Winter Celebrations is a celebration of the festive season through craft, featuring a beautiful collections of over 30 decorations and gifts that draw upon Arounna Khounnoraj's natural aesthetic.

From christmas decorations, advent calendars to handmade tablescapes for family gatherings - get ready to hunker down and make yourself a handmade Christmas.

In this ultimate maker's guide to the festive season, Arounna will cover a variety of different crafts from embroidery, block printing, sewing and pottery, through the projects learn how to make your own wrapping paper, paper garlands and more.

Designed with sustainability in mind, the projects will teach you how to think innovatively and reusing whatever materials you might have to hand, including found and natural objects. There will also be an emphasis on techniques that don't require a lot of tools or equipment as well as projects that can be achieved in a short amount of time.

All the projects include stunning lifestyle photography and clear step-by-step instructions, making this a book accessible for all.

Winter Celebrations will inspire readers to create decorations that they can reuse each year as they learn to embrace a more handmade approach to the festive season.

About the Author
Arounna Khounnoraj is a Canadian artist and maker based in Toronto, where she emigrated with her family from Laos at the age of four. While her education includes a Masters in fine arts, it was through subsequent residencies that she found her current focus in fibre arts. In 2002 she started Bookhou, a multi-disciplinary studio with her husband John Booth, together they explore a variety of printing and embroidery techniques through making utilitarian objects such as bags, home goods and textiles. She has previously published Punch Needle (2019), Visible Mending (2020), and Embroidery (2022) with Quadrille.


Book Information
ISBN 9781837830664
Author Arounna Khounnoraj
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Publisher Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 830g