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Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy

Bonnie Burton · Quirk Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

This is what a feminist crafter looks like! Wear your ideology on your sleeve by creating feminist merit badges (like "started an all-girl band" or "rocked roller derby") . Prove that the political is personal with DIY power panties ("No means no") . Craft...
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The Knowledgeable Knitter: Understand the Inner Workings of Knitting and Make Every Project a Success

Margaret Radcliffe · Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

The Knowledgeable Knitter is the definitive reference for any knitter seeking better results, whether the challenge is reading a pattern chart, substituting yarn, modifying a pattern, fixing a mistake, shaping a collar, or adjusting an armhole. Expert Margaret Radcliffe, author of The Knitting...
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Create Your Life Book: Mixed-Media Art Projects for Expanding Creativity and Encouraging Personal Growth

Tamara Laporte · Quarry Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Inspired by Tamara Laporte's art classes, Create Your Life Book presents 18 step-by-step projects that help you explore and work through issues surrounding creative fulfillment. Based on much-loved mixed-media artist Tamara Laporte's popular, multi-year series of online classes,...
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Stitch Kitsch: 44 Happy Sewing Projects from Home Décor to Accessories

Jennifer Heynen · C&T Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Put the fun back in sewing with little treasures to sew, embellish, and share! From pouches and pincushions to quilts and cheery home decor, these 44 projects make perfect gifts. Each featured project comes with 3 variations. Turn a funky wallhanging into bull's-eye pillows, a pom-pom...
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Diy artisanal soaps : make your own custom, handcrafted soaps!.

Alicia Grosso · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Making your own luxurious and lovely soaps is easier than you think! With DIY Artisanal Soaps, you'll find everything you need to make all-natural, custom-designed soaps using locally sourced ingredients and beautifully scented essential oils. Featuring easy-to-follow instructions...
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Handmade Gatherings: Recipes and Crafts for Seasonal Celebrations and Potluck Parties

Ashley English · Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the seasons and connect with your community through parties tothrow in collaboration with your friends. Handmade Gatherings offers:? 16 seasonal party ideas ? 52 recipes ? 32 crafts and activitiesFrom the décor, to the entertainment, on down to the recipes themselves, Handmade...
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The Ultimate Guide to Vintage Transformers Action Figures

Mark Bellomo · Krause Publications
Pages: 287
Format: Print book

Since infiltrating toy aisles in 1984, Transformers are hotter than every, with values skyrocketing for the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons.The Ultimate Guide to Vintage Transformers Action Figures is the definitive reference to the best Transformers found on the secondary market....
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A Year in Crafts: 52 seasonal projects to delight and inspire

CLARE YOUNGS · CICO Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

A Year in Crafts is packed full of innovative projects that you'll really want to make. Be inspired with 52 beautifully simple step-by-step ideas to get you crafting throughout the year. Whatever the time of year, whether you begin in January with a handmade diary so you can start the year...
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20-Minute Whittling Projects: Fun Things to Carve from Wood

Tom Hindes · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Learn the fast and simple way to whittle in this fun introduction to woodcarving. Discover how to whittle in less time while you have more fun! One of the joys of whittling with a pocket knife is that you can do it just about anywhere. You don t need any fancy equipment... and you don t even...
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Kitchen Lithography: Hand Printing at Home: From Buttons and Bags to Postcards and Pillowcases

Laura Sofie Hantke · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback

When printmakers Laura Sofie Hantke and Lucas Grassmann graduated from university, they found themselves without the luxury of a professional print studio. In their search for an easy technique they could implement in their own home, they came across French artist émilie Aizier-Brouard's...
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Everyday Sketching and Drawing: Five Steps to a Unique and Personal Sketchbook Habit

Steven B Reddy · Monacelli Studio
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Everyday Sketching and Drawing offers an easy-to-follow, 5-step formula, which teaches beginner-friendly techniques for learning the skills necessary to make drawing and sketching an everyday habit. For those who have always wanted to or tried and failed to learn to draw it provides simple...
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