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Crafty Dolls
Crafty Dolls

Jane Bull · DK
Format: Hardcover

With a few hours and simple materials, even beginner crafters can make darling dolls with Jane Bull's help. In Crafty Dolls, Jane offers up original designs for dolls of all kinds that can be customized in hundreds of different ways. The Lottie Doll, a simple rag doll, can be adapted,...
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A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style
A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style

Lisa Cox · Fons & Porter
Pages: 127
Format: Print book

Treat yourself to 20 sweet and original craft projects!If you love crafting but find yourself short on time, all you need is A Spoonful of Sugar!Lisa Cox, the talented designer behind A Spoonful of Sugar Designs, offers twenty fun yet functional projects to decorate your bedroom, kitchen,...
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How to Show & Sell Your Crafts: How to Build Your Craft Business at Home, Online, and in the Marketplace
How to Show & Sell Your Crafts: How to Build Your Craft Business at Home, Online, and in the Marketplace

Torie Jayne · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

For crafters who want to take their craft to a new entrepreneurial level, this book is the perfect guide. Using highly-visual, step-by-step tutorials, How to Show & Sell Your Crafts is packed with helpful branding, selling, and merchandising tips that no serious crafter should be without....
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Idiot's Guides: Crochet
Idiot's Guides: Crochet

June Gilbank · Alpha
Format: Print book

Tailored for the complete crocheting novice, Idiot's Guides: Crochet is a fun, charming guide to learning the basic stitches and techniques. Photographed in a film-strip style, the dozens of full-color photographs and instructions allow the reader to clearly see how each stitch is executed....
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Classic Wristwatches 2014-2015: The Price Guide for Vintage Watch Collectors
Classic Wristwatches 2014-2015: The Price Guide for Vintage Watch Collectors

Stefan Muser · Abbeville Press; Tra edition
Format: Paperback

A price guide to vintage mechanical watches from more than 40 historically significant brands. Illustrated in full color.Now in its third edition, Classic Wristwatches is an attractive and easy-to-use resource for information on vintage watches, that is, watches no longer in current production....
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Beading: Techniques and Projects to Build a Lifelong Passion For Beginners Up
Beading: Techniques and Projects to Build a Lifelong Passion For Beginners Up

Jean Power · Barron'S
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Can't get to a class or workshop that's close to home or work? No worries. This skill-building beading book let you learn at your own pace, wherever and whenever you have the time. For beginners and improvers, it's a passport to successful learning. Includes:Hundreds of detailed...
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Crazy for Crochet: 70 Projects You'll Love to Make: Hats, Slippers, Sweaters, Bags, Pillows, Blankets, Potholders, and More
Crazy for Crochet: 70 Projects You'll Love to Make: Hats, Slippers, Sweaters, Bags, Pillows, Blankets, Potholders, and More

Lilly Secilie Brandal · Trafalgar Square Pub
Pages: 168
Format: Print book

A crochet hook and a few colorful balls of yarn are all you need to conjure up the prettiest accessories and loveliest garments - for adults and children, house and home, from easy to challenging. Everything you need to get started is right here: clear, detailed guidance through the basics...
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Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies: 101 Projects for Infants & Toddlers
Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies: 101 Projects for Infants & Toddlers

Judith Durant · Storey Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Irresistible! This collection of 101 projects makes it easy and fun to crochet adorable clothes, toys, and accessories for the babies and toddlers you love. Each project uses just one skein of yarn, many take just a few hours to complete, and plenty are suitable for beginners. Hats and caps,...
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Gifts in Jars: Homemade Cookie Mixes, Soup Mixes, Candles, Lotions, Teas, and More!
Gifts in Jars: Homemade Cookie Mixes, Soup Mixes, Candles, Lotions, Teas, and More!

Natalie Wise · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 132
Format: Print book

Learn to make dozens of unique gifts packaged perfectly in glass jars of various shapes and sizes. Do you have an aspiring gardener on your list? Make a "plant bomb" jar with your favorite flower seeds or an adorable terrarium featuring easy-to-grow air plants. Headed to a bridal...
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Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree: Stockings, Ornaments, Garlands, and More
Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree: Stockings, Ornaments, Garlands, and More

Edie Eckman · Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Book

Christmas stockings, ornaments, and more -- this is every crocheter's must-have holiday project book! Beginners will love Edie Eckman's useful technique tutorial, and experienced crafters will want to jump right in and start one of these 20 exciting projects. The book includes eight...
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Little Needle-Felt Animals: 30 Cute and Easy-to-Make Friends
Little Needle-Felt Animals: 30 Cute and Easy-to-Make Friends

Gretel Parker · Harper Design
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

it's so simple! get crafting and create your very own adorable needle-felt zoo.Cute kittens, delightful dachshunds, fabulous foxes, and lovely lions are easy and fun to make when you know how to needle-felt.Needle-felting is a great craft for beginners and the simplest way to create...
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Knooking: Knitting with a Crochet Hook
Knooking: Knitting with a Crochet Hook

Veronika Hug · Search Press
Format: Print book

Knooking is the quick and simple, new technique that uses a crochet hook to create a mesh-like structure with yarn that resembles a knitted fabric. Fun to do, knooking can be used to make almost anything you can think of. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions will guide you through...
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Duct Tape Bags: 40 Projects for Totes, Clutches, Messenger Bags, and Bowlers
Duct Tape Bags: 40 Projects for Totes, Clutches, Messenger Bags, and Bowlers

Richela Fabian Morgan · Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

What if a designer handbag were as easy to craft as a duct tape wallet? Now it is with this easy-to-follow guide to making 40 handbags so fashionable, you won't actually believe they're made of duct-tape. Part art-piece, part usable accessory, Richela Fabian Morgan shows how each of these...
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101 Kids Activities That Are the Bestest, Funnest Ever!: The Entertainment Solution for Parents, Relatives & Babysitters!
101 Kids Activities That Are the Bestest, Funnest Ever!: The Entertainment Solution for Parents, Relatives & Babysitters!

Holly Homer · Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Never again will you hear the all too common call of, I'm bored! with this kid pleaser for many ages. Whether your kid is 3, 5 or 12 years old it's hard to keep them entertained all day, or even for a few hours. But now, when they ask to watch television because they're bored,...
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The ultimate guide to dog training : puppy training to advanced techniques plus 25 problem behaviors solved!
The ultimate guide to dog training : puppy training to advanced techniques plus 25 problem behaviors solved!

Teoti Anderson · I-5 Press
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

Dogs inherit a set of species-specific behaviors that oftentimes clash with how we want them to behave in our houses and in our lives. Training your dog means you give him the tools to understand what behaviors are acceptable. Anderson shows you easy and reliable ways to train a well-mannered...
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