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Quilled Mandalas: 30 Paper Projects for Creativity and Relaxation

Alli Bartkowski · Lark
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Two hot trends - paper quilling and mandala-themed crafting - come together in 30 new projects from the co-owner of the popular company, Quilled Creations. Alli Bartkowski explains the basic tools and techniques of quilling, from curling and crimping the paper to forming scrolls, strips,...
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The Collectors Encyclopedia of Flow Blue China

Mary Frank Gaston · Collector Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

With well over 400 photos illustrating many of the popular patterns as well as different types of objects are featured along with marks of over 160 English and non-English manufacturers, this volume presents a full-color survey of this topic. The separate Price Guide reflects the current...
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Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat

Jackson Galaxy · Penguin Books
Pages: 291
Format: Book

A New York Times bestseller! The star of Animal Planet's hit television series My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, shows cat owners everywhere how to make their homes both cat-friendly and chic.Cat owners know the struggles of creating living spaces that are both functional and stylish for owner...
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Perfectly Feminine Knits: 25 Distinctive Designs

Lene Holme Samsoe · Interweave
Format: Print book

Distinctively modern, perfectly feminine knitting designs.Knitters will delight in patterns that effortlessly combine a thoroughly modern sophistication with a certain delicate femininity. Author Lene Holme Samsøe explores striking shapes, refined details, and lovely textures in a collection...
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Being the Change: How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution

PETER KALMUS · New Society Publishers
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome.We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, global warming worsens.Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father...
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Crafting the Resistance: 35 Projects for Craftivists, Protestors, and Women Who Persist

Heather Marano · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Knit, sew, and craft your way to self-empowerment. Are you a Nasty Woman ready to smash the patriarchy with a needle and thread? Proudly proclaim your feminism with your very own DIY Bleeding Heart T-shirt? Or stage a protest with the rest of the girls, wearing knitted Pussyhats? Be part...
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Girl with a Sewing Machine: The no-fuss guide to making and adapting your own clothes

JENNIFFER TAYLOR · Search Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Create your own unique clothes to fit your personality and your shape.This stylish, instructive book from The Great British Sewing Bee's Jenniffer Taylor shows you how to make and adapt your own clothes in a simple, no-fuss way. Using Jenniffer's fun and imaginative ideas, this...
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Petretti's Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide (Petretti's Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide: The Encyclopedia)

Allan Petretti · Krause Publications; 12 edition
Format: Kindle Edition

Chapter by colorful chapter of Coca-Cola calendars, serving trays, bottles, signs, vintage advertisements, toys, coolers, dispensers and countless other items representing the foremost name in soda pop collectibles await you, in this new edition of the superior Coca-Cola collectibles identification...
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Floral Knits: 25 Contemporary Flower-Inspired Designs

Martin Storey · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Book

Inspired by lush garden flowers here are 25 gorgeous knitted garments and accessories from top Rowan designer Martin Storey. The projects offer a mix of designs, some with applied flowers and others with floral designs knitted into them, others with the designs embroidered on top. The wearables...
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Crochet the Perfect Gift: Designs Just Right for Giving and Ideas for Every Occasion

Kat Goldin · Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Print book

Perhaps the only thing better than receiving a great present is giving one. And what could be more rewarding than creating the "perfect" gift with your very own hands?Kat Goldin's delightfully inspiring book provides dozens of fabulous, modern crochet designs. Within its pages...
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Faux Taxidermy Knits: 15 Wild Animal Knitting Patterns

Louise Walker · David & Charles
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

Faux taxidermy is the hottest trend in craft and now you can knit your own animal heads and tiger rugs without any animals being injured! This fun and contemporary debut book from knitting fanatic, Louise Walker, teaches you how to make your very own wild knits with an ironic twist. Faux...
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Mice: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual

Horst Bielfeld · Barrons Educational Series Inc; 1st English language ed edition
Format: Paperback

MICE A COMPLETE PET OWNER'S MANUALExperts answer your questions about pet care: feeding, behavior, health, breeding and much more. Up-to-date and informative,...
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Vintage Quilt Revival: 22 Modern Designs from Classic Blocks

Katie Clark Blakesley · Interweave; Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Paperback

Vintage Quilt Revival is a resource for quilters of any age or style who love to use todays modern colors and fabrics. With fresh quilt layouts, detailed instructions on foundation piecing, and a wide variety of traditional blocks and modern projects, Vintage Quilt Revival is at the forefront...
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Hand-Printing Studio: 15 Projects to Color Your Life A Visual Guide to Printing on Almost Anything

Betsy Olmsted · C&T Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Fabric, glass, wood, metal, humans . . . print on almost anything! Try your hand at DIY printing with 15 colorful projects, from a galvanized planter and curtains to a coffee table. Make over nearly any surface with block printing, silk screen, and disperse dye transfer with this complete...
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