The Wind In The Willows Felt Friends, written by Cynthia Treen, D&C 2022. This book will guide you through each characters creation, with the added highlight of teaching us how to add a posable element to our creations via interior wire armatures. Beginners are welcome, with all the basic sewing instructions supplied, as well as the more advanced methods.

In this tutorial based guide, discover Congdon’s interpretation of how to convey our love, to whoever the recipient may be….via a collection of graph based little x’s. Thematically fitting given the title of this publication! Whether your love is thrown out to a friend, other half or simply the crown of all humans out there…..this book can deliver a kiss in an x form to anyone you wish it for.

In Wellness For Makers, Ballone provides the starting points to begin a dual concentration on our body health in line with our making creatively. We can be our biggest ‘mend’ project and one which holds the largest portion of importance. Start your repair path today with Ballone and discern how her advice can be aligned to your own lifestyle.

In our busy contemporary society, do we stop to consider the narrative woven through the very fibres we have mindlessly flung on to protect us from the elements, the items which silently walk with us each and every day as loyal companions? Within this publication, Thanhauser takes us on travels throughout the world, to investigate the key fabric bricks of our world today, namely Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics and Wool.

In SASHIKO 365, Briscoe here brings together her experience of Japanese culture and the meditative concept of stitching each and every day as a rule, a challenge to ourselves. This is a tuition based book, not centred around the therapeutic aspects which often coincide hand stitch and particularly the slow stitch concept which resides in a sashiko stitch.

Using natural resources as a constant tap of inspiration, artist Ann Goddard envelops us in a wholesome and educational hug. She dots throughout this book; ideas for us to be inspired by, yet not feel the need to copy exactly. From leaves to in depth studies of even stitching into concrete, this book proves a wonderful showcase of Goddard’s artistic prowess.

In this data x textiles mash up, learn how artist Jordan Cunliffe has used data visualisation within textile art to create thought provoking simplistic designs, with deep meaning.

Making a Life, written by Melanie Falik and published by the Artisan Division of Workman Publishing

What drives us to create? Why do we seem to feel an inner need to vocalise this visually? Why do others feel differently or never imagine they require creativity in the first place? Within this 320 page strongly bound publication, Falik debates and illustrates the working world of many makers.

Without leaving our own location, let this writer walk you through the lives of many contemporary makers.

In Wild Textiles, Alice Fox successfully marries together nature and textiles to create a timely guide on how to use our own outdoor environments to inspire the creation of art. She offers guidance spanning both creative arts and horticultural topics, drawing them together is this mindful tome.

In Contemporary Weaving in Mixed Media, acclaimed textile art expert Rachna Garodia leads us through how to use contemporary media such as natural finds on our woodland walks, dried pressed flowers and even items discovered in our memory boxes to create contemporary woven art works.