Quick & Easy Christmas Bazaar Crafts [Hardcover]

Jim Williams (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Raising funds with festive handiwork is the goal of this useful, attractive and inspiriting volume by a former crafts editor at Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Projects start with seasonal basics like cross-stitched Holiday Sentiment Pillows and appliqued St. Nicholas Place Mats and move forward imaginatively to such ornamental items as pierced and stenciled Country-Style Lamp Shades and machine-stitched and -stuffed Felt Baby Bunnies. A photo of the finished craft, diagrams, a materials list, special pointers and money-saving tips clearly detail steps to be followed for each project. Among the 150 ideas offered are embroidered fingertip towels, holiday napkins, tree skirts and trimmings; felt gingerbread-man ornaments, drawer sachets, upholstered boxes, mittens, Peaceable Kingdom puppets, picture frames and many more toys, wearables and home accessories are also included. Well-targeted tips on setting up and running a holiday crafts bazaar further distinguish this title from the ordinary craft compendium.

Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 245 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Pr (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875966918
• ISBN-13: 978-0875966915
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,484,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! Great Ideas!, June 21, 2004

By 

Dormouse23 (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quick & Easy Christmas Bazaar Crafts (Hardcover)

I have an addiction: I am a craftaholic. Also a confession: I don't do them, just read about them. My intentions are always good: to someday get organized enough to start Christmas presents six months in advance and dazzle everyone with homemade gifts. (These are particularly useful for gifts to co-workers when you want something different, but not too expensive.)

Most crafts books are disappointing, I find. They offer very similar items, all with that fake "country" look which I absolutely loathe, or they're caked with sequins and plastic jewels to the point where you could burn your retinas out just looking at the damned things. I will admit that some of the projects here fall into that category, but - and here is my point - many do not. This book has a huge variety of crafts. Looking through I saw at least half a dozen that I'd be delighted to try - and as you may have gathered earlier, I'm pretty picky. Some are simple, some more complex. There are crafts that involve sewing, knitting, crochet, needlepoint, decoupage, candles, Christmas ornaments... you get the idea. Anyone reading this book should be able to come away with several ideas for crafts projects.

The other nice thing about the book is that it gives many practical tips for selling the items once you've made them. Setup, scheduling, display techniques, how to tempt shoppers over to your table... again, many great ideas.

In short, I was very pleased by this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for some good crafts ideas for the holidays (or even at other times; many of the crafts can be either seasonal or non-seasonal in design and color choices).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stodgy, March 18, 2008

By 

Linda W. (Kennesaw, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quick & Easy Christmas Bazaar Crafts (Hardcover)

Maybe I have a plebeian mentality, but I expect "bazaar crafts" to be cheap and cheerful, something that could just as easily be a stocking stuffer as an item for sale. This book was dull. The projects are all done with expensive materials with footnotes on how to cheapen them up for sale. There was a great variety of crafts-sewing, beading, crewel work, but they all seemed to have that same 'stuffiness' about them. The only way I can find to conclude this review is by quoting my husband. He looked the book over and said "I don't care for it."