Making Things: Finding Use, Meaning, and Satisfaction in Crafting Everyday Objects

Making Thingschampions handmade crafts that infuse the no-waste ethos with glamour and fun.

Through easy-to-follow tutorials for over100projectsthat are bothaccessible and aspirational,Making Thingsinvites readers to try their hands at a variety of crafts and celebrate the satisfaction that comes from slowly and carefully creating for oneself. Learn tofold magazine pages into Masu Boxesfor organizing bits and bobs,make acardboard loomforweaving potholders out of old linens,braid your own Kumihimo Dog Leash, orstarch fabric scrapsfor decorative bunting.

Makers Rose Pearlman and Erin Boyle met in 2018 and immediately struck up a friendship, united by a reverence for everyday objects. Their approach towards craft reflects a shared commitment to sustainability and accessibility as they write inMaking Things introduction, Craft can be exquisite and exacting, the result of formal training and years of practice, but it can also be experimental and messy and not quite perfect.

Scouring sidewalks, stoops, and thrift stores, the authors repurpose materials to create projects that range from functional to fun and frivolous. Step-by-step guides make it simple to start and finish each project, while the books stunning photographs show how each craft can fit within an organized, thoughtfully curated home.

AsMaking Thingsdemonstrates, relying on a limited range of supplies and repurposing the same materials can spur our creativity, encouraging us to look at a pile of junk on a stoop and see endless possibilities.