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Crafting Tilda's Friends

30 Unique Projects Featuring Adorable Creations from Tilda
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Crafting Tilda's Friends offers 30 delightful sewing and papercraft projects designed by bestselling author Tone Finnanger. Create charming characters including rabbits, birds, frogs, cats, and more, each with unique touches like rosy cheeks and fabric noses. Projects range from garden angels and frog wreaths to pincushions and key holders, with techniques including applique, painting, and stencilling to personalise cushions, mats, bags, and home decor.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for craft enthusiasts interested in sewing and papercraft, especially those who enjoy whimsical, character-based projects suitable for home decoration and gifts.

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Includes 30 fun sewing and papercraft projects that show how to create the cutest characters. This title features rabbits, birds, frogs, cats and an array of other creatures.

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Crafting Tilda's Friends includes 30 fun sewing and papercraft projects that show how to create the cutest characters. It features rabbits, birds, frogs, cats, and an array of other creatures.

A whimsical collection of 30 fun sewing and papercraft projects from Tilda craft designer and bestselling author Tone Finnanger. Have fun creating bunnies, cats, birds, frogs, snails, dragonflies, and bumblebees, and then give your cute characters their own personality with rosy cheeks and sweet little fabric noses.

Make Tilda garden angels with pretty sun hats to sit among plants on a windowsill or sew them together to create a garland. Make an adorable frog wreath to hang on your wall, sew a helpful snail pincushion, or a treehouse key holder.

Learn appliquΓ© techniques by adding bird, birdhouse, and dragonfly motifs to cushions, table mats, coasters, blankets, and bags. Experiment with painted motifs and stencilling to create fun signs and picture frames.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780715336663

Publisher: David & Charles

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: David & Charles

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Tone Finnanger is a talented designer and author of more than 10 craft books. Her recent books include Tilda's Studio, Tilda's Winter Ideas and Tilda's Spring Ideas. Tone formed the Tilda brand in 1999, which is now well-known for its cute, whimsical characters in the form of animals and dolls. The brand has also developed a range of craft products for sewing and papercraft including Tilda fabrics, embellishments and papers.

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