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Tilda Homemade & Happy

Tone Finnanger · David & Charles
Format: Print book

Stunning new Tilda designs from Tone Finnanger - Homemade and Happy is a gorgeous collection of inspirational home accessories including quilts, cushions and decorative items to make the Holiday season even more special.This book features more pretty practical designs such as an irresistible...
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Farm Animals

Robyn Hardyman · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

How can you raise farm animals without acres of land? This childrens title has the answer, showing readers how to mountain-fold and valley-fold a cow, horse, sheep, goat, pig, chicken, and other livestock. Animal herds and flocks can form with additional paper and repeated folding.
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Kitchen Lithography: Hand Printing at Home: From Buttons and Bags to Postcards and Pillowcases

Laura Sofie Hantke · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback

When printmakers Laura Sofie Hantke and Lucas Grassmann graduated from university, they found themselves without the luxury of a professional print studio. In their search for an easy technique they could implement in their own home, they came across French artist émilie Aizier-Brouard's...
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The Spirit of Bead Embroidery

Heidi Kummli · Kalmbach Books
Pages: 111
Format: Paperback

Discover the many layers of bead embroidery. Through 14 astonishingly beautiful projects, including one from Sherry Serafini and one from Margie Deeb, Heidi Kummli guides beaders to a greater understanding of how to infuse their jewelry with deeper meaning. From animal totems, to the four...
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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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Everyday Confetti: Your Year-Round Guide to Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions

Karen Ehman · Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group ,
Pages: 182
Format: Print book

A fun and practical resource for women who want creative ideas and recipes to celebrate everything from Christmas and Thanksgiving to birthdays and life's milestones.
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Farm animals

Robyn Hardyman · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to make origami farm animals. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Sock Yarn Studio: Hats, Garments, and Other Projects Designed for Sock Yarn

Carol J. Sulcoski · Lark Crafts; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Knitting socks and knitting with hand-painted yarns are two hot trends. But what are knitters to do with leftover sock yarn? Or when they burn out on knitting socks? Sock Yarn Studio comes to the rescue with a delightful mix of projects--from one-skein hats, mittens, and scarves to multi-skein...
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Cattastic Crafts: DIY Project for Cats and Cat People

Mariko Ishikawa · Zakka Workshop
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

Cat-Tactic Crafts contains over 30 amusing and easy craft projects to make for cats and cat people. Build your cat the condo of his dreams, complete with scratching posts and canopies. Drive your kitty mad with delight with a handcrafted teaser on a string. Or sew your feline a one-of-a-kind...
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Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations

Joel Henriques · Roost Books
Format: Paperback

Delight young children and encourage play through unique handmade toys. From sewn and stuffed musical instruments to interlocking paper building blocks and wooden animal figurines, the projects in this book are meant to encourage open-ended play. Organized by kid-loving subjects, the toys...
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Woven Scarves: 26 Inspired Designs for the Rigid Heddle Loom

Jane Patrick · Interweave Press
Pages: 159
Format: Paperback

Explore and practice weaving techniques for fabulous scarves!Woven Scarves offers a collection of twenty-six scarves and variations that range in difficulty from advanced beginner to very complex. In highly approachable ways, authors Jane Patrick and Stephanie Flynn Sokolov introduce new weavers...
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Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books

Leah Price · Yale University Press
Format: Print book

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object—whether pristine collectible or battered relic—is growing as well. Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books spotlights the personal libraries of thirteen favorite...
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Ice Box Crochet

Wai Yee Ng · Leisure Arts, Inc.; Lslf edition
Format: Print book

In the tradition of amigurumi the Japanese art of miniature crochet creations Ice Box Crochet presents a tiny vintage refrigerator and lots of faux food items and dishes to fill it Great for using scrap yarn these faux foods make fun toys as well as cute home decorations and refrigerator...
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Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art

Helen Hiebert · Quarry Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Explore the world of paper crafts with this inspiring book! This guide begins with a section that covers everything about paper, including cool tools, folding and cutting basics, and fasteners and glues. The next section is filled with 20 fun-filled projects, including:- One-sheet books-...
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Wise Craft Quilts: A Guide to Turning Beloved Fabrics into Meaningful Patchwork

Blair Stocker · Roost Books
Pages: 173
Format: Hardcover

Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts.In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here...
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