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Epic Cosplay Costumes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making and Sewing Your Own Costume Designs
Epic Cosplay Costumes: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making and Sewing Your Own Costume Designs

Kristie Good · Fons & Porter L C
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

The Ultimate Guide to Cosplay, Costumes and Conventions! Presented in a kitschy, comic-book style, Epic Cosplay Costumes combines fantabulous illustrations with all the how-to information you need for creating your own cosplay designs. Award-winning artist Kristie Good (aka Karmada) shares...
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A Place Called Home: Creating Beautiful Spaces to Call Your Own
A Place Called Home: Creating Beautiful Spaces to Call Your Own

Jason Grant · Hardie Grant Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Let acclaimed stylist and blogger Jason Grant show you how to become your own stylist and transform your house into a beautiful home. Jason Grant doesn’t believe in creating perfect homes. Instead, he encourages people to create a space that says something about who they are and their...
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Super Simple Forest Critter Crafts: Fun and Easy Animal Crafts
Super Simple Forest Critter Crafts: Fun and Easy Animal Crafts

Alex Kuskowski · Abdo Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

These fun and easy projects will get kids crafting while they learn about different forest animal habitats.
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60 Quick Luxury Knits: Easy, Elegant Projects for Every Day in the Venezia Collection from Cascade Yarns®
60 Quick Luxury Knits: Easy, Elegant Projects for Every Day in the Venezia Collection from Cascade Yarns®

Sixth & Spring Books. · Sixth & Spring Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Knit up a little luxury with Venezia, an opulent, yet well-priced, wool/silk blend from Cascade Yarn! These 60 easy, elegant designs for a wide range of accessories include a Buttoned Cable Cowl, Lacy Layered Hat, Diamond Lattice Scarf, Soutache Capelet, Smocked Belt, Geometric Mitts, and Fringed...
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Handmade for the Garden: 75 Ingenious Ways to Enhance Your Outdoor Space with DIY Tools, Pots, Supports, Embellishments, and More
Handmade for the Garden: 75 Ingenious Ways to Enhance Your Outdoor Space with DIY Tools, Pots, Supports, Embellishments, and More

Susan Guagliumi · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

The DIY craze has moved beyond the craft room and into the garden! Relying on easy-to-find, inexpensive, and repurposed materials, Handmade for the Garden is a treasure trove of original projects that not only make planting and growing efficient and successful but also add a personal touch...
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Extreme Bricks: Spectacular, Record-Breaking, and Astounding LEGO Projects from around the World
Extreme Bricks: Spectacular, Record-Breaking, and Astounding LEGO Projects from around the World

Sarah Herman · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From the Great Pyramid of Giza and Stonehenge to the Colosseum and the Taj Mahal, man has never shied away from an extreme building challenge, and the LEGO builders of the twenty-first century are no different. Whether they’re re-creating the works of ancient masters in brick form,...
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Modern Crochet: Crochet Accessories and Projects for Your Home
Modern Crochet: Crochet Accessories and Projects for Your Home

Molla Mills · Jacqui Small LLP
Format: Hardcover

Modern Crochet offers a new and exciting take on this popular craft. Clear and colourful, the book is full of ideas and inspiration for the thread and hook. The book introduces the tools and yarns you will need, then outlines basic crochet techniques, and follows with over 30 projects for you to make.
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Polymer Clay Art Jewelry: How to Make Polymer Clay Jewelry Projects Using New Techniques
Polymer Clay Art Jewelry: How to Make Polymer Clay Jewelry Projects Using New Techniques

Ilysa Ginsburg · KP Craft
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Make gorgeous polymer clay jewelry with instruction and inspiration from polymer clay designers Ilysa Ginsburg and Kira Slye. The unique and artistic techniques in Polymer Clay Art Jewelry provide new, versatile ways for creating fantastic necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more! 16 beautiful,...
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The Wreath Recipe Book: Year-Round Wreaths, Swags, and Other Decorations to Make with Seasonal Branches
The Wreath Recipe Book: Year-Round Wreaths, Swags, and Other Decorations to Make with Seasonal Branches

Alethea Harampolis · Artisan
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of the widely popular Flower Recipe Bookand in the same successful format The Wreath Recipe Book provides xCrecipesxD to make with flowering and leafy branches These arenxt just evergreens for Christmasxthe book is organized seasonally with dozens of projects to make throughout...
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Mason Jar Nation: The Jars that Changed America and 50 Clever Ways to Use Them Today
Mason Jar Nation: The Jars that Changed America and 50 Clever Ways to Use Them Today

JoAnn Moser · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Learn how to make more than 50 Mason jar projects, including luminaries, planters, and upcycled art, in this eagerly anticipated book for DIYers!Mason Jar Nation begins by exploring the Mason jar's impact on America since its 1858 patent. Prior to the jar's invention, settlers had no reliable...
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Knitting Reimagined: An Innovative Approach to Structure and Shape with 25 Breathtaking Projects
Knitting Reimagined: An Innovative Approach to Structure and Shape with 25 Breathtaking Projects

Nicky Epstein · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover

Rethink traditional knitting with this groundbreaking collection of 25 sophisticated patterns for beautiful sweaters, jackets, and accessories from one of the most influential voices in knitwear design.Award-winning author Nicky Epstein offers knitters of all skill levels adventurous, wearable...
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Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters: 70+ Designs for Blocks, Backgrounds & Borders
Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters: 70+ Designs for Blocks, Backgrounds & Borders

Angela Walters · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Print book

It's easy to plan your machine quilting -- simply open Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters and find creative inspiration on every page. User-friendly and visually exciting, the contents are first divided into three sections: Blocks, Negative Space, and Borders. Then,...
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Quick & Easy Baby Knits: 21 Cute, Comfy Projects
Quick & Easy Baby Knits: 21 Cute, Comfy Projects

Sarah E. White · Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Learn how to knit fast using heavier-weight yarns to make comfy clothes and accessories for baby boys and girls.21 projects for blankets, socks, hats, tops, bottoms, and accessoriesOriginal designs for newborns to 1-year-olds, with advice on colorsSimple stitch designs embellished with...
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Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700
Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700

George S. Cuhaj · Krause Publications; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Book

A Century of Invaluable Research! Remarkable in size, scope, and detail, the newest edition of Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th edition, remains the most complete and trusted catalog of all coins from the 17th century. Invaluable for the serious collector, this grand reference...
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Kawaii Polymer Clay Creations: 20 Super-Cute Miniature Projects
Kawaii Polymer Clay Creations: 20 Super-Cute Miniature Projects

Emily Chen · Fons & Porter
Format: Book

Learn to make super-cute polymer clay animals and food in Kawaii Polymer Clay Creations!Emily Chen teaches you how to craft twenty adorable figures from basic shapes using easy polymer clay techniques and tools. Progress from a simple bunny to an elaborate unicorn, and learn now to make...
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