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Quilled Mandalas: 30 Paper Projects for Creativity and Relaxation

Alli Bartkowski · Lark
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Two hot trends - paper quilling and mandala-themed crafting - come together in 30 new projects from the co-owner of the popular company, Quilled Creations. Alli Bartkowski explains the basic tools and techniques of quilling, from curling and crimping the paper to forming scrolls, strips,...
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The Complete Book of Floorcloths: Designs & Techniques for Painting Great-Looking Canvas Rugs

Kathy Cooper · Sterling
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

With complete instructions for a score of techniques; and with ten complete projects, each shown in colour and featuring step-by-step drawings, this book shows you how to make colourful and useful floorcloths, that can be designed to fit any decor.
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Paper Birds: 25+ Projects to Copy, Cut, and Fold

Hiroshi Hayakawa · Lark Crafts

Origami takes flight with these 25 beautiful bird projects, from a cockatiel, horned owl, and hummingbird to the exotic albatross and extinct dodo. Just photocopy the templates onto cardstock score, cut, and fold and, finally, interlock the joints to create a dimensional creature. All the projects...
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Knitting Reimagined: An Innovative Approach to Structure and Shape with 25 Breathtaking Projects

Nicky Epstein · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover

Rethink traditional knitting with this groundbreaking collection of 25 sophisticated patterns for beautiful sweaters, jackets, and accessories from one of the most influential voices in knitwear design.Award-winning author Nicky Epstein offers knitters of all skill levels adventurous, wearable...
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Duct Tape Engineer: The book of big, bigger, and epic duct tape projects

Lance Akiyama · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In Duct Tape Engineer, hands-on educator, master tinkerer, and author of Rubber Band Engineer, Lance Akiyama will show you how to design, sculpt, and build backpacks, kayaks, catapults, and queen-size beds out of duct tape in your own backyard.These fourteen projects are designed to be long-lasting...
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Wool Studio: The Knitwear Capsule Collection

Interweave Editors · Interweave
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Round out your wardrobe with luxurious knitwear design!Wool Studio is a capsule collection for the modern knitter featuring sophisticated, simple, and luxurious designs. In this collection you'll enjoy exquisite patterns from top knitwear designers including Norah Gaughan, Kate Gagnon Osborn,...
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Iris Schreier's Reversible Knits: Creative Techniques for Knitting Both Sides Right

Iris Schreier · Lark Crafts
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

"For me, the design has to be intentional...so that both sides are beautiful and balanced . . . If both knitted sides are similar—or even completely different from each other—the piece is reversible in a way that much, if not most, knitwear is not. Either side can be public."...
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The Beginner's Guide to Writing Knitting Patterns: Learn to Write Patterns Others Can Knit

Kate Atherley · Interweave Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Create custom knitting patterns to share and sell!Writing clear, easy-to-follow knitting patterns is easier than you think! In The Beginner's Guide to Writing Knitting Patterns, knitting expert Kate Atherley provides everything you need to know to share your projects with fellow knitters....
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Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2015 Price Guide

Noah Fleisher · Krause Publications; Forty-eighth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

To inform and inspire. It's a lofty goal, but when you cover a world as big, bold and beautiful as antiques and collectibles you don't aspire to be ordinary. Welcome to Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2015, the longest running guide to this amazing field.Inside, presented with...
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Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards

Tom Bartsch · Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc.
Pages: 696
Format: Paperback

The ultimate guide for information, photos and market values for vintage baseball cards. Welcome to the third edition of the Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards, covering baseball card sets produced from 1863-1980. The Standard Catalog has been providing baseball card collectors...
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One-Skein Wonders

Judith Durant · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

There are lonely, single skeins of yarn in every knitter’s closet — casualties of projects discarded in mid-row, single balls of luscious alpaca or cashmere that was too expensive to buy more than one, the leftovers from long-completed projects. Wherever they came from, those...
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Haatchi & Little B: The Inspiring True Story of One Boy and His Dog

Wendy Holden · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

#1 International BestsellerWhen Owen met Haatchi, the lives of one adorable little boy and one great, big dog were destined to change forever.Owen-known to his family as "little buddy" or "Little B"-has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him largely confined to a wheelchair....
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The Skirt Emporium: Sew 25 fun and fabulous designs for all sizes and ages, with ideas for many more

MADAME ZSAZSA · Search Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

This fun, quirky book is packed with 25 gorgeous, colorful skirts for women of all sizes and girls of all ages. All of the projects can be easily customized using the full-size patterns given in the back: all can be made for adults or children, and advice is given on how to create maternity...
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