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Handmade Gifts

DK Publishing · DK
Pages: 251
Format: Hardcover

Containing more than 70 projects, from candle making and crocheting to paper-crafts and baking, Handmade Gifts is the perfect guide to making handcrafted items that people will love. Each project is clearly explained using simple step-by-step images along with photographs of the finished...
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Crafting with Paracord: 50 Fun and Creative Projects Using the World's Strongest Cord

Chad Poole · Ulysses Press
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

MAKE IT COOL WITH PARACORDIncredibly strong, spectacular in its colors and amazingly versatile, paracord is the ideal material for crafting stylish and functional items. Using easy-to-follow, step-by-step photos, this full-color guide shows how to master dozens of projects, including:...
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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 · STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
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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Cotton Way Classics: Fresh Quilts for a Charming Home

BONNIE OLAVESON · That Patchwork Place
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

A little bit retro with a tasteful blend of trendy and traditional, these 13 designs from popular Moda Fabrics designer Bonnie Olaveson of Cotton Way are presented together for the first time in a curated collection of all-time favorites. Styled photos showcase lap-sized to bed-sized projects...
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Classic Stitching: 25 Beautiful Projects

Anna Elizabeth Draeger · Kalmbach Books
Format: Print book

Beaders will relish having the best designs from one of the arts most popular figures Anna Elizabeth Draeger all in one handy, timeless volume. Anna offers 25 designs for many classic bead stiches, including herringbone, ladder, peyote, right-angle weave, crossweave, and more. These fashionable...
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Pretty and Organized: Go Clutter-Free with 30 Easy-to-Make Decorative Storage Ideas for Every Room In Your Home

Jane Hughes · Firefly Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Pretty and Organized is the ultimate guide to creating innovative and stylish storage solutions. It includes 30 practical projects for any room in the home -- bedroom, craft room, kitchen, dining room, hallway, bathroom, kids' play area, even the garage and workshop. The advantage...
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Hello! Macrame: Totally Cute Designs for Home Decor and More

Samantha Grenier · Design Originals
Pages: 47
Format: Paperback

Say hello to today s young & fun craft of macramé! Inside you ll find thirteen contemporary projects that dramatically update this vintage art. With savvy designs for accessories and home decor, Hello! Macramé shows you how to make fabulous knotted creations using colorful macramé...
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Let's Party: Unique Kids' Birthday Party Ideas

MARTINE LLEONART · Hardie Grant
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Want to throw a magical and unique birthday party that your child will remember forever? Keen to find a party theme that's different from their classmates' parties? Happy to create your own decorations, activities and party food, rather than simply out-sourcing everything? Then...
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SEW ... The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge: Real-Life Lessons from a Serial Sewist

Barbara Emodi · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this book offers Barbara's thoughts, tips, and tricks...
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Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2015

Eric Bradley · Krause Publications; Thirty-first Edition edition
Format: Book

Filled with more than 4,300 new color images, expert insight on everything from cherished classics to the latest trends, and vetted values throughout help to once again make the Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles the premiere reference in the field. For three decades, Antique Trader...
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Cross-Stitch to Calm: Stitch and De-Stress with 40 Simple Patterns

Leah Lintz · Interweave
Pages: 109
Format: Print book

Maximize the fun of needlework and minimize the stress! Discover how relaxing and satisfying crafting can be! In Cross-Stitch to Calm you'll stitch away your stress with this simple, yet meditative craft. Only a bit of embroidery floss, a needle, and fabric are needed. 40 unique, yet simple...
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The Knot Yours Truly: Inspiration and Ideas to Personalize Your Wedding

Carley Roney · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Your wedding day is a unique opportunity to show the world just who you are as a couple. The Knot's Yours Truly helps you envision your celebration - from the big pieces like location to the small stuff like flatware - and shine a spotlight on your particular style. Chock-full of innovative...
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Freakin' Fabulous on a Budget

Clinton Kelly · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

You’ve seen him dish out lifestyle tips on ABC’s The Chew and serve up fashion advice on TLC’s What Not to Wear. Now Clinton Kelly—America’s favorite expert on, well, everything—applies his brilliant sense of style and humor to all aspects of life, from...
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The Giant Book of Dog Names

Laurie Bogart Morrow · Gallery Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback

THE BOOK THAT TAKES YOU BEYOND REX AND FIDO! Everywhere you turn, you’ll find another baby name book. But do you really want to call your dog Emma or Ethan? If you’re a dog lover, you know that naming your dog should be truly meaningful and memorable. With over 5,000 names to choose...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Decks: Updated 4th Edition, Includes the Newest Products & Fasteners, Add an Outdoor Kitchen

Black & Decker Corporation · Creative International
Pages: 319
Format: Paperback

America's best-selling deck book - better than ever In this revised and expanded fourth edition of the all-time bestselling book on decks, homeowners learn, in unsurpassed detail, the process of designing, building, and maintaining a deck. Not only are all the classic deck-building...
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