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The Hero's Closet: Sewing for Cosplay and Costuming

Gillian Conahan · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Cosplayers rejoice! The Hero's Closet is the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes This essential handbook offers detailed, step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing...
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Fabric Printing at Home: Quick and Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce and Found Objects - Includes Print Blocks, Textures, Stencils, Resists, and More

Julie B. Booth · Quarry Books
Format: Book

You don't have to be a fashion designer to create your own amazing fabrics! Fabric Printing at Home will show you how to print your own custom fabrics using everyday items from the kitchen and around the house! With tons of color photos, step-by-step instructions, and helpful hints,...
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The Unofficial Guide to Crafting the World of Harry Potter: 30 Magical Crafts for Muggles, Witches, and Wizards Alike

Jamie Harrington · Adams Media
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback

Charming crafts even Muggles can make! You won't need alchemy or a magic wand to make these magical projects inspired by the world of Harry Potter. With a little Hogwarts creativity and the step-by-step guidance of this spellbinding book, you'll be able to transfigurate simple supplies...
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Acrylic Expressions: Painting Authentic Themes and Creating Your Visual Vocabulary

Staci Swider · North Light Books
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

Create artwork that is a reflection of you! Your artwork is your voice, as unique as your fingerprints, and Acrylic Expressions shows you to how to paint and express your authentic self. Learn to create a consistent and individualized body of work through workshop-style instruction and creative...
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Construction Vehicles to Crochet: A Dozen Chunky Trucks and Mechanical Marvels Straight from the Building Site

Megan Kreiner · Spring House Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Get ready to crochet an entire construction site full of chunky trucks and marvelous machines! From Megan Kreiner, best-selling author and popular crochet designer, Construction Vehicles to Crochet is packed with creative projects to help your favorite construction fan play all day. Whether...
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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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Crochet: 200 Questions & Answers

Rita Taylor · Chartwell Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Got a crochet problem you can't solve? Curious to know more about a specific technique? Want to know how to achieve a range of decorative effects? Crochet 200 Questions & Answers will come to your rescue, answering 200 questions on a vast range of crochet topics.
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Playtime, Naptime, Anytime Quilts: 14 Fun Appliqué Projects

Kim Schaefer · C&T Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Colorful spaceships, magical mermaids, and jungle friends -- Kim Schaefer is back with more imaginative appliqué! The best-selling author of Quilts, Bibs, Blankies...Oh My! rolls out 19 quilts and small projects for kids and toddlers in cheerful, engaging themes. Full-size appliqué patterns...
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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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Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals: A Mixed-Media Workshop with Carla Sonheim

Carla Sonheim · Quarry Books
Format: Kindle Edition

Rediscover a more child-like approach to creating with Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals! Through fun and creative exercises, Carla Sonheim teaches you to draw a variety of fun animals and creatures, including:Dogs - Birds - Elephants - Fish - Cats - Rabbits - Fluffalumps - and many...
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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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Supercraft

Dk. · DK
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback

52 creative craft and sewing projects easy enough to complete in just one weekend, designed to keep crafters busy all year long.Supercraft is packed with DIY craft and sewing projects that use everyday materials and innovative techniques so you can upcycle your way to creating something...
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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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Monster Hats: 15 Scary Head-Warmers to Knit

Vanessa Mooncie · Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

These hats certainly make a statement and that statement is "Rawwwwwwwr!" Not for the faint-hearted, these beautifully designed knitted hats will keep you cozy while turning some heads. Hopefully not right around. Fun and vibrant, they are just the thing for getting you noticed...
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