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Sew4Home Bags and Totes: 10 Easy, Fashionable Projects Anyone Can Sew

Liz Johnson · Fons & Porter L C
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Create cool carryalls--no pattern required! Hit the town, office or schoolyard with these one-of-a-kind bags and totes! In this handy beginner's guide, the experts behind Sew4Home.com show you how to create ten hip projects, from clutches and shoulder bags to a slick yoga mat sling...
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Crafty Superstar: Make Crafts on the Side, Earn Extra Cash, and Basically Have It All

Grace Dobush · North Light Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Be a Crafty Sell Out!If the church-basement sale isn't quite your scene, Crafty Superstar is your go-to resource for selling your crafty goods part-time. Packed with ideas for setting up and selling out, the book includes loads of advice from experts like Faythe Levine, Jenny Harada...
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Basic Masonry Techniques (Ortho library)

Ortho Books · Chevron Publishing Corp; 1ST edition
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Masonry projects can add a distinctive look to any yard or garden. This book cuts through the mystique of working with brick, block, stone, and concrete and shows how to build walks, patios, walls, and even foundations. Complete step-by-step instructions and illustrations help you tackle...
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Decoding Your Dog: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Dog Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

More than ninety percent of dog owners consider their pets to be members of their family. But often, despite our best intentions, we are letting our dogs down by not giving them the guidance and direction they need. Unwanted behavior is the number-one reason dogs are relinquished to shelters...
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Adventures in Hexagons: 11 Quilts, 29 Blocks, Unlimited Possibilities

Emily Breclaw · C&T Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Move beyond one-patch hexagon layouts with 11 show-stopping hexie projects to stitch by hand or machine. Sew blocks in a variety of sizes and pieced combinations for stunning visual effects! You'll master the Y-seam with a variety of techniques to cut and piece hexagons. Mix it up with...
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The Refashion Handbook: Refit, Redesign, Remake for Every Body

Beth Huntington · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

Take secondhand finds from frumpy to fabulous with a little help from Beth Huntington, a.k.a. the Renegade Seamstress. The Refashion Handbook contains 19 stylish projects, each showing you how to transform easy-to-find items into a better fit, a new design, or a radical makeover. Learn...
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Forgotten Ways for Modern Days: Kitchen Cures and Household Lore for a Natural Home and Garden

Rachelle Blondel · Perigee
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

A beautifully designed guide to natural beauty products, home cleaners, health remedies, and other household tips inspired by the techniques of our ancestors.Using ingredients from your kitchen cupboards, garden, and vegetable patch (or your local supermarket) , Forgotten Ways for Modern...
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Cute Crochet Rugs for Kids

Tara Cousins · Annie's
Format: Paperback

This set of seven kid’s rugs showcases bright colors and playful animal designs. Worked with Deborah Norville soft worsted-weight yarn in Everyday Solids, the rugs can be used as cozy playmats for a baby or easy-to-wash floor mats for an older child’s bathroom. The main...
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Matthew Mead's Halloween Spooktacular

Matthew Mead · Oxmoor House
Format: Paperback

Frightfully simple ideas for creepy decorations, terrifying sweets and unique costumes will thrill trick-or-treaters of all ages. Holiday style pro Matthew Mead offers endlessly inventive haunted home makeovers, quick-and-easy ways to reinvent store-bought cookies and candy, awesome themed...
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Twinkie Chan's Crocheted Abode a la Mode: 20 Yummy Crochet Projects for Your Home

Twinkie Chan · Creative Pub Intl
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Crochet the cutest food-themed home goods you'll ever see with Twinkie Chan's new book of patterns!Crochet designer and craft superstar Twinkie Chan is back with her highly anticipated book Crocheted Abode a la Mode: 20 Yummy Crochet Projects for Your Home. This is the follow-up...
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Decorative Stained Glass Designs: 38 Patterns for Beautiful Windows and Doors

Louise Mehaffey · Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

38 patterns for beautiful botanical and traditional designs for the homeFull-color photos show the finished panelsAll original designs by a professional craftspersonTips on creating successful designs
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Idiot's Guides: Dog Tricks

Debra Eldredge DVM · Alpha Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

People love to see dogs do funny and useful tricks, such as playing basketball, picking up toys, and putting down the toilet lid. Idiot's Guides: Dog Tricks demonstrates more than 80 popular tricks with detailed, step-by-step instructions and eye-catching full-color photographs. The book...
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Extreme Pumpkin Carving, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded: 20 Amazing Designs from Frightful to Fabulous

Vic Hood · Fox Chapel Publishing; Second Edition, Revised edition
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback

Create the best jack-o'-lantern on the block by taking a fresh approach to the old Halloween tradition! This book shows you how to use relief-carving techniques to create realistic features like cheeks, lips and eyebrows that really make your pumpkins come alive. Learn to carve 20 fun three-dimensional...
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Designer Cross Stitch Projects: Over 100 Colorful and Contemporary Patterns

CrossStitcher Magazine · Design Originals.
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

This collection of contemporary cross-stitch projects is packed with vibrant, on-trend charts from today's hottest designers, such as Jan Constantine, Felicity Hall, Emily Peacock, Floss & Mischief, Mr. X Stitch, and more. It offers more than 100 designs, inspired by current fashion...
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Woodworking, Revised and Expanded: Techniques & Projects for the First-Time Woodworker

John Kelsey · Fox Chapel Publishing; Revised, Expanded edition
Format: Paperback

Woodworking is a useful and enjoyable skill that anyone can learn and this book is the perfect place to start Each of the practice projects inside can be completed in just a few hours Designed to teach basic woodworking skills they require only ordinary lumber and simple hand and power...
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