The book

My first book, Material World: The Modern Craft Bible, is now available to buy from Amazon and, hopefully, your local bookshop. I really, really hope you like it.

Here’s some stuff that other (very lovely) people are saying about it:

• “You’ll want to make everything in this book,” Stylist (featured in The Style List)

• “This is an ace book,’ The Guardian (featured in Buy of the Day)

• “Perri Lewis brings the world of craft into the 21^st  Century,” Red magazine (featured in Best Coffee Table Books)

• “Ms Lewis is a craft queen and journalist extraordinaire,” The Huffington Post

• Books we love, in Real Homes magazine

• “This is a really good first step into the world of modern crafting,’ Lily’s Quilt.

• “Material World: The Modern Craft Bible is no ordinary craft book,’ Brighton Sew

• “Crafty Bookshelf Essential,” Jacqui Pearce of Pearl and Earl

• “If I’d had a copy of Material World 10 years ago I wouldn’t have needed to buy a whole shelf full of other books!” Planet Penny

• “All the projects are actually useful things that you would want to make!,” says Penny Blog

• “A must-have book for anyone interested in crafting,” the London Jewellery School

• “Perri brings crafting firmly into the 21st century,” Handmaids blog

• “If you’re a keen crafter (or want to be), this book really will be your bible,” Rarely Wears Lipstick

• “This book reads like the state of craft in the twenty-first century,” Shoestring Splendour

• “This is a pretty unique craft book,” The Sewing Directory

Over the next few months I’ll be blogging about the 120+ experts who are involved in the book, as well as behind-the-scenes snaps and other such shizzle. Here’s a handy list of all the posts I’ve done so far.

Meet the experts

• Applique: Jan Constantine, Chloe Owens, Michelle Duxbury and Poppy Treffry

• Artists: Grayson Perry, Rob Ryna, Kate Jenkins and Tracey Emine

• Creativity: Emma Bridgewater and Donna Wilson

• Cross stitch: Mr X Stitch, Jessica Aldred and Jacqui Pearce

• Eco craft: Ruth Singer, Ellie Langley and Kelly Rand

• Feminism and craft: Debbie Stoller

• Jewellery: Tatty Devine, Lara Bohinc, Sinead Koehler and Amity Roach

• Leather work: The Cambridge Satchel company, Nat Thakur, Zoe Larkins, Nneka Onyenakala and Tovi Sorga

• Legends: Kaffe Fassett, Emily Peacock, Rachael Matthews, Amy Butler and Dawn Bibby

• Making money: Lisa Stickley, Etsy, Not on The Highstreet, Victoria Woodcock, the Make Lounge, Lisa Lam, the Papered Parlour

• Men who make: Ben Venom, John-Paul Flintoff and Phil Davidson

• Millinery: Philip Treacy, Katherine Elizabeth, Kate Underdown and Piers Atkinson

• Porno craft: Ferret, Bee Franck and Alaina Varrone

The Pinterest boards

• The art board

• The XXX craft board (craft porn by any other name)

• The guerrilla knitting board

• The craftastophe board

• The super fan board

• The craftivism board

Behind the scenes

• Making millinery

• Making the cover

• The illustrations

• The photo shoot

• The book launch at Homemade London

• The craft cat