Through Chapelle, Ltd., Jo works with designers and artists to create coffee table, instructional, and gift publications on topics ranging from home decorating and gardening to master woodworking and antique needlework.

Between 2000 and 2005, Jo and her daughter Sara embarked on a venture that helped spark the revitalization and renaissance of Historic 25th Street in Ogden, Utah. Working together, they opened and co-owned three upscale boutiques, Ruby & Begonia, The White Fig, and Olive & Dahlia, in the heart of this old commercial district. Their vision and creative entrepreneurship was rewarded with two Gifts & Decorative Accessories Retailer awards, one for visual marketing in 2002 and another for community service in 2003. Jo loves that she is able to work surrounded by family and friends, and she appreciates above all how much she is trusted to represent those who work with their hands.

Ki Nassauer

Though Ki Nassauer calls Minnesota home, she’s often on the road traveling the blue highways to sleuth out castoff junk she can repurpose into something beautiful. If it sounds like an unusual occupation, it is. But more and more of these junkinistas are out there, turning someone else’s trash into pretty yet functional treasure. On the side, Ki authors decorating books, produces the annual Junk Bonanza flea market attended by more than 10,000 visitors, and co-edits Flea Market Style magazine. Downtime? None. And that’s just the way she likes it.

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Laurie Lenfestey

Laurie Lenfestey, designer and owner of Bittersweet Designs tells her story through collage. For eight years, she’s been tucking handmade cards into her children’s lunch boxes — a love letter of ribbons, photographs, and ephemera artfully pieced together. She started designing cards to sell in 2005 and expanded naturally into crafts journals, frames, and jewelry. Collage finds its way into each handmade piece. Her journals and frames are crafted with vintage wallpapers, flocked prints from India, silk ribbons, and rediscovered trims and findings. Her elegant jewelry line playfully combines sterling, vintage chains, sparkling semiprecious stones, Ethiopian crosses, and lengths of antique glass beads in pieces that are easy to wear to any event, from a child’s recital to an evening out. Laurie has created a product line that captures the essence of the moment, encompassing where you’ve been, where you are, and what you dream to be and is sold in hundreds of stores worldwide. Bittersweet Designs is all about life’s collage, about finding new ways every day to celebrate life’s special moments. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her family.

Nancy Soriano

THE CREATIVE CONNECTION EVENT Co-founder

Comfort and American style define the heart and soul of Nancy Soriano, whether she’s consulting with companies on their brand extensions, cooking Sunday dinner for her family, or pursuing her own creative projects. During her 10 years as editor in chief of Country Living magazine, Nancy redefined “country” to embrace casual, comfortable living as the core value of American style. She brought readers a fresh, updated look as she grew the magazine into a multiplatform brand that included book publishing, live consumer events (like the Country Living Fair), an online presence through countryliving.com, licensed products, broadcast media, and SIPs. She has always been passionate about creative women and women entrepreneurs and was the driving force behind the Country Living program of women entrepreneurs.

Nancy’s understanding of comfort continues to be her filter for how America lives today. She is a lifestyle expert on Good Morning America, a design and home keeping expert on Martha Stewart Sirius Radio, and sought-after expert to discuss decorating, lifestyles, and the growth of women entrepreneurs. A longtime collector of all things vintage and handmade, Nancy loves traveling the country to attend the biggest and the “best” of the antique shows, flea markets, furniture shows, and craft fairs. She is known for her ability to scout out up-and-coming under-the-radar shops, artisan shows, occasional sales, and creative individuals.

Pat Murphy

Soft sculpture folk artist Pat Murphy creates heirloom teddy bears and toys that are prized by collectors across the globe. She began in 1984 wanting to create a teddy that looked antique. Decades later, this self-taught artist continues to inspire and be inspired, and her two daughters have become accomplished artists themselves. Pat has set up two studios in her Ann Arbor, Michigan, home, each with its own designated function in the bear making process.

www.murphybears.com

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Rebecca Yuhasz Smith

Rebecca Yuhasz Smith, founder and creative force behind Rebecca Ray Designs, lives and works in bucolic Chagrin Falls, Ohio, with her husband Derek and their young daughter Elizabeth. Rebecca raises English Setter show dogs and is an accomplished equestrian. Her American hand crafted handbags, accessories, and home décor reflect the love and respect for animals she has known since childhood.

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Wendy Addison

Wendy Addison was born in Missouri and raised by artist parents. She studied fine art at an early age. In 1993, she opened her studio in an old garage and began creating what she called “objects for an imaginary life.” Made from old sheet music, tarnished tinsel, vintage crepe paper, Victorian scrap, and other flea market treasures, Addison’s work evoked some lost sense of magic from times past. Her signature look quickly evolved and found its way to fine stores across the country, such as Bergdorf Goodman & Tiffany.

In 1997, Wendy moved to a tiny town north of San Francisco. Her shop “Theatre of Dreams” is open by chance or appointment, and she continues to create new and innovative paper objects; her designs are licensed to Tinsel Trading Company in NYC and Midwest of Cannon Falls and are sold in gift stores everywhere.

You can visit Wendy and see her work at www.wendyaddisonstudio.com or www.tinseltrading.com.