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200 Crochet Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets: An Indispensible Resource of Technical Know-How and Troubleshooting Tips

Jan Eaton · St. Martin's Press; First American Edition edition
Format: Book

The basics of crochet are very quick to master, but feeling confident about how to move beyond the basics and create a stylish, professional finish for all your crochet projects is a common dilemma faced by many crocheters. Presented in an easy-to-use format arranged by topic and cross-referenced,...
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Uniquely Felt

Christine White · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 311
Format: Paperback

Feltmaking is the magical transformation of a loose pile of wool fibers into a durable, alluring nonwoven fabric. An ancient process that continues to work its wonder on modern artisans and crafters, feltmaking produces a flannel-like fabric with a tactile appeal like nothing else.How is this...
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Forgotten Ways for Modern Days: Kitchen Cures and Household Lore for a Natural Home and Garden

Rachelle Blondel · Perigee
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

A beautifully designed guide to natural beauty products, home cleaners, health remedies, and other household tips inspired by the techniques of our ancestors.Using ingredients from your kitchen cupboards, garden, and vegetable patch (or your local supermarket) , Forgotten Ways for Modern...
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Clay Lab for Kids: 52 Projects to Make, Model, and Mold With Air-Dry, Polymer, and Homemade Clay

Cassie Stephens · Quarry Books
Pages: 144
Format: Flexibound

Clay Lab for Kids, a new addition to Quarry's Lab series, focuses on kid-friendly clays--air-dry, homemade, and polymer--that are safe and easy to use at home or in the classroom; no kiln required.Nashville art teacher Cassie Stephens makes clay a focus of her classes with amazing results....
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Miller's Art Deco: Living with the Art Deco Style

Judith Miller · Mitchell Beazley
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

With its streamlined shapes and forward-looking approach, the Art Deco style still looks modern today. In the 1920s and 1930s, designers and craftsmen made innovative use of both natural and man-made materials to produce elegant pieces that broke with tradition and celebrated the future....
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Full-Figure Fashion: 24 Plus-Size Patterns for Every Day

BurdaStyle Magazine · Interweave; Spi edition
Format: Print book

Sew stylish, flattering garments with Burda patterns!BurdaStyle is a legendary brand that focuses on the fashionable, high-style, in sewing marketplace. Sewists know the BurdaStyle name and its reputation for high-quality sewing patterns. BurdaStyle Modern Sewing Full-Figure Fashion includes...
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No Patterns Needed: DIY Couture from Simple Shapes

Rosie Martin · Laurence King
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

If you want to sew your own clothes but are put off by the idea of cutting out pattern pieces covered with dotted lines and symbols, this is the book for you. Using Rosie Martin's innovative method, you begin with nothing but a rectangle, circle, or triangle of fabric and some basic...
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Modern Triangle Quilts: 70 Graphic Triangle Blocks • 11 Bold Samplers

Rebecca Bryan · C&T Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Ready to take the triangle challenge? Choose from 70 pieced modern triangle blocks and 11 quilts! Sew beautiful 3-sided blocks from pieced stripes, chevrons, curves, and more. Play with unexpected design elements, choose a winning color palette, and achieve balance and symmetry. Grab your...
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Modern Quilt Magic: 5 Parlor Tricks to Expand Your Piecing Skills - 17 Captivating Projects

Victoria Findlay Wolfe · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Grow your cache of quilter's tricks with 5 awe-inspiring patchwork techniques that are easier than you think! Learn a new piecing trick in just 15 minutes or less, and watch your skills soar to a whole new level. Say "presto!" with partial seams for both quilts and blocks, Y-seams,...
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Freehand Fashion: Learn to Sew the Perfect Wardrobe

Chinelo Bally · Pavilion Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Create beautiful clothing . . . without a pattern! In Freehand Fashion, designer Chinelo Bally reveals her sewing secrets and unique method of fabric cutting, based on a traditional Nigerian technique. Using a series of basic garment blocks, anyone can make an entire wardrobe of fashionable...
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The Salvage Sisters' Guide to Finding Style in the Street and Inspiration in the Attic

Kathleen Hackett · Artisan
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by everyday objects, the Salvage Sisters rescue more than fifty common castoffs—orphaned drawers, a hobbled couch, a broken birdbath—and cleverly transform them into style statements loaded with ingenuity, wit, and humor. Join intrepid hunters and gatherers Kathleen...
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Mini Makers: Crafty Makes to Create With Your Kids

Laura Minter · Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd.
Pages: 159
Format: Print book

You don't need to be an arty creative type to be able to enjoy crafting with your young children. Mini Makers will give you the ideas and the inspiration to experiment with an explore the hugely rewarding world of making and creating together. Paint, draw, print, cut, stick, sew and bake...
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The Natural Eclectic: A Design Aesthetic Inspired by Nature

Heather Ross · Figure.1
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

The Natural Eclectic offers a glimpse into the inspiring world of West-Coast artist, photographer and stylist Heather Ross. Through her stunning images and philosophical musings on beauty, nature and design, Heather shows how to bring a nature-inspired aesthetic to life. With the same artist's...
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How to Crochet: Techniques and Projects for the Complete Beginner

Emma Varnam · GMC Publications
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback

If you've been thinking about taking up crochet but didn't know where to start, How to Crochet is the perfect guide for the absolute beginner. This simple-to-follow project-based book takes you through the basic techniques of this fun and creative craft. You'll learn everything...
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Sundressing: Sew 21 Easy, Breezy Dresses for Women and Girls

Melissa Mora · Fons & Porter L C
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Create 21 fun, feminine looks that capture the essence of summer!Sundressing is a sensibility played out at barbecues and on vacations and in days without a plan. It's the slip dress you pull over a swimsuit at the pool and the frock you layer over leggings while dreaming of warmer days....
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