Books: The Family Creative Workshop

Published during the mid-70s, The Family Creative Workshop is 24 volume encyclopedia of crafting.

Crafts of the seventies include macrame, string art, mosaics, sand painting, tie dye and terrariums
Mainstream crafts such as knitting, crocheting and beading
There are also many more more obscure topics
Each technique has a variety of sample projects

Pleanary Publications, International Incorporated, 1974-76

Series author: Steven R. Schepp

The original US series consisted of 24 books. The UK series was not a full reproduction of the full US set and included only 19 books (ommiting #7,18,21,23, and 24 from the series – although many of the chapters were transported into some of the UK versions of the book).

The Index book is packed with reference guides, patterns etc. The Index for the UK series is just a 16 page booklet.

I have found 23 of the 24 books at the Open Library (links below). They are not all in the same place and took some tracking down. There are more than one copy of some volumes – I chose the one with the clearest cover. If you find any broken links or if you find Volume 16 please let me know!

Volume 1: Acrylics to Batik

Acrylics
Afghan Stitch
Airplanes of Paper
American Indian Crafts
Animal Dolls
Ant Farms
Antiquing Furniture
Applique
Astronomy
Baby Foods
Basketry
Batik

Volume 2: Beachcombing to Bottle Gardens

Beachcombing
Beadwork
Bean-Bags
Belts and Buckles
Bicycles
Birds and Birdhouses
Birthday Celebrations
Block Printing
Bonsai
Bookbinding
Bottle Cutting
Bottle Gardens

Volume 3: Boxes to Card Tricks

Boxes
Braided Rugs
Breads
Bread Sculpture
Brewing
Buttons
Calligraphy
Cameras
Candlemaking
Caning and Rushing
Canoeing
Cardboard
Card Tricks

Volume 4: Carryalls to Confections

Carryalls
Cartooning
Carving
Casting
Ceramics
Cheeses and Churning
Christmas Celebrations
Clambakes
Collages and Assemblages
Colonial Crafts
Color Psychology
Confections and Comfits

Volume 5: Cosmetics to Egg Decoration

Cosmetics
Costumes
Crewelwork
Crochet
Cryptography
Decoupage
Dioramas
Dollhouses and Furniture
Dolls and Doll Clothes
Dried Flowers
Dulcimers
Egg Decorating

Volume 6: Embroidery to Gingerbread

Embroidery
Enameling Metal
Flags and Banners
Florentine Stitch
Flowers (Artificial)
Foam Forms
Folk Art
Framing
Furniture Refinishing
Fur Recycling
Genealogy
Gingerbread

Volume 7: Glass Working to Hibachi

Glass Working
Gold Leafing
Gold Panning
Granny Squares
Greenhouse Construction
Greeting Cards
Hammocks and Slings
Hardanger Embroidery
Heraldry
Herbs
Hibachi and Hot-Pot Cookery

Volume 8: Hooked Rugs to Lace

Hooked Rugs
Ice Cream
Sherbet and Ices
Ikebana
Inkle Weaving
Insects
Jewelry
Kaleidoscopes
Kayaks
Kilns
Kites
Knitting to Fit
Lace

Volume 9: Lamps & Shades to Maps & Pathfinding

Lamps and Shades
Lapidary
Leaded Glass
Leather Working
Lighted Indoor Gardens
Linoleum and Woodcuts
Machine Stitchery
Macrame
Magics
Maps and Pathfinding

Volume 10: Marmalades and Preserves to Mosaics

Marmalades and Preserves
Marquetry
Masks
Mineralogy
Mittens and Mukluks
Mobiles
Models and Mock-ups
Molding Methods
Monoprinting
Mosaics

Volume 11: Music Making to Papier Mache

Music Making
Napkin Folding
Neckties

Re-cycled Tie Skirt

Needlepoint
Oil Painting
Ojo de Dios
Organic Gardening
Origami
Papermaking
Papier Mache

Volume 12: Parades & Festivals to Piñatas

Parades and Festivals
Pasta
Patchwork
Perfumes
Pet Habitats
Pewtersmithing
Photographic Printing
Pickled and Canned Foods
Piloting Small Boats
Piñatas

Volume 13: Pin Striping to Puzzles

Pin Striping
Pipe Making
Plastic Pipe Constructions
Plywood and Foam Furnishings
Pod and Cone Art
Potpourris and Pomanders
Pottery
Preschool Activities
Puppetry
Puzzles

Volume 14: Quilling to Rope Knotting

Quilling
Quill Pens
Quilting
Raffia and Straw
Rag Dolls
Recycling Clothes
Repousse and Chased Metal
Reverse Applique
Ribboncraft
Rockers and Cradles
Rope Knotting

Volume 15: Rosemaling to Scrimshaw

Rosemaling
Rubbings
Rya and Flossa
Sail Making and Repair
Samplers
Sandal Making
Sand Casting
Sand Characters and Castles
Sand Painting and Layering
Sashimi and Sushi
Scrimshaw

Volume 16: Sculpture to Silhouettes

Sculptures
Seashells
Seed Sprouting
Serigraphy
Sewing Without a Pattern
Shadow Theater
Shaker Furniture
Shelters and Tents
Ship Models
Silhouettes

Volume 17: Silversmithing to Sprang

Silversmithing
Skin Painting
Smocking
Soapbox and Skate Vehicles
Soaps and Bath Products
Soft Sculpture
Soups
Spinning
Spool Toys
Sprang

Volume 18: Square Dancing to Sugar Shapes

Square Dancing
Stagecraft
Stained Glass
Stamp Decoupage
Stenciling
Stone Painting
Street Games
String Art
Structural Furnishings
Sugar Shapes

Volume 19: Sundials to Tatting

Sundials
Supergraphics
Swedish Huck Work
Swings
Syrups
Table Games
Tables and Benches
Tablet and Frame Weaving
Tambour
Tatting

Volume 20: Tea to Toys

Tea
Terrariums
Terrines and Timbales
Tie Dyeing
Time Telling
Tin and Pierced Work
Tin Painting
Topiary
Totem Poles
Toys

Volume 21: Traditional Knitting to Vegetable Dyes

Traditional Knitting Motifs
Trapunto
Tree Houses
Treen Ware
Trellises
Tropical Fish
Tying Flies
Upholstery
Valentines
Vegetable Dyes

Volume 22: Vinegars to Winter Sculpture

Vinegars
Vivariums
Walking Sticks
Watercolors
Weather Forecasting
Weaving
Whistles and Flutes
Wind Harps
Wine Making
Winter Sculpture

Volume 23: Wire Sculptures to Zoetrope Toys

Wire Sculptures
Wok Cookery
Wood Assemblages
Woven Tapestries
Wrapped and Coiled Work
Wycinanki
Yarn Toys
Yarn Painting
Yo-Yos
Zoetrope Toys

Volume 24: Index

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