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Duct Tape Bags: 40 Projects for Totes, Clutches, Messenger Bags, and Bowlers
Duct Tape Bags: 40 Projects for Totes, Clutches, Messenger Bags, and Bowlers

Richela Fabian Morgan · Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

What if a designer handbag were as easy to craft as a duct tape wallet? Now it is with this easy-to-follow guide to making 40 handbags so fashionable, you won't actually believe they're made of duct-tape. Part art-piece, part usable accessory, Richela Fabian Morgan shows how each of these...
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Judith Baker Montano's Essential Stitch Guide: A Source Book of inspiration - The Best of Elegant Stitches & Floral Stitches
Judith Baker Montano's Essential Stitch Guide: A Source Book of inspiration - The Best of Elegant Stitches & Floral Stitches

Judith Baker Montano · C&T Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Globally recognized needlework expert and best-selling author Judith Baker Montano shares 180 stitches and 70 combinations in this must-have stitch guide featuring the best from Elegant Stitches and Floral Stitches. With even more traditional embroidery stitches, silk ribbon stitches, and crazy...
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Build Your Own Drone Manual: The practical guide to safely building, operating and maintaining an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Build Your Own Drone Manual: The practical guide to safely building, operating and maintaining an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Alex Elliott
Format: Print book

Build Your Own Drone Manual provides practical advice and step-by-step procedures to enable the reader to build a basic, affordable, DIY drone. Suggested designs for two drones will included - both fixed wing and multiple-rotary wing.
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DIY Chalkboard Crafts: From Silhouette Art to Spice Jars, More Than 50 Crafty and Creative Chalkboard-Paint Ideas
DIY Chalkboard Crafts: From Silhouette Art to Spice Jars, More Than 50 Crafty and Creative Chalkboard-Paint Ideas

Lizette Schapekahm · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 159
Format: Paperback

The chalkboard isn't just for the classroom anymore!With DIY Chalkboard Crafts, you'll find everything you need to create one-of-a-kind accessories, decorations, and gifts using the latest home decor trend. This fun and original collection features 50 imaginative crafts that you can create...
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Global Style Jewelry: Inspiration and Instruction for 25 Exotic Beaded Jewelry Projects
Global Style Jewelry: Inspiration and Instruction for 25 Exotic Beaded Jewelry Projects

Anne Potter · Interweave
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

Around the World in 25 Designs! Travel-loving jewelry designer Anne Potter takes you on a world tour of some of the most interesting and inspiring places in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Follow along with her as she explores the people, art, architecture, and culture of each...
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Mad about buttons : fifty creative craft projects using buttons
Mad about buttons : fifty creative craft projects using buttons

Alice Vinten · New Holland Pub Pty Ltd
Format: Print book

"Enjoy the art of button craft with 50 creative projects in this step by step guide. The book includes a wide variety of crafting skills and techniques that range from simple projects for kids through to impressive home accessories for the craft enthusiast."--Back cover.
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Malden
Malden

Malden Historical Society (Malden · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 127
Format: Print book

By the turn of the 20th century, Malden had become a fairly large city and was home to wealthy families, immigrants, and workers. Farms disappeared as factories and businesses of all types and sizes grew. Elisha Converse, the citys first mayor and founder of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company,...
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Make It, Own It, Love It: The Essential Guide to Sewing, Altering and Customizing
Make It, Own It, Love It: The Essential Guide to Sewing, Altering and Customizing

Matt Chapple · Jacqui Small
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Matt Chapple, the UK's top amateur stitcher and winner of the BBC's Great British Sewing Bee 2015, shares everything you need to know about repairing and maintaining your attire. Focusing on making sewing easy and fun, the basic kit is explained and followed by step-by-step instructions...
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Modern Machine Embroidery: 11 Projects from Pickle Pie Designs with 25 Must-Have Embroidery Motifs
Modern Machine Embroidery: 11 Projects from Pickle Pie Designs with 25 Must-Have Embroidery Motifs

Lisa Archer · Fons & Porter
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Discover The Magic of "In The Hoop" Embroidery! Go from plain to personalized with embroidery from Pickle Pie! If you are just getting started with your embroidery machine, this book offers the know-how you need to embroider like a pro and create endless embroidery style. Inside,...
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Happy Flower Quilts: 30 Colorful Quilts, Charming Bags and Cheerful Gifts
Happy Flower Quilts: 30 Colorful Quilts, Charming Bags and Cheerful Gifts

Atsuko Matsuyama · Zakka Workshop
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Happy Flower Quilts is the most colorful and cheerful collection of quilted projects around. Originally published in Japan, this book showcases master quilter and fabric designer Atsuko Matsuyama's unique ability to combine bright colors and fun prints.Packed with over 30 projects,...
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Great Little Gifts to Knit: 30 Quick and Colorful Patterns
Great Little Gifts to Knit: 30 Quick and Colorful Patterns

Jean Moss · Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Today's knitters are avid—and busy. Although they love to knit for friends and family, and enjoy trying out new patterns and stitch techniques, they're constantly faced with the challenge of finding enough time to complete their projects. Great Little Gifts to Knit solves...
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Threads Sew Smarter, Better, &  Faster: 894 Sewing Tips, Fitting Fixes, and Handy Techniques
Threads Sew Smarter, Better, & Faster: 894 Sewing Tips, Fitting Fixes, and Handy Techniques

Editors of Threads · Ingram Pub Services
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Did you know you could use washable crayon, instead of messy chalk, to mark fabric? Do you know the best way to attach a button, mark a pattern, or make a quick alteration? These insider tidbits, and many more, are revealed in Threads Sew Smarter, Better & Faster. Written by the editors,...
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The Art of Crayon: Draw, Color, Resist, Sculpt, Carve!
The Art of Crayon: Draw, Color, Resist, Sculpt, Carve!

Lorraine Bell · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Create astonishing artwork with crayons!Crayons aren't just for kids anymore!Sculptors use them whole, bundling thousands of crayons to create environmental and installation-size sculptures. Carvers pierce and reshape crayons with scalpels, turning them into mini totems, helixes, and portrait...
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Playful Home: Creative Style Ideas for Living with Kids
Playful Home: Creative Style Ideas for Living with Kids

Andrew Weaving · Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Tapping into todays trend to return to unstructured playtime and move away from over-scheduling and electronic games, Playful Home is perfectly suited to the times. Andrew Weaving celebrates the best of childhood, from his favorite games and crafts projects to the whimsical décor that...
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Stylish Weddings: 50 Simple Ideas to Make from Top Designers
Stylish Weddings: 50 Simple Ideas to Make from Top Designers

Jenny Doh · Sterling Pub Co Inc
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback

Customize your wedding, with beautiful designer-created projects. You'll find quick, simple, and stunning items to make from each top designer, including invitations, table settings, favors, decorations, and gifts for the bridal party. With six signature themes to choose from, we've...
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