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[[Category:New Reviews|Crafts]] __NOTOC__<!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=LucasFilm0811771741|title=Star Wars: Colouring By NumbersInstaKnits for Baby|author=Melissa Leapman
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|summary=IMelissa Leapman's ''ve never had any talent as an artist: I once earned the comment from an art teacher that I would struggle to draw a straight line with a ruler, but itInstaKnits for Baby's something I've always wanted to be able gives us a collection of knits from toys to doblankets. For a while in my teens I was seduced by oilSome will be quick knits -painting-by-numbers kits, which promised to allow me to produce paintings others are of horses grazing in the fields or boats at anchor 'long, cosy afternoons in front of the harbourfire' variety. In fact all I The projects are divided by the time they''really'' produced was a mess ll take to complete - literally ''less than five hours, five to ten hours, ten to twenty hours and'' artisticallymore than twenty hours. I've had slightly more success with adult colouring booksAll the projects are attractive, providing that they didn't require too much skill, although I did succeed in establishing that Benedict Cumberbatch would not look good [[Sherlock: The Mind Palace: The Official Colouring Book by Mike Collins|with a spray tan]]modern and useable. If I was going to produce anything worth looking at then perhaps show my age when I needed a great deal of help with shadingwonder about 'social-media-worthy projects' but that's me being picky.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405284781</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Coco Balderrama and Laura Coulman1635866243|title=David Bowie: Starman: A Colouring BookThe Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook|author=Kristina McGrath and Sarah Walworth |rating=4.5
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|summary=David Bowie's death in January 2016 came as a shock to me: we were much of an age and he'd always seemed so ''vital''. But his final album, ''Blackstar'', seemed to foretell his death I quickly discovered that putting words and was numbers on a commercial success, coming in at number one in the UK Top 100 Albums Chart, and the page wasn''David Bowie Is'' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum is the most successful exhibition ever staged by the V&At enough. But what of Creating a more relaxing memory of the man who pattern that was part genius and part chameleon?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0859655504</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Danielle Kroll and Nghiem Ta|title=Pattern Play: Cutcorrect, Fold and Make Your Own 3D Animal Models|rating=4|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Here's a neat idea for you. Provide pages with animal prints on one side - only by animal printsclear, I mean the sort of colours and pattern which you see on animalsconcise, not paw prints! Some are subtle and others are rather more in-your-face. On the reverse of these printed pages provide a cutting line so that you can cut and fold the paper and it becomes consistent required a 3D model great deal of an animal. Provide some stickers which replicate faces, tails or beaks - or whatever else you feel needs highlighting - trial and number these so that they get into the right place. All you need to add to the mix is a pair of scissorserror, parental supervision if necessary for the cuttingpatience, a little imagination and you have hours of funperseverance.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807321</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Martin Handford|title=Where's Wally: The Colouring Book|rating=5|genre=Children's Non-Fiction|summary=Are you looking for something relaxing, easy to complete and which will allow your mind to wander freely as you gently colour in a pleasing design? Do you want to indulge your imagination and use the colours which tempt you at the moment, content that it will not affect the finished creation? Would you like large spaces which you can shade in large swoops as it pleases you? Are you aiming for a soothing finished product which is easy on the eye?(Introduction byFrancoise Danoy)
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Serge Bloch1529507987|title=3, 2, 1... Draw!The Repair Shop Craft Book|author=Walker Books and Sonia Albert (Illustrator)
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|summary=I canlove ''The Repair Shop''t draw. It's my go-to programme when I've never been able want to drawbe cheered up. A blank sheet of paper and After a pencil frightens mehard day, there's nothing better than watching experts repair treasured items without ever mentioning what they're worth. I thought I was probably a little bit old You see, the value is in what these possessions are worth to change my ways but then I discovered ''3, 2, 1... Draw!'' the people who own them and there might have been a movement within the tectonic plates of my brainmemories they hold. It's a drawing book which isn't about blank pages: it's about imagination No expense appears to be spared and inspiration, with the first encouraged experts spend as much time and effort as is required to achieve the second delivered by desired result. Regular viewers know the barrow loadexperts and they're all brilliant at explaining what it is they're doing. I've just had more fun than I thought possible with pencil and paper!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807240</amazonuk>But how did they start?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Various Artists0760379912|title=Doctor Who: The Colouring BookSuper Easy Quilting for Beginners|author=Editors of Quarry Books
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionCrafts|summary=In my youth colouring books were popular for childrenI learned patchworking from necessity: they helped old or outgrown clothes needed to teach some valuable skillsbe turned into something new and usable when I was in my twenties. It would be a while before it became a pleasure rather than a chore but I've never felt completely at home with quilting. I needed something a little more stylish than my usual buttons or knots. But teachers, ''Super Easy Quilting for Beginners'experts'seemed like a good place to start. So, thought that they stifled creativity and once you'd mastered being able how did it stack up?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0760379874|title=Super Easy Knitting for Beginners|author=Carri Hammett|rating=4.5|genre=Crafts|summary=I learned to stick within knit in the lines they were whisked away as being 'childishnineteen-fifties: it wasn' t a choice, it was a requirement. Girls learned to knit and you were restricted to artistic completion embroider and boys did wood and metal work. My knitting wa accompanied by a lot of maps criticism and quite a few tears: it was a long time before I realised that there was pleasure to be had in geography or illustrations of experiments in sciencethe skill. The fact Nearly seventy years later it's the only thing that colouring could be relaxing and fun had been forgottenkeeps my hands at all supple. Fortunately times have changed: adults are encouraged to relax with one of The turning point was a booklet published by Patons which gave all the hundreds of colouring books now available basics and some patterns. I'm delighted ve been looking for something simple to recommend to see a resurgence of the idea for not just the youngest children but for those people who're a bit older tood like to master the skill.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141367385</amazonuk> So, how did ''Super Easy Knitting For Beginners'' work out?
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mike Collins0760373531|title=SherlockCozy Knits: The Mind Palace: The Official Colouring Book30 Hat, Mitten, Scarf and Sock Projects from Around the World|author=Sue Flanders
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|summary=Colouring books for adults are all the rage at the moment, but one Just occasionally you encounter a book of the problems with popularity is knitting patterns that the books do tend seems to become a bit, well, ''samey''meet your every need. Once you've coloured in one peacock's tailRight now, it's not easy to get inspiration for another bitterly cold and therewe's a limit to re in the number of flowerssandwich filling between two storms: I need socks, scarves, patterns hats and mystical beasts which you can attach mittens. They have to the fridge doorlook stylish, keep me warm and be so cheerful that they make me feel better. We've seen all sorts of variationsIf that sounds like a lot to ask, such as mindfulness, but what we really want is something have a look at ''freshCozy Knits'' : it has thirty designs for those necessary items and I don't think that there was one of them which I couldn't see myself wearing. We start with a bit an introduction by Nancy Bush which gives some of something extra to get the brain cells goinghistory of knitting. Welcome ''Sherlock: The Mind PalaceIt's not essential but it's a nice extra.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785940430</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Natasha Slee and Becca Stadtlander0760373558|title=Style Guide: Fashion From Head to ToeNordic Knits|author=Sue Flanders
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|summary=In I was so delighted by Sue Flanders''Style Guide[[Cozy Knits: Fashion 30 Hat, Mitten, Scarf and Sock Projects from Head to ToeAround the World by Sue Flanders|Cozy Knits]] that I didn'' we have a guided tour through fashion from the eighteen nineties to about 2010, taking a decade or so t need any persuading at a time and exploring several aspects of each decade. For instance the period 1890 all to 1914 is divided into pick up her ''The Belle EpoqueNordic Knits''. This delivers forty-four patterns inspired by textiles and local traditions from Norway, ''Out Sweden and About'' and ''The Orient''Iceland. Each division has There are a picture to be coloured few sweaters or jackets but rather than being a picture of ''one'' garment, there's a montage of garments and accessories from the period: ''The Orient '' has eight different pictures - majority of the triangle bag, a fur-trimmed shawl, kimono, pleated gownpatterns are for smaller items such as mittens, a folding fangloves, a Ballet Russes costume hats and slippers and finally a turbanbags. On the reverse of each picture is a key. The article is numbered on the main picture All are bright and in the corresponding key you'll find some historical information cheerful and some colour detailsvery cosy.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847807348</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Axel Scheffler, Emily Gravett et al1635864070|title=Draw It! Colour It! CreaturesKnit 2 Socks in 1|author=Safiyyah Talley
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|genre=Children's Non-FictionCrafts|summary=Colouring books for adults are If you've ever started knitting a pair of socks, finished the first one and either got bored by the idea of doing the same thing all over again, or started on the rage at second sock and lost the first before you finished it, this is the moment and book for you. Where is it's too easy that single socks go to forget hide? Safiyyah Talley has developed a system that adults are not the only ones who benefit from the calmingallows you to knit two socks in one, soothing therapy divide them up and have a perfectly finished pair of colouring or the improvement in hand-eye co-ordination which comes with practicesocks. ChildrenSounds good? It's picture books have tended to be flimsier clever and not put together with quite such panache or by such well-known names, but we now have thought-out.}} {{Frontpage|isbn=1529393930|title=Making a childrenLiving: How to Craft Your Business|author=Sophie Rochester|rating=5|genre=Crafts|summary='s colouring book to bridge the gap'Starting a creative business has never been easier. ''Draw It! Colour It! Creatures '' has projects from 43 artistsIf not now, well known when?'' I know that I'm not alone in the field of childrenhaving wondered whether or not I could turn my hobby into a business. There's book illustration, all packed together in a stylish book with flaps lot of motivation to do so that you: I make more items than we can sensibly use and there are a lot of people who have been delighted to accept what I make as gifts. Selling would offset the costs, which can be quite considerable and it could be fun to do, couldn're not going t it? But where to start? What do I need to think about? Well, the first thing anyone who is considering turning a crafting hobby into a business should do is to lose your placeread ''Making a Living''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447290704</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David Hollis1635862353|title=Practical Landscape Painting: Materials, Techniques & ProjectsThe Sandalmaking Workshop|author=Rachel Corry
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|genre=ArtCrafts|summary=Almost any A sandal-making workshop? I couldn't really believe it, mainly because I'd always thought that you'd need more equipment than the average home was likely to be able to contain but I was intrigued. Rachel Corry started sandal making accidentally - a small fire destroyed some of us can visit the countryside her shoes. One pair had come apart and capture she could see how the view in our memory or on our camera with comparatively consummate easesandal was constructed. Then she realised that she couldn't afford to replace all her shoes. However capturing Could she combine these two facts to create a new and worthwhile craft? She showed quite a few people her first pair and they all either wanted to know how to do it in paint is more difficult and yet something some of us (me included) dream of- or if she'd make them a pair. A new career was born.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1783784350|title=This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History|author=Esther Rutter|rating=5|genre=History|summary=It was therefore with great excitement that I picked up this compact book of seven lessons December and Esther Rutter was stuck in landscape paintingher office job, writing to people she'd never met and preparing spreadsheets. The job frustrated her and even her knitting did not soothe her mind. As I believe (with good evidence) January was going to be a time for making changes and she decided that I have she would travel the artistic ability length and breadth of a house brickthe British Isles with occasional forays abroad, discovering and telling the story of wool's history and how it would be had made and changed the landscape. She'd grown up on a challenge but I also have sheep farm in Suffolk - '' a dream free range child on the farm'' - and learned to followspin, knit and weave from her mother and her mother's friend. This was in her blood.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402802</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Teal Triggs and Daniel FrostChou_Make|title=The School of ArtMake and Play: Learn How To Make Great Art With 40 Simple LessonsNativity|author=Joey Chou|rating=4.5
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|summary=Written I always feel a slight disappointment for children at Christmas when they're presented with an interesting approach, this book treats the reader as a new art student tree to The School decorate with a box of Artornaments and a nativity scene (sometimes quite precious, so it's Not To Be Played With) which is set up Somewhere Safe. The five professors of Where's the school take imagination, the student through 40 different lessonscreativity, looking at a huge range the sense of ideas right from how pride in that? How much better to draw have a linechild create their own nativity scene, perspective and proportion, composition and aesthetics. which they can then play with? Aimed probably at senior school children it could, however, also be used by older primary children who are particularly interested in art, and if you were working through the book That's exactly what they get with your child then a younger child could also try out some of the lesson ideas Joey Chou's ''Make and suggestionsPlay Nativity''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806112</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Lydia Crook099334030X|title=Christmas Paper PlayCan You Draw the Dragosaur?|author=Peter Lynas and Charlie Roberts
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|summary=Christmas is a time of joy and goodwill You're going to all men, but it can also be get a time hint of bad weatherwhat this book's about very quickly. When you see the title page, of being stuck in you'll find out what the house book's called and feeling like you have nothing to dothat it's been written by Peter Lynas. The holiday period can need filling Then we move on to who has done the illustration - and for there's a crafty kid gap. ''You'' are going to put your name there are loads of activities that can be done simply by using paper; including creating their own decorations or making . It's ''your'' responsibility to provide the best letter they can pictures for Father Christmas. If only there was a handy this book that contained loads about one of great Christmas crafting ideas in one placethe largest creatures ever to roam the earth.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402470</amazonuk> There's some help available, but your name is on the title page - and you have work to do!
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Amber Anderson1635860334|title=The Little Book of Colouring: Animal KingdomWhy We Quilt|author=Thomas Knauer|rating=3.54
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|summary=After years of doing craft work which must be ''useful'', I've discovered often wondered about the relaxing benefits story that patchwork quilting began as a way for women (and myth would have it that it was always women) to make an extra blanket out of colouringmaterial which would otherwise go to waste. IThis undoubtedly ''did'm doing it to please me: it doesn't need to be perfect or functional. No one happen but me is going to judge the finished article. All when you think about it needs is to be done, slowly, peacefully and at my own pace. The choice you need an awful lot of colours is mine material to make a quilt and mine alonethe time could have been better spent if all that was required was bedding. If Like Thomas Knauer, I want 've come to drop the finished page into the paper recycling then conclusion that's my prerogative. It's sheer indulgence on paper, lasts longer than a bottle of wine it began as an art and does me more goodhas largely continued down that same road with fluctuations in popularity over the years. What's not to love about colouring?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784296457</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anastasia Catris1419726625|title=Colour Me MindfulThe Mitten Handbook: BirdsKnitting Recipes to Make Your Own|author=Mary Scott Huff
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|summary=About half a century ago I mentioned love mittens - they're so convenient and much easier to someone that colouring was relaxing get onto (and enjoyable and received off) cold hands than a lecture on my lack pair of creativity and willingness to use what other people had drawn for my own endsfiddly gloves. I still did colouring - at a time when there were considerable pressures They're not something you regularly see in my life over which shops, so I had no control - but it was just knew that it became my guilty secretif I wanted new pairs I would have to knit them myself. Now colouring is mainstream and thereWell, actually, that's a considerable range my rationalisation of design books to choose fromthe situation: in truth, I love knitting mittens. Orion They have published three by Anastasia Catris: this bookjust enough technique to make them satisfying, {{amazonurl|isbn=1409163067|title=Colour Me Mindful: Underwater}} plenty of quick work and {{amazonurl|isbn=1409163083|title=Colour Me Mindful: Tropical}}a pair of warm mittens in a few days. SoPatterns, how though - where do they stand out you get them from the crowd?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409163105</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eglantine de la Fontaine et al1621137775|title=My Magical OasisHandbag Workshop: Art Therapy Colouring Book for Creative MindsDesign and Sew the Perfect Bag|author=Anna M Mazur|rating=4.5
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|summary=It's not often I can review a book and mention how it changes your brainlove handbags, but that's apparently I resent paying the effect prices demanded by manufacturers of the colouring-in-for-adults phenomenon'good' bags. ThereAdditionally, I often find a bag I like but the colour/shape/size/capacity/internal layout isn't ''quite's a science behind it all that attests how alpha waves' what I had in mind, so I end up spending rather a slightly more childlike, accepting, relaxed form lot of brain activity, are used by our bonces when we colour – money and as opposed compromising. The solution is to the bravermake my own bags and whilst I was confident about sewing fabric bags, thinkingI was nervous about using leather, active beta waves theynot least because leather isn't very forgiving when it comes to mistakes and it're something the mind could do s usually more of, especially in this kinetic, plugged-in, 24/7 lifestyleexpensive than fabric. So whereas I normally review books to needed help my readers make their mind up, here I. Anna Mazur's ''The Handbag Workshop''m mentioning this volume because it allegedly would change your mindcame to me free through NetGalley in return for an unbiased review.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0859655350</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewplainFrontpage|isbn=1632506386|title=The Creative Colouring Book for GrownKnitter's Dictionary: Knitting Know-UpsHow from A to Z|author=Kate Atherley
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|summary=Johanna Basford was not the firstI've been knitting for well over sixty years, and nor was she an overnight following patterns of varying complexity with success. If youI're salivating over ve knit Aran sweaters, socks by the dozen and I''Enchanted Forest'', having finished her ''Secret Garden'', you are one of those many people indulging in the new/old hobby of adult colouring-in (adult perhaps only because her titles smack more of soft erotica than colouring-in books). The hobby is rapidly killing off Sudoku as the pastime of choice m currently knitting blankets for many – either on the train or sitting with half an ear a charity to the soapssell. ItThere hasn's fun, it opens the mind to other thoughts in quite a meditative way, and it needs no instructions – much like, again, Sudoku, even if newspapers persist in telling us them even t been an occasion when nobody on earth is left to need them.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433287</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Lucy Engelman|title=Field Guide: Creatures Great and Small (Field Guides)|rating=4.5|genre=Crafts|summary=Call me fuddy-duddy, but I have never seen the need to review a book via video – with Youtube 've been stuck and other sources becoming full of people giving their thoughts about the latest hot release the idea has never appealed have often come to ''me, '' for help when there are also countless ways for one to share opinions by old-fashioned written word''they've'' been stuck. That is, Would a knitter's dictionary really be of course, until now, and the phenomenon that is building rapidly – that of mature colouring-in books. any help to me? Here at the Bookbag we can easily prove we've read every word of the books I was surprised by being eloquent, informative and opinionated about what we examine, but even just how much I admit four paragraphs regarding a picture book we ourselves have to finish off may leave some members got out of our audience wanting to see the resultsit.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184780635X</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewplainFrontpage|isbn=1440248850|title=Gorgeous Colouring Book Modern Patchwork Home: Dynamic Quilts and Projects for Grown-UpsEvery Room|author=Vivika DeNegre (Editor)
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|summary=SoThe problem with a craft which is largely based on traditional designs is that what results from your labours is also traditional, when I mentioned or - depending upon what light you shine on Facebook that I had a nice new grownit -up colouring book to review, I discovered a secret little group of friends who all confessed (instantly and with glee) that they have succumbed to the new relaxation craze of grownold-up colouring! fashioned. They had tales Vivika DeNegre has curated a collection of how tricky it was to stay inside of the lines, how long one picture could take, and how relaxing the whole thing ispatterns from today's top designers. I dug out my old tin As a word of pencilswarning, and settled down to give it a try.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782434461</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Paula Briggs|title=Drawing Projects for Children|rating=5|genre=Crafts|summary=if you read ''Drawing Projects for ChildrenModern Patchwork Magazine'' is a beautiful, full-colour guide you may well find that encourages children to use a range of materials to create stunning and thought-provoking artwork. As there's nothing new in the author points outbook, but if you're new to the end result is not always as important as the journey and magazine this book helps children could well prove to move away be a delightful collection from the more traditional, or 'safe' type of drawing styles and indulge in a little more experimentation and risk taking. The book is ideal for parents to use with their children, but each chapter is a self-contained lesson plan that facilitators and teachers can use with groupsback catalogue.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908966742</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Hannah DaviesPallant_Star|title=The Big Beautiful Colouring Star Wars Millennium Falcon Bookand Mega Model|author=Katrina Pallant and Neal Manning
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|summary=Although I have two small childrenOne of the unexpected results of making a rough-and-ready sci-fi film back in the 1970s, it's been was that George Lucas left a long time since I just sat and did any colouring by myselfwhole generation capable of spelling Millennium. Usually I am tasked with drawing various family members, or vehicles, or animalsIn amongst all the iconic inventions for the film, his design team left him – and then we colour them in together. This time I sat quietly by myself us – with a pack of my son's new colouring pencilsvery loveable, very fast and I quite happily passed a couple of hours colouring in!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780553498</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Anna Weltman|title=This very asymmetrical space ship. How is it balanced when the cockpit is stuck out one side? What is Not a Maths Book|rating=5|genre=Art|summary=I have that dish-like array doing on what seems to admitact as the top? And where can you get your own? Well, I wasn't a huge fan beyond the rarity and great cost of maths at school. Maybe if I'd had this book when I was a childthe Lego model, I would have been. 'This is not a Maths Book' cleverly bridges the gap between maths and art and teaches kids how can at least provide one answer to make beautiful patterns and shapes by using mathematical principles. We learn about parabolic curves, Pascal's triangle, the stomachionthose three pertinent questions, tesselation and 3D drawingsthat answer is… here. Because the pages are interactive and hands-on, kids are learning the rules of maths without realising it. After all, there is no reason why maths shouldn't be fun!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782402055</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mariko NakamuraMcLelland_Press|title=Sew JapanesePress Out and Decorate: Unicorns|author=Kate McLelland
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|summary=It's the weekend and I wouldn't normally find the idea of childrenve been indulging myself. There's clothes with something about a national theme appealing as it's all too easy for them unicorn which appeals to look like fancy dress me and a little bit of research into a book of press-out unicorns, clouds and kids can be all too picky about something rainbows seemed like that. If you're going to put the effort into making something then you want it ideal way to be worn! But - I took one look at those two kids on spend a Saturday morning. You get twenty designs in the cover of 'Sew Japanese' - book and I liked what I saw. There's a distinctive style but what comes across most of all is that they're clothes that kids can play ''in'' and feel comfortable ''all decorated withpink foil: even if you don't want to add any further colouring they're still going to look great, but because the pages are a substantial card you have the opportunity to use crayons, felt tips or even paints to add your own personal touch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909397407</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=David EsterlyV&A_Embroidery|title=The Lost CarvingEmbroidery: A Journey to the Heart of MakingMaker's Guide|author=Victoria and Albert Museum
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|summary=If In ''Embroidery: A Maker's Guide'' we get a brief introduction to the craft by James Merry, embroidery artist, information on the tools you'll need, materials you are going to make a colouring book aimed at adults I say do it 100% can utilise and go all out. You can keep your minimalist landscapes or your naïve animals; give me a page packed guide to the gills with something that needs filling institches you'll be using. This can make a creative colouring book for grownups feel more like a military operation, but at least If you 're just thinking about starting embroidery and not certain which type will have fun doing it suit you best or someone who's experienced in one area but wanting to branch out this book could be an ideal starting point. There are over 230 glorious photographs (of items from the V&A collections) and illustrations covering 15 styles of embroidery and giving all the information and improve your skillsdesigns you'll need for 15 projects.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782432787</amazonuk>
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{{newreviewFrontpage|titleisbn=The Paint Book|author=Miri Flower|rating=5|genre=Crafts|summary=Craft blogger Miri Flower challenges bored children everywhere with her lovely new series of art books, which utilise basic materials that can be found in most homes. ''The Paint Book'' outlines seventy simple projects which encourage kids to get crafty and creative with paints. It's going to get messy, so house-proud parents turn away now...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>071123583X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewV&A_Patchwork|title=The Pencil Book|author=Miri Flower|rating=5|genre=Crafts|summary=Summer is almost over. Gone are the carefree days playing outdoors in the sunshine with friends. Here come the rainy days and dark evenings, heralding the inevitable cry of: ''I'm bored!''. Author and craft-blogger Miri Flower (fantastic name!) comes to the rescue of harassed parents everywhere with her new series of art books which encourage children to utilise simple materials to create fun games and artwork. ''The Pencil Book'' sees the humble pencil takes centre stage, with seventy projects to keep kids engaged Patchwork and amused.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0711235848</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Pauline Brown|title=The Complete Guide to Quilting Techniques: Essential Techniques and Step-by-Step Projects for Making Beautiful Quilts|rating=5|genre=Crafts|summary=''Quilting'' is a generic term covering patchwork, quilting itself and appliqué. All three require different skills and you'll find them all covered to a greater or lesser extent in this gorgeous book. ThereA Maker's an introduction covering the origin of the skills - patchwork developing amongst the pioneer women of early America for whom it was an essential way of keeping their families warm, as did quilting and for much the same reason. Appliqué is rather more decorative and luxurious and the original appliqué quilts were made to commemorate special occasions. Don't think that quilting is a craft mired in the past though - over my lifetime I've seen numerous developments and tried many of them for myself.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401679</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewGuide|author=Richard Merritt, Amanda Hillier Victoria and Felicity French|title=The Neon Colouring Book Albert Museum
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|summary=Half Patchwork is a century ago I trained to be magical craft: you can take relatively small pieces of material and turn them into another piece of material with an entirely different pattern. Quilting converts a topper and a teacher. My tutors were adamant that children should not be allowed to colour backing fabric with some wadding in any outline which they had not drawn themselvesbetween into a fabric of an entirely different weight. It 'stifled their creativity' Combine the two crafts and you seehave something more than magical, occasionally fashionable but took no account always deeply satisfying. But where to start, when there are so many different styles of the pencil control both crafts? One answer is to read ''Patchwork and Quilting: A Maker's Guide'' which it gave, or, indeed, looks - as the pleasure of creating something individual cover says - because everyone colours differently. Times have (fortunately) changed and colouring books at styles from Italian trapunto to delight adults Korean jogakbo and children are now all then delivers fifteen projects inspired by the rage and yesterday I took an idle look at one, equipped with some felt-tipped pens and a few crayons left behind when my daughter departed. Half an hour, I thought. Just half an hour. That's allV&A collections.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178055270X</amazonuk>
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|summary=ApparentlySometimes you find a delight of a book. On an afternoon when it was unseasonably cold and decidedly wet I discovered ''Origami, colouring books for adults have become Poems and Pictures''de rigeurand I was transported to Japan. As the title suggests we're looking at three celebrated arts and crafts: the ancient art of paper folding, haiku poetry and painting. I' in Francell confess that it was the origami which caught my attention, with but I was surprised by the book ''Art Therapie-100 Coloriages Anti-Stress'' flying off extent to which the shelves as increasing numbers rest of stressed-out individuals discover the therapeutic value of 'colouring in'book caught my imagination.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433007</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|title=Explore and Draw PatternsWe begin with something very simple: An Art Activity Book|author=Owen Davey a boat and Georgia Amson-Bradshaw|rating=4.5|genre=Crafts|summary=Explore and Draw Patterns is in case you're worried, all the entries have a beautifully presented interactive workbook designed degree of difficulty (from 'simple' through to spark creativity 'tricky') and imagination. The appeal of the subject matter this one is universal; everyone loves to doodle, so at the book would be equally enjoyable for adults or childrenlowest level.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782401407</amazonuk>
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