The Cat Lover's Craft Book: Cute and Easy Accessories for Kitty's Best Friend

by Neko Shugei

Overview

Unleash Your Inner Crazy Craft Lady!

Here a cat there a cat, everywhere a crafted cat! Cats to decorate your home, to wear, or to give to someone you love. The Cat Lover's Craft Book is dedicated to those who craft and those who are in love with all things cat-related!

Whether you like to embroider, crochet, sew, knit or felt, there's a cat-tastic project inside this charming book you'll want to try your hand at, including:

• Turn your umbrella handle into a furry cat's tail
• Sew and embroider a personalized cat book cover
• Make a lovely hand embroidered brooch or earrings
• Make a cute cat door stop using a bottle and fabric
• Make cuddly cat pouches, purses and bags
• Knit, crochet or sew a charming cat-shaped pillow
• Sew a chic cat badge or button cover using cross-stitched fabric
• Sew an adorable cat doll and dress her up
• And so much more!

Super simple, step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates make these adorable cat crafts accessible to knitting, felting and embroidery beginners. These purr-fect needlework crafts will delight cat lovers of all ages, and provide many hours of fun creating cute and kitschy cat-inspired items—the perfect handmade gifts with lots of purr-sonality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784805314920
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	542,440
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Neko Shugei is a collective of cat-loving crafters comprising Yumi Ooami, Miko Ogura, Miyuki Hayashi, Chizuko Kojima, minou 14, Naoko Suzuki, Kyoko Maruoka, Yoko Kobayashi, Hitomi Hanaoka, rie, Kanade Isshiki, Marupoleland, and nekogao along with their many feline muses.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Palm-Sized Cats 4

Embroidered Brooches 4

Cross Stitch Buttons 6

Perfectly Embroidered Badges 8

Shrink PlasLic Pins and Earrings 10

Appliqué Coin Purses 12

Mini Mini Pouches 14

Cat Clips 16

How to Make the Cross Stitch Buttons 18

How to Make the Shrink Plastic Pins 20

Part 2 Everyday Cats 22

Cat Dolls 22

Sketched Book Covers 24

Cat-Shaped Door Stoppers 26

Knitted Pillows 28

Patchwork Pillow 29

Cuddly Cat Pillows 30

Cat Pouch and Cat Pochette 32

Embroidered Bags 34

Catryoshka Pouches 36

Umbrella Handle Covers 38

Horn to Make the Mini Mini Pouches 40

How to Make the Cat Pochette 44

How to Make the Umbrella Handle Cover 47

The Crealives and Their Cats 48

Instructions + Patterns + Templates + Diagrams 49

Editorial Reviews

09/03/2018
Cuteness abounds in this compendium of feline-themed pillows, purses, and pins with a distinctive Japanese pop culture sensibility. The author is actually a collective of Japanese crafters who own (or admire) cats, and their feline muses are depicted on a delightful author credit page. Cat silhouettes bordering the pages add to the book’s pleasing design. From catryoshka pouches—an imaginative take on Russian nesting dolls—in graduated sizes to knitted umbrella handles resembling cats’ tails, this collection proves that almost anything can bear a feline motif. Projects require appliqué, embroidery, knitting, sewing, and/or crocheting, so it helps to have multiple skills, as well as a shelf’s worth of such craft supplies as seam sealant and really sharp scissors. The project sizes are small, which makes them less taxing but also demands accuracy. The guideline noting that metric measurements are exact and their translation into U.S. standard inches is approximate might cause some to work more slowly or with magnification on projects where the scale requires one-eighth–inch precision. Beginners beware: the lessons here are cute, definitely. Easy, not so much. Cat fanciers who also have a number of needlework and fabric art skills will most enjoy these quirky projects. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"These 'purr-fect' needlework crafts will delight cat lovers of all ages, and provide many hours of fun, making it an immediate and enduringly popular addition to personal and community library do-it-yourself needlecraft collections!" —Midwest Book Review

"This is a fun cat crafts book with many projects that cross many craft interests and skill levels." —Castle View Academy blog

"Cuteness abounds in this compendium of feline-themed pillows, purses, and pins with a distinctive Japanese pop culture sensibility." —Publishers Weekly

"The simple step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates make these adorable cat crafts accessible to knitting, felting and embroidery beginners. The crafts are delightful, guaranteed to make any gift recipient purr!" —Mousebreath Magazine

"Cuteness abounds! Any crafter with even a minimal appreciation of cats will seize these 17 designs, which are customizable in almost infinite ways." —Booklist

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