Sweet Home Macrame: A Beginner's Guide to Macrame

Name: Sweet Home Macrame: A Beginner's Guide to Macrame
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780760386156
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Learn to make jewelry, home decor, plant hangings, and more

By Casey Alberti

Series: Art Makers

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Sweet Home Macrame: A Beginner's Guide to Macrame features step-by-step instructions for making wall hangings, jewellery, home decor, and more from macrame. Whether you're a beginner to soft crafts, looking to try a new craft, hoping to improve upon your existing macrame techniques, or a DIYer,... Read More

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Description

Sweet Home Macrame: A Beginner's Guide to Macrame features step-by-step instructions for making wall hangings, jewellery, home decor, and more from macrame. Whether you're a beginner to soft crafts, looking to try a new craft, hoping to improve upon your existing macrame techniques, or a DIYer, Sweet Home Macrame: A Beginner's Guide to Macrame offers the instruction and inspiration you need to succeed. Top Etsy seller Casey Alberti is the founder of Sweet Home Alberti, a small business selling macrame items and knotting lessons. In this complete guide to working with macrame, Alberti shares her techniques and showcases her fresh, vibrant macrame art. Learn about:

The supplies you'll need for macrame, including cord and rope
How to make the most common knots, such as lark's head, square, and gathering
Selecting a colour palette
Personalising your macrame pieces
And so much more

The 12 step-by-step projects show you how to make gorgeous items such as:

Plant hangers
Coasters
Wall hangings
A fruit basket
A disco ball hanger
Earrings
And more

All are done in eye-catching colour schemes, such as rainbow, rose gold, black and gold, and crystal, but all can be personalised to your own favourite colours using Alberti's expert advice. In addition to the projects and techniques, find helpful tips for forming an artist's community and starting your own business. Use the online videos from the author to boost your understanding. Macrame is one of the trendiest crafts of the year, and macrame items make beautiful gifts, home decor, and more. Learn how to make your own artwork with Sweet Home Macrame: A Beginner's Guide to Macrame.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760386156

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 May 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing

Illustration: 250 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 128

Collections

Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Casey Alberti Crafts & Hobbies Non-Fiction Series: Art Makers

About the Author

Casey Alberti is the founder of Sweet Home Alberti, a business selling macrame items and lessons, based in the Pacific Northwest. She first learned to create macrame in 2019, and soon found that she couldn't stop knotting and had more plant hangers than plants. Previously a stay-at-home mother of four, Casey started an Etsy shop, and soon, it was thriving. Casey's work has been featured online, including on Etsy. She enjoys the community of artists she's formed and with whom she shares her work and advice for starting a small business. Visit Casey online at sweethomealberti.com and @sweethomealberti.

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