Needles. Thread. Drama! Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica, is not a seamstress. She is a thread artist. And in Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing, she'll show how to harness the power of her fearless kamikaze sewing style–just dive in and give it 100 percent. Here you'll not only find out the nuts and bolts of sewing, but learn to have confidence to blaze your own sewing trail with confidence and flair. (And sprinkle of glitter!) The Crafty Chica is here to bring out the thread artist in you. Whether you can hardly sew on a button or are already threading bobbins like a champ, Kathy's got a project just for you. From place mat totes to embellished skirts, Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing proves that you're in charge of your sewing machine, not the other way around. With these 30 fun fabu-low-sew projects to carry, wear, and use around the home, you can leave the ordinary behind and channel your own Crafty Chica within.

Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing: Fabu-Low-Sew Projects for the Everyday Crafter

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Cano-Murillo, Kathy

Crafts & Hobbies

Potter Craft

Miss Scarlet's School(lib)(CD)

BOOKS ON TAPE]

Sometimes to find your life's true path, you have to stray outside the lines . . . Scarlet Santana is never happier than when creating fabulous fashions for women of all shapes and sizes. Now, after years of hard work, she finally has the chance to live her dream and study under the hottest designer in New York. To raise money for her move, Scarlet opens an after-hours sewing school in a local record shop, teaching a type-A working mom whose rigid parenting style is causing her family to unravel and an enigmatic seamstress with a mysterious past. But as stitches give way to secrets and classmates become friends, the women realize an important truth: There is no single pattern for a good life. Happiness is always a custom fit.

Miss Scarlet's School of Patternless Sewing (Crafty Chica, 2)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Grand Central Publishing

With glue guns, glitter, twigs, or yarn, the ordinary can become extraordinary . . . especially at La Pachanga. Owned by Estrella "Star" Esteban's family, the restaurant has a rep for two things: good food and great art. La Pachanga brings people together-even when it looks like they couldn't be further apart. One ill-fated evening, Star jeopardizes her family's business, her relationship with her boyfriend, and her future career. To redeem herself, she agrees to participate in a national craft competition, teaming up with her best friend, Ofelia-a secretly troubled mother whose love for crafting borders on obsession-and local celebrity Chloe Chavez-a determined television personality with more than one skeleton in her professional closet. If these unlikely allies can set aside their differences, they'll find strength they never knew they had, and learn that friendship, like crafting, is truly an art form.

Waking Up in the Land of Glitter: A Crafty Chica Novel (Crafty Chica, 1)

The Queen of Latina Style, Kathy Cano Murillo, is back with fantastic art and craft projects-including brand-new ideas and previous favorites-in The New Crafty Chica Collection.

The Crafty Chica Creates!: Latinx-Inspired DIY Projects with Spirit and Sparkle

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Quarry Books

Illustrations by Carrie Weeler Every girl can be a crafty diva—strong, confident, and creative! The Crafty Diva's Lifestyle Makeover is filled with countless ways for teens to brighten and energize their daily lives. Bringing out the inner diva is easy with dozens of cool crafts to improve health and beauty, such as Peppermint Pick—Me—Up Face Mist, or encourage self—expression, like Garden Inspiration Bricks and Words—of—the—Wise Bracelets. Included are tips on energizing all aspects of life, from redoing your room to make it look bigger to getting in touch with nature, breaking out of your shell—even soothing your spirit with basic yoga. Like its predecessor, The Crafty Diva's D.I.Y. Stylebook, this book pops with funky, clever ideas, juicy color photos, and cute illustrations. All content is geared to motivate and educate girls, all the while learning new tricks and crafts. Whatever their skill level, young girls will love making, sharing, and showing off these fun, easy projects. Let the Crafty Diva's positive, affirming advice and ideas unleash the power of girls everywhere. • One-of-a-kind lifestyle maeover guide! • Juicy crafts, fun quizzes, sassy games, rad recipes, and much more to motivate and educate every teen diva!

The Crafty Diva's Lifestyle Makeover: Awesome Ideas to Spice Up Your Life!

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

The Crafty Diva's D.I.Y. Stylebook is filled with more than 50 all-new do-it-yourself craft projects that celebrate the many sides of tween girls. Snappy mini-chapters are organized by "style"-from animal lover and beautiful bohemian to party girl and flashy fashionista-each featuring three chic, affordable, step-by-step projects illustrated with whimsical illustrations and color photos. Coded as easy, moderate, or difficult, the projects utilize a variety of applications, giving girls a foundation of general craft experience and teaching them to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Packed with materials for the less experienced crafter, the book includes an introduction to craft tools and techniques, tips on creating a crafty corner in which to work, a crash course in doodling, and even a journal page and quiz to inspire each girl's unique creative spark. Helpful add-ons like a built-in ruler, color mixing chart, and inch/cm/ft conversion chart make it that much easier to get started. Whatever their skill level, tweens will love making, sharing, and showing off these fun, easy projects! Crafts Include • Message-in-a-bottle necklace • Bubble gum soap bars • Glitter lip gloss • Mega mosaic mirror • CD and trinket shelf • Wacky wire rings • Lunch-box collage purse • Painted cellphone cover • Matchbox movie-star shrine • Rainbow hair wraps • Filled with tips, tricks, and techniques to help budding crafters • Targets the 30 million tweens (ages 8-13) who spend billions annually • Author's artwork has been featured in Gourmet, Sunset, Latina, and Phoenix magazines

The Crafty Diva's D.I.Y. Stylebook: "A Grrrl's Guide to Cool Creations You Can Make, Show Off, and Share"

The Crafty Diva's D. I. Y. Stylebook (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback Books

Revel in the enduring legacy of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo--from the self-portraits, to the flower crown, to her iconic eyebrows--with this fun and commemorative book! With her colorful style, dramatic self-portraits, hardscrabble backstory, and verve for life, Frida Kahlo remains a modern icon, captivating and inspiring artists, feminists, and art lovers more than sixty years after her death. Forever Frida celebrates all things Frida, so you can enjoy her art, her words, her style, and her badass attitude every day. Viva Frida!

Forever Frida: A Celebration of the Life, Art, Loves, Words, and Style of Frida Kahlo

Adams Media

Throughout history, human beings have kept physical reminders and mementos of loved ones, popular icons and significant life events. Shrines and shadow boxes - three-dimensional collages set into a box or housing - have become popular ways of collecting and displaying these meaningful objects as an artistic assemblage. This book offers ideas for 32 shrines and shadow boxes with themes ranging from personal expression to memory-keeping to historical tributes and celebrations. There is also a gallery of 10 more professionally designed works and tips for collecting the right materials for this type of creation.

Making Shadow Boxes and Shrines

Rockport Pub

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