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Mom Crafts: DIY Crafts for the Expectant Mom

LARK CRAFTS. · LARK Books
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Celebrate an upcoming arrival - and the mother-to-be - with the practical and charming crafts in this delightful DIY book. Featuring 20 projects to hand-make with love, it includes sewing, quilting, knitting, and embroidery crafts for the newborn, nursery, and mom herself. They range from...
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Cat Litter Cake and Other Horrifying Desserts

Ali Vega · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What can be as yucky to look at as it is yummy to eat? Your dessert! Learn how to make a variety of desserts that are both repulsive and tasty. Create dishes like worms in dirt, gooey alien limbs, and "poisoned" apples. Baking dessert has never been so much fun - or so gross!
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Leather Bracelets

Nihon Vogue · Stackpole Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Make the most of one of today's hottest jewelry trends with Leather Bracelets, a collection of 33 beautifully beaded, knotted, and braided accessories that would be at home on the shelves of the most stylish designer boutiques.Made from leather mixed with a variety of materials--cord,...
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Easy-to-make statement jewelry

Kristine Regan Daniel · Design Originals

Style up with bold accessories that you make yourself! Easy-to-Make Bold & Beautiful Necklaces offers 20 unique jewelry projects that you can create in just one afternoon. From chunky stone and edgy angles to vintage charm, each of these standout necklaces will add instant drama to the simplest...
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Heirloom Wood: A Modern Guide to Carving Spoons, Bowls, Boards, and other Homewares

Max Bainbridge · Abrams
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Heirloom Wood is a love letter to wood's form and function through simple woodworking projects. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary design, Max Bainbridge teaches you how to identify wood types, source timber, and set up a basic toolbox, then offers step-by-step carving and cutting...
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Knit Mitts: Your Hand-y Guide to Knitting Mittens & Gloves

KATE ATHERLEY · Interweave
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The Perfect Fit is at Your Fingertips! Why settle for boring store bought mittens and cold fingers, when you could knit the warmest, best fitting pair yourself? With Knit Mitts as your guide, you'll have the comprehensive information you need to create snug, warm, and practical mittens...
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Girl with a Sewing Machine: The no-fuss guide to making and adapting your own clothes

JENNIFFER TAYLOR · Search Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Create your own unique clothes to fit your personality and your shape.This stylish, instructive book from The Great British Sewing Bee's Jenniffer Taylor shows you how to make and adapt your own clothes in a simple, no-fuss way. Using Jenniffer's fun and imaginative ideas, this book will...
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Improv Patchwork: Dynamic Quilts Made with Line & Shape

Maria Shell · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Explore new options in improvisational piecing and empower your creativity! Cut and combine solid-color fabrics to create your own "prints" - stripes, polka dots, chevrons, plaids, and more. Forget the rules (and even your ruler) as you piece colorful solids into compelling...
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No Scrap Left Behind: 16 Quilt Projects That Celebrate Scraps of All Sizes

Amanda Jean Nyberg · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

Rescue your fabric scraps -- even the smallest pieces -- with 16 satisfying quilts and projects. Sew modern quilts for everyday use that will help you return to the roots of quiltmaking, with projects designed to help you use up every last scrap. Learn sorting and storage tips to help you plan...
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The Craft-A-Day Book: 30 Projects to Make With Recycled Materials

Kari A Cornell · Twenty First Century Books
Pages: 168
Format: Library Binding

Reduce, reuse, and recycle with ideas from The Craft-a-Day Book. You can put the three Rs to work with these thirty awesome crafts! Using recycled and reusable materials from around the house, school, or a thrift store, you'll find directions for making colorful lanterns from paper...
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Don't Call Them Trailer Trash: The Illustrated Mobile Home Story

John Brunkowski · Schiffer Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Although the phrase "trailer trash" is catchy and kitschy in describing mobile home living, this revealing peek into a stereotype that has dogged the mobile home since its earliest days challenges that label and defends the honor of the trailer home. Via nearly 400 colorful and fun images...
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Tie & Dye: Colourful Clothing, Gifts and Accessories

Lizzie King · Pavilion Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Tie-dye addict Lizzie King shares inspiration and instructions for creating a vibrant kaleidoscope of gifts, garments, housewares, and accessories. Tie-dye has shaken off its hippie image to become a stylish and iconic look, bringing bright hues, striking patterns, and heaps of character...
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Cottage-Style Charm: Simply Sweet Designs to Quilt and Embroider

NATALIE BIRD · THAT PATCHWORK PLACE
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Once you pick up your needle and thread, you won't want to put them down! Enjoy stitching small and sweet quilted projects with embroidered accents, including a table topper, pincushion, tote bag, wall hangings, and more.Create decor for your entire home with designs you can customize...
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Tomoko Fuse · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 95
Format: Print book

With this origami-how-to book, learn how to fold unique gift boxes that are as unique as the treasures they hold Considered the most famous living origami master, Tomoko Fuse is known for her expertise in box-folding and other origami paper craft styles. The simple flat box, or tato, is an excellent...
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The Anniversary Sampler Quilt: 40 Traditional Blocks, 7 Keepsake Settings

Donna Lynn Thomas · C&T Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Celebrate any important event in life, from a birthday to a retirement, with these 40 beautiful blocks and 7 customizable settings. Created to commemorate the author's 40th wedding anniversary, you can read the story behind each block, then make it personal by stitching in your own memories...
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