FASHION, TEXTILES & CRAFT
Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture
Justine Picardie
Published ahead of the centenary of the Queen’s birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars.
From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II - faced the perils of abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.
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Piece by Piece
Lauren MacDonald
A hands-on craft book from designer, maker and founder of textile studio Working Cloth, Lauren MacDonald.
Her approachable warmth and humour makes this an indispensable guide to modern patchwork and quilting. A manual to be treasured and leafed through for years to come, Piece by Piece encourages you to repurpose and reuse – a practice quilters have been following for centuries that now feels both timeless and timely.
Fashioning the Crown
Justine Picardie
By My Hands
Florian Gadsby
Get Stitched
Tom Daley
Iconic
Zandra Rhodes and Ella Alexander
Ingrained
Callum Robinson
Chanel's War
Richard Wallace
Get Hooked
Tom Daley
Luminous Clay
Angela Mellor
Make It Ours
Robin Givhan
The Yves Saint Laurent Revolution: The Story of 'Le Smoking'
Loo Hui Phang
Clay
Jennifer Lucy Allan
The Great Pottery Throw Down
Marie Antoinette Style (The Official V&A Exhibition Book)
Sarah Grant, Manolo Blahnik, Sofia Coppola and Antonia Fraser
Mosaic Secrets
Becky Paton
Divine Light
Janet Gough
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards
Illuminating Stained Glass
Juliette MacDonald, Helen Whittaker and Keith Barley
Liberty
Kassia St Clair
The Look
Michelle Obama
Oliver Jeffers
Martin Salisbury
On The Roof
Tom Allan
Shocking LIfe
Elsa Schiaparelli
Artistic Dress at Liberty & Co
Anna Buruma
The Atlas of World Embroidery
Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood
Bat Girls and Acid Boys
Richard Torry and Jonny Trunk
Ceramics: A Green Approach
Kevin Millward
Creative Pottery
Deb Schwartzkopf
Crochet: Just What You Need
Marie-Noëlle Bayard
Cult Sneakers
Tonton Gibs
Fashion Unfolded: Pop-Up Chanel
Fashionary Team
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years
The Holburne Museum
Helmut Newton: One-off
Helmut Newton
Knit How (Revised and Updated Edition)
Meghan Fernandes and Lydia Gluck
On Loss and Absence
Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, Anne Wilson, Jerry Bleem, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Gustavo da Silva, Wafa Ghnaim, Jen Chen-su Huang, Cristian Koepfli, Alipio Melo, Sarah Molina, Maria Jose Murillo, Lucinda Pelton, Sharbreon Plummer, Jenni Sorkin, Barbara Teller Ornelas, Lynda Teller Pete, Cybele Tom, Melinda Watt, Danitza Willka and Folayemi Wilson
Personal Colour
Anuschka Rees
A Pocket Guide to Converse
Jessica Bumpus
We Need Your Art
Amie Mcnee
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The Handmade Home
Arounna Khounnoraj
Brimming with ideas from the pretty to the practical, The Handmade Home contains 20 unique projects for every room in your home using repurposed materials, helping you save money and the planet.
Discover how to make a quilt and pillow from scrap fabrics, a blanket made from old sweaters, a rug made from rags and more. All the projects are beginner-friendly and include clear step-by-step instructions plus stunning lifestyle photography. The projects are also adaptable, allowing you to make them as simple or complex as you like.
Having a beautiful home doesn't need to cost a lot - or the earth.
Piece by Piece
Lauren MacDonald
Stitch in Bloom
Lora Avedian
Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More
Katrina Rodabaugh
Creative Mending
Hikaru Noguchi
The Mending Directory
Erin Eggenburg
Visible Mending
Arounna Khounnoraj
Simply Sashiko
Nihon Vogue
Knitting for Olive
Knitted Moomin Socks
Moomin
Knitting from Fair Isle
Mati Ventrillon