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Pomp, pageantry, power and prestige are just a few of the words to sum up the history and vibrancy of the City of London. Beyond its fame as the fi...

Acclaimed Royal Academy artist Jeanette Barnes and Paul Brandford breathe new life into sketching for town and city dwellers everywhere. Mercurial,...

Working from surviving garments and contemporary tailoring books and patterns, Anne Tyrrell has put together a pattern book of key 20th-century cos...

A must-have source for any celebration, from weddings and Christmas to christenings and funerals. This inspiring collection includes traditional a...

Those special occasions in life all need to be marked with words bigger and better than those we could compose ourselves. This beautiful collection...

A fun and interactive book packed with ideas and material for making collages. Create your own artworks and collages with this fantastic and fun bo...

In this ground-breaking art book, leading artist Mike Bernard reveals every aspect of working with collage, paint and other mixed-media approaches....

Introducing the hottest technique for textile artists today: collagraphy, or printing from collage Packed with hints, tips and exercises exploring...

Glen Scoullers paintings are full of vibrant colour and light. In Colour and Line in Watercolour his first book he explains how he achieves these...

This beautiful book is for quilters who want a deeper understanding of how to use colour in their work, and the part it plays in a quilt's visual i...

The idea of group projects in textile art is nothing new people have been coming together to sew for centuries, and quilters often work together o...

Celebrated quilt artist Sandra Meech's last book, Connecting Art to Stitch, explored the ways in which fine-art concepts can be taken into stitch t...

Appliqué is a classic embroidery technique that has recently been experiencing a revival. Appearing in the most cutting-edge contemporary textile w...

A great guide for painters who want to experiment with mixed media and make their landscape paintings more adventurous. Popular artist and teacher,...

An illustrated introduction to an increasingly popular art form. The art of paper marbling is having a revival. Contemporary paper artist and autho...

In this classic 1960s gardening book, Margery Fish's advice and enthusiasm for horticulture has stood the test of time and remains a go-to book for...

This stunning collection of period garments spans 400 years of fashion, from 1550 to 1900. Draft your own made-to-measure patterns to create perfec...