CraftWinter2024

ALSO AVAILABLE ISBN: 978-0-7643-6821-9 Size: 8" x 10" (203 x 254 mm) Pages: 196 Price: $34.99, £31.99, 48.99 CAD UK Pub Date: December 2024 Illustrations: 100 color images Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fiber Arts & Textiles CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / General AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2024 Marking Time with Fabric and Thread Calendars, Diaries, and Journals within Your Fiber Craft By Tommye McClure Scanlin, Foreword by Sarah C. Swett How to express your experience of time by starting a creative daily practice Handmade “diaries” and stories shared by over 25 respected makers highlight how-tos that work for fiber crafters specifically Enhance your making by learning to notice and reflect on the passing of time Unlock daily creativity with this guide for recording time by using fiber craft. Ever since the original release of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, it’s been agreed that a creative daily practice transforms your making. But fiber artists—from knitters to weavers, quilters to embroiderers—experience making in a different way than other crafters. Here’s a guide especially for them on starting, maintaining, and enjoying a purposeful daily practice while making an arresting, very personal artwork. Well-known fiber artist Tommy McClure Scanlin (author of the bestselling Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond ) breaks it down into clear, doable steps. •  Enables fiber crafters of any kind to start and successfully benefit from a personal daily practice. • Packed with practical ideas, in text and photos, for making a personal fiber art calendar, journal, or diary. • Dozens of prompts to ward off the largest challenge: feeling creatively “stuck.” •  Stories from more than 25 makers explain the benefits of daily practice, sharing inspiring photos of their finished “time capsule” pieces. • Fascinating facts and history, including why we humans have the urge to mark time visually. • Foreword by widely followed blogger and weaver Sarah C. Swett. About the Author Renowned tapestry weaver Tommye McClure Scanlin is the founder of the University of North Georgia’s weaving program and teaches at craft schools including Arrowmont, John C. Campbell Folk School, and Penland School of Craft. Her books include the bestseller Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond . www.scanlintapestry.com | @bittersweettapestrystudio ISBN 978-0-7643-6821-9 TAPESTRY DESIGN BASICS AND BEYOND 978-0-7643-6156-2 192 pp. | 8" x 10" (203 x 254 mm) | hardcover $29.99, £27.99, 42.99 CAD ANATOMY OF A TAPESTRY 978-0-7643-5933-0 162 pp. | 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 216 mm) | hardcover $45.00, £40.99, 64.00 CAD 2 | NEW THIS SEASON