Kitschy Crafts A Celebration of Overlooked 20th-Century Crafts

by Packham, Jo; Shay, Matt

• ISBN13: 9781402717543
• ISBN10: 1402717547
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-28
• Publisher: Chapelle

Summary

It's fun, it's retroand it's back in style. Take a fond look back at the kitschy crafts of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, from crocheted doilies to shell-art nightlights. All these nostalgic creations appear in appropriately fashioned period settings that will captivate browsers, and come with instructions for those who just can't resist creating their own string-art pictures, pink flamingo items, far-out tie dyes, kooky candles, macrame plant hangers, and the one-time must-have on every coffee table: a resin-cast grape cluster. And, of course, who can live without the hottest toy of all? The Sock Monkey Doll. Everyone will have a blast poring over theseeven those who have never made a craft in their lives.

Table of Contents

But, what is Kitsch?	p. 8
Needlework	p. 16
Crochet	p. 34
General Crafts	p. 58
Beading	p. 98
Macrame	p. 108
Acknowledgments	p. 124
Resources	p. 125
Index	p. 126
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