Wise Craft Turning Thrift Store Finds, Fabric Scraps, and Natural Objects Into Stuff You Love

218 Pages·2014·12.08 MB·English

by  Blair Stocker

Copyright © 2014 by Our Little Book Company
Photographs by EJ Armstrong
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Cover and interior design by Susan Van Horn
Illustrations by Lisa Congdon
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To Peter, Emma, and Ian, who taught me how a house can be a home.
And to “Mom” Fletcher, who taught me how to make it homemade.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Crafter’s Toolkit
CHAPTER ONE:
Spring
CHAPTER TWO:
Summer
CHAPTER THREE:
Fall
CHAPTER FOUR:
Winter
Resources
Templates
Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
EJ Armstrong: Thank you for a truly wonderful collaboration. All those days playing around with
ideas in your studio, and look at this! Your photography expertise and advice are invaluable!
Lisa Congdon: Your beautiful illustrations brought a new level of inspiration to these projects.
Thank you, friend.
Peter, Emma, and Ian: “Thank you” will never be enough. You make me want to be better at
everything I do, and always give me the best kind of advice (and the best hugs).
Jennifer: You truly are the best friend a girl could have. Thank you for always, always making the
time to give advice and guidance.
Kristen and everyone at Running Press: Thank you for your expert guidance and belief in what this
book could be.
Lisa Solomon: Thank you for taking valuable time from your own work to pattern test for me. You
are wonderful.
Yi-Lin Lui: Thank you for providing your talent for the Gathering Bag project.
To friends who have been there for advice, guidance, and support for me as I was writing this book:
Melissa Franz, Erin Harris, Christiane Zweifler, Amy Karol, Emily Demsky, Xiaonan Wang, and
countless others. The support you all give means so much more than you know.
A huge, heartfelt thank you to the readers and supporters of Wise Craft. Thank you for being there, for
making things with me, for being inspired by my corner of the world. This book would not be
possible without you.