The Crafter's Companion: Tips, Tales and Patterns from a Community of Creative Minds [Paperback]

Anna Torborg (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2007

In a world where every material desire can be filled by ready-made, machine-perfect goods, why do some people still insist on doing things by hand?

The Crafter's Companion is for everybody who loves the world of handcrafts and anybody who's ever wondered what exactly there is to love about it. An online community of skilled artists has come together to answer these questions: Why do you create? What inspires you? How do you work?

Additionally, each artist has contributed a pattern of her own design, making The Crafter's Companion the ideal resource for practical projects and encouraging words.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Most contributors come from the US but also many from an international community of online crafters. Each have their own distinctive, high traffic blogs which will promote the book and each are heavily involved in the crafting community worldwide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Snowbooks (April 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905005172
• ISBN-13: 978-1905005178
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #925,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my best crafting books, July 5, 2007

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Cikk "cikk" (Malta) - See all my reviews
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This is a lovely book, full of gorgeous colour photos. Each crafter talks about their inspiration, their are pics of their workspaces, some of their projects, and each gives an individual project - and I like most of them, for a change. I gave up on ordering craft books a while ago as so many of them seem to be just about making something - anything - without much regards to aesthetics. I don't like things to look rough and unfinished. I don't particularly like things made from bottle tops, unless they're cork. I like handmade, not homemade. And some of my books, especially the ones with loads of projects, are - well, there's not one thing I would want to make. Why waste my time? This on the other hand is full of really cute projects. I tend to take inspriation rather than copy slavishly but some stuff is so cute I want to copy it! I ordered break the rules sewing because of liking the author's section in this book.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Inspiring Book!, December 18, 2006

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jane opper "Jane in Connecticut" (Orange, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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I couldn't wait for this book to be available in the U.S. so I ordered it from the U.K. I love the book and am very inspired by all of the crafters. It is a very colorful book with lots of fun projects. I already completed the "market bag" for my daughter who has just moved to Oregon. Definitely check out this book!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, November 10, 2007

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Nancy Jane "Lovdolls" (Alaska) - See all my reviews

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The book is interesting when it comes to photography and the crafter's themselves but I did not find the selection of patterns anything I would really want to make. Only one project really caught my eye and that was the pillow case apron. I don't want to be rude about some of the projects but I have to agree with another reviewer on a couple of those odd items. Some of the darling photos showed items I would love to make but there were no patterns for those. Be aware all that you see in this book is not what you get in the back section on patterns.