ART AND CRAFT BOOKSHELF
Explore our bookshelf of arts and crafts books we love. Any of these books would be a great addition to a home library - whether it's a gorgeous coffee table art book, a step-by-step guide to knitting, or instructions for building a back yard retreat. Each book reflects an aspect of creativity that inspires us - books that we would read over and over.
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Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Knitting Book: Completely Revised & Updated by Vogue Knitting MagazineΒ Β Β | Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible: 260 Exquisite Patterns by Hitomi Shida | Rowan: 40 Years: 40 Iconic Hand-Knit Designs by Sixth & Spring Books |
Unconventional & Unexpected American Quilts Below the Radar by Roderick Kiracofe β | The Angel Tree: Celebrating Christmas at The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Linn Howard and Mary Jane Pool | The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook by Susan Briscoe |
My Favorite Things by Maira Kalman | Kaffe Fassett's Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts: 23 Original Quilt Designs by Kaffe Fassett | |
The Chicago Imagists by Lynne Warren, Rosie Cooper, and Sarah McCrory | The Unicorn Tapestries in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Adolfo Salvatore Cavallo | Hieronymus Bosch: The Complete Works by Stefan FischerΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith | The Quilts of Gee's Bend by William Arnett, Alvia Wardlaw, Jane Livingston, and John Beardsley | Art Is...byΒ TheΒ Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection Edited by Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow ββββ | My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art From the American South by Cheryl Finley, Randall R. Griffey, Amelia Peck, and Darryl Pinckney | Modern Scot Patchwork: Bold Quilts Inspired by Iconic Tartans by Kathy Allen |
The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously by Sherri L. Wood | Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home by Jessica Marquez | Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future by Tracey Bashkoff |
Comfort & Glory: Two Centuries of American Quilts From the Briscoe Center by Katherine Jean Adams | Kaffe Fassett's Pattern Library: Over 190 Creative Knitwear Designs by Kaffe Fassett | Quilt As-You-Go Vintage: 51 Blocks, 9 Projects, 3 Joining Methods by Jera Brandvig ββββ |
George Ohr, Art Potter: The Apostle of Individuality by Robert A. Ellison, Jr. | A is for Archive: Warhol's World From A to Z by Matt Wrbican ββββ | American Art Pottery: The Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Martin Eidelberg, and Adrienne Spinozzi |
The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art by the MET Museum ββββ | Kaffe Fassett's Bold Blooms: Quilts and Other Works Celebrating Flowers by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy | Sunday Morning Quilts: 16 Modern Scrap Projects - Sort, Store, and Use Every Last Bit of Your Treasured Fabrics by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison |
Signs & Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts by Maude Southwell Whalman | Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection by Gaylord Torrence with Ned Blackhawk and Sylvia Yount | Glorious Patchwork: More Than 25 Glorious Quilt Designs by Kaffe Fassett and Liza Prior Lucy |
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The 4" x 5" Quilt-Block Anthology: 182 Blocks for Reproduction Fabrics by Carol Hopkins and Linda M. Koenig ββββ | 100 Manga Artists by Taschen | Quilts of the Oregon Trail by Mary Bywater Cross |
Bob and Roberta Smith: The Secret to a Good Life, Special Edition by Bob and Roberta Smith | David Hockney by Chris Stephens and Andrew Wilson ββββ | ββββ |
The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel by Rainer Willmann and Julia Voss | Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in the Cotswolds: 20 Designs For Patchwork and Quilting by Kaffe Fassett ββββ | Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained by Jerry Brotton |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings Catalog by Kathryn Calley Galitz ββββ | Tuck Stitches: Sophistication in Handknitting by Nancy Marchant | Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in Ireland: 20 Designs for Patchwork and Quilting by Kaffe Fassett ββββ |
Ho for California: Pioneer Women and Their Quilts by Jean Ray Laury and the California Heritage Quilt Project ββββ | 100 Illustrators by Steven Heller and Julius Wiedemann ββββ | Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel by Ernst Haeckel ββββ |