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Happy quilts! : 10 fun kid-themed quilts and coordinating soft toys

Antonie Alexander · Fons & Porter
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Cheerful, adorable crafts that kids will love Childhood is supposed to be magical. Instead of generic bedding, add some whimsy to children's bedrooms with fanciful quilts and huggable pals that looks like they jumped right off the fabric. From playful puppies to retro robots, this fanciful...
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Block-Buster Quilts - I Love Nine Patches: 16 Quilts from an All-Time Favorite Block

Karen M Burns · That Patchwork Place
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

The timeless Nine Patch block has been reimagined by today's top designers. Discover what you can do with a classic block--this perennial favorite is more versatile than you've ever imagined! Scrappy, traditional, or modern, you'll find a Nine Patch design that's perfect...
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Handmade Soap Book, Updated 2nd Edition

Melinda Coss · IMM Lifestyle Books 2016.
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

In a world filled with pollution and chemicals, this book shows you how to create your own soaps and bathtime luxuries using only natural ingredients and very little specialist equipment. Create the perfect gift for family and friends, kids and grown-ups.This book features a huge range...
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Self-Sufficiency: Natural Household Cleaning: Making Your Own Eco-Savvy Cleaning Products

Rachelle Strauss · IMM Lifestyle
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Green cleaning is becoming increasingly popular, as eco-savvy consumers strive to do their bit for the environment. Most conventional shop-bought cleaning products are packed full of chemicals, many of which are harmful to the environment and your health, let alone your wallet. You may be pleasantly...
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

Roy Diblik · Timber Press, 2014.
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they?

The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden...

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Wise Craft: Turning Thrift Store Finds, Fabric Scraps, and Natural Objects Into Stuff You Love

Blair Stocker · Running Press Book Publishers
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Wise Craft is a guide to the homemade life, turning old things into special new objects that enhance the home. Based on the popular blog of the same name, this guide focuses on creating a homemade atmosphere that reflects your family, without spending a fortune. Instead of throwing away...
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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 Drone Pilot's Handbook: The knowledge, the skills, the rules

Adam Juniper · Ilex Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Flying multicopter drones - quadcopters, hexacopters and others like them - is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the world, with millions now enjoying the challenges of unmanned flight. Whether you've never flown before - or if you've already experienced the fun of a toy 'copter...
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The Very Easy Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine

Wendy Gardiner · Search Press
Format: Paperback

Thousands of people buy a basic sewing machine and never get it out of its box, lacking the confidence to get started and daunted by off-putting manuals, compiled by manufacturers rather than people who actually sew. This book is for them.Sewing machine guru and popular author, Wendy Gardiner,...
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Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees

Ann Ralph · Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Print book

Grow your own apples, plums, cherries, and peaches in even the smallest backyard! Expert pruner Ann Ralph reveals a simple yet revolutionary secret that keeps an ordinary fruit tree much smaller than normal. These great little trees take up less space, require less care, offer easy harvest,...
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Knit Wear Love: Foolproof Instructions for Knitting Your Best-Fitting Sweaters Ever in the Styles You Love to Wear

Amy Herzog · Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

In this follow-up to Knit to Flatter, author Amy Herzog is back with more real-talk for knitters. In Knit Wear Love, she guides us through picking a base pattern that not only works for our inherent shape, but also suits our size and style - all with the skill of a top-notch teacher and designer...
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Make Your Own Jigs & Woodshop Furniture

Jeff Greef · Popular Woodworking Books
Pages: 135
Format: Hardcover

A whole shopful of innovative jigs and fixtures that explode the potential of the woodworker's basic power tools.
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The Life of the Automobile: The Complete History of the Motor Car

Steven Parissien · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

The Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car.The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent...
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Parent Hacks: 134 Genius Shortcuts for Life with Kids

Asha Dornfest · Workman
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Drawing from the award-winning website ParentHacks.com, here are 134 ingenious ideas for simplifying life with kids.

A parent hack can be as simple as putting the ketchup under the hot dog, minimizing the mess. Or strapping baby into a forward-facing carrier when you need...

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Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2015: America's Most Authoritative Antiques Annual!

Terry Kovel · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 47 edition
Format: Book

The 47th edition of the leading price guide includes 35,000 listings and more than 2,500 full-color photographs.Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide is the most thorough, colorful, and complete price guide available, from the most trusted, well-known name writing on the subject...
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