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Idiot's Guides: Quilting

Jennifer Fulton · Alpha
Format: Book

Quilting is a traditional skill that is making a comeback! Covering both machine and hand quilting, Idiots Guides Quilting includes hundreds of eye-catching, step-by-step color photos that will turn any novice into an expert quilter in no time. The book also includes more than 20 sample...
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Knitting Fabric Rugs: 28 Colorful Designs for Crafters of Every Level

Karen Tiede · Storey Books
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Knit your own fabric rugs! All you need are a cutting wheel and mat, a pair of size 10 knitting needles, fabric, and Karen Tiede's innovative technique for creating stunning designs quickly and easily. Tiede gives you directions for making 28 different rugs, with designs that use age-old...
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From Yes to I Do: A Wedding Guide for a Modern Bride

Lucy Tobin · Quercus
Format: Hardcover

A trousseau of creative, canny, and crafty tips to plan a wedding with a differenceThis is a new blueprint for brides-to-be, filled with savvy, surprising, and downright ingenious ideas that will make your wedding stand out from the crowd—not to mention some behind-the-scenes...
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Unveiled Wisdom: Wedding Planning for the Mid-Life Bride

Lisa Joiner · Lisa Joiner Enterprises
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Unveiled Wisdom shows brides how to overcome the challenges of getting married in mid-life. It's the perfect handbook for any woman who's ever felt lost in a youth dominated wedding market. The cookie cutter attitude and plans aimed at the twenty-something bride don't work...
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The Conure Handbook

Anne Watkins · Barron's Educational Series; Reissue edition
Format: Print book

Titles in Barrons popular series of Pet Handbooks present comprehensive information and helpful advice from breeders, veterinarians, and other pet experts. These full-color books instruct on housing, feeding, healthcare, and more. In The Conure Handbook, prospective and current conure owners...
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The Crazy Quilt Handbook, Revised: 12 Updated Step-by-Step Projects Illustrated Stitch Guide, Including Silk Ribbon Stitches

Judith Baker Montano · C&T Publishing; 3rd Edition edition
Format: Print book

For nearly 30 years, The Crazy Quilt Handbook has been the essential guide to learning the art of crazy quilting (28 years in print, with over 230,000 copies sold!) Now this must-have resource has been updated with new stitches and techniques. The 3rd edition includes a history of crazy...
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Metal Clay Jewellery

Natalia Colman · Search Press
Format: Print book

This gorgeous guide to metal clay jewellery, written by jewellery designer Natalia Colman, features silver, copper and bronze clays. The book is divided up by technique, such as ‘Making connections after firing’, ‘Setting stones’ and ‘Working with colour’....
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Garden Mosaics: 25 step-by-step projects for your outdoor room

Becky Paton · Cico Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

25 foolproof mosaic projects for outdoors, including planters, furniture, and ornaments. One of the most long-lasting and hard-wearing art forms, mosaic pieces are perfect to make the most of your outdoor room. Suitable for a tiny terrace or a large country expanse, the projects in Garden...
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