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Sunday Sews
Sunday Sews

Theresa Gonzalez · Chronicle Books
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

Sunday Sews presents 20 irresistible designs that can be sewn on a weekend and enjoyed for a lifetime. Featuring minimalist style and unfussy lightweight fabrics, they are as functional as they are chic. Think drapey shift dresses, flattering tunics and skirts, tanks and tops perfect for layering,...
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Crazy Quilts: A Beginner's Guide
Crazy Quilts: A Beginner's Guide

Betty Fikes Pillsbury · Ohio University Press
Pages: 155
Format: Print book

Textile artist and instructor Betty Fikes Pillsbury has won hundreds of awards for her homages to the elegance of Victorian crazy quilting. Grounded in traditional methods but crafted with elements of whimsy, each piece stands on its own as a work of art. In this definitive guide, Pillsbury...
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Customize Your Crochet: Adjust to fit; embellish to taste
Customize Your Crochet: Adjust to fit; embellish to taste

Margaret Hubert · Creative Publishing International
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Take charge of the fit and details of your crocheted garments, with guidance from needle art designer Margaret Hubert!Designers have to create crochet patterns in standard sizes, but very few people's bodies actually match up to those "average" measurements. Customize Your...
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Micro Macramé Basics & Beyond: Knotted Jewelry with Beads
Micro Macramé Basics & Beyond: Knotted Jewelry with Beads

Raquel Cruz · Kalmbach Books
Format: Print book

Micro macramé is the technique of making tiny knots with cords that are much thinner than those used in the traditional macramé art of the 60s and 70s. With 15 projects, this book turns any novice jewelry maker into a master of this emerging technique. Many of the projects are bracelets,...
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The Ultimate Guide to Sea Glass: Finding, Collecting, Identifying, and Using the Ocean's Most Beautiful Stones
The Ultimate Guide to Sea Glass: Finding, Collecting, Identifying, and Using the Ocean's Most Beautiful Stones

Mary Beth Beuke · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

As the owner of one of the world's most elaborate sea glass collections, Mary Beth Beuke gets to talk about these prized ocean gems on a daily basis. Unfortunately, with each passing day, sea glass becomes more and more difficult to find, making the hunt more of a challenge to the seeker—especially...
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Naturally Bug-Free: 67 Nontoxic Recipes for Repelling Mosquitoes, Ticks, Fleas, Ants, Moths & Other Pesky Insects
Naturally Bug-Free: 67 Nontoxic Recipes for Repelling Mosquitoes, Ticks, Fleas, Ants, Moths & Other Pesky Insects

Stephanie L. Tourles · Storey Publishing
Pages: 175
Format: Print book

Protect yourself, your children, your pets, and your home from bugs - without using harsh or toxic chemicals! Herbalist Stephanie Tourles offers 75 simple recipes for safe, effective bug repellents you can make at home from all-natural ingredients. For protection from mosquitos, ticks,...
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Uber Origami: Every Origami Project Ever!
Uber Origami: Every Origami Project Ever!

Duy Nguyen · Sterling Innovation
Format: Paperback

This is the top, the cream of the crop, the ultimate origami collection against which all others will be judged! With over 125 projectsfrom animals to cars, dinosaurs to Elvisif it can be folded, Ãœber Origami has it.Gathered from the most popular books by the ingenious origami expert Duy Nguyen,...
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Inspired You: Breathing New Life into Your Heart and Home
Inspired You: Breathing New Life into Your Heart and Home

Miss Mustard Seed · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Some girls get giddy over a new pair of shoes. Marian Parsons gets giddy over room makeovers. With a lot of ingenuity, a little bit of effort, and a tight budget, she has transformed her home into a beautiful space and filled her heart with a lot more contentment. Thousands have found inspiration...
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Miller's Arts and Crafts
Miller's Arts and Crafts

Judith Miller · Mitchell Beazley; Gift edition
Format: Hardcover

Arts & Crafts is one of the most influential design movements of all time, beginning in the late 19th century and still being explored by designers today. The Arts & Crafts ethos - rejecting mass production and industrialization in favour of individualism, simplicity, honest craftsmanship,...
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The Extraordinary Projects Bible: Duct Tape Tote Bags, Homemade Rockets, and Other Awesome Projects Anyone Can Make
The Extraordinary Projects Bible: Duct Tape Tote Bags, Homemade Rockets, and Other Awesome Projects Anyone Can Make

Instructables.com · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Continuing the Instructables series with Skyhorse Publishing, a mammoth collection of projects has been selected and curated for this special best-of volume of Instructables. The guides in this book cover the entire spectrum of possibilities that the popular website has to offer, showcasing...
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Vogue® Knitting: The Ultimate Hat Book: History * Technique * Design
Vogue® Knitting: The Ultimate Hat Book: History * Technique * Design

Vogue Knitting Magazine · Sixth&Spring Books
Format: Book

Vogue® Knitting presents a comprehensive overview of an enduring knitters' favorite and essential fashion accessory: hats. It covers everything from global traditions and classic styles to key techniques, blocking to achieve the best shape, design advice, and 50 remarkable patterns...
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Tatted Lace Accessories
Tatted Lace Accessories

Donatella Ciotti · Search Press(UK)
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

In her latest book, Donatella Ciotti teaches the reader how to make tatted lace, also known as "frivolité" - a durable yet delicate form of lace constructed using a series of knots and loops. Although it has been a traditional craft for centuries, Donatella's step-by-step instructions...
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Every Dog's Legal Guide: A Must-have Book for Your Owner
Every Dog's Legal Guide: A Must-have Book for Your Owner

Mary Randolph · NOLO; 6th edition
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to keep your pooch (or the neighbor's) on a legal leash! America's estimated 50 million dogs are governed by many things: the stomach, the nose and the law -- laws that you as a dog owner, or as the neighbor of a dog, need to know. Every Dog's Legal Guide...
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Street Rider's Guide: Street Strategies for Motorcyclists
Street Rider's Guide: Street Strategies for Motorcyclists

David L. Hough · i5 Press; 2nd Edition edition
Format: Book

A completely revised and updated edition of David Hough’s successful book Street Strategies, the all-new Street Rider’s Guide spells out safety tactics for motorcycle riders looking to get the most out of their favorite hobby…for as long as possible. Covering topics from...
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