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Take a Tea Towel: 16 Beautiful Projects for Your Home

Jemima Schlee · GMC Publications
Format: Paperback

Create clean, crisp, and practical projects for your home, inspired by the simplicity of Shaker designs, with this ingenious book Take a Tea Towel.  All of the projects use durable Irish linen tea towels and are featured in fresh and inspiring photographs. There are 4 different designs...
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Amtrak Across America: An Illustrated History

JOHN FOSTIK · Enthusiast Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Amtrak is an essential part of America's transportation system for over 28 million passengers. Amtrak Across America profiles every line from the past and present. Whether it was a legacy Streamliner of the pre-Amtrak era -- Champions, Chiefs, Eagles, Rockets, Zephyrs - or today's...
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Modern Crochet Mandalas: 50 Colorful Motifs to Crochet

Interweave Editors · Interweave Pr
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

50 mandalas in fresh, modern colors! In Modern Crochet Mandalas, you'll find more than 50 uniquely delightful pieces to stitch up whenever the mood strikes. Bursting with imagination and a playful use of color, these mandalas will keep you happily stitching the day away. Mandalas are the perfect...
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Easy Home Sewing Projects: 101 Projects to Transform Every Room of Your Home

Charlie Moorby · CompanionHouse Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

There?s something for everyone in this bright and inspiring collection of home sewing projects! Whether you?re moving into a new home, redecorating an old house, or just updating a room, you?ll find quick and easy projects here to make your living space simply beautiful. Designed to let you give...
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60 Quick Knit Baby Essentials: Sweaters, Toys, Blankets, & More in Cherub™ from Cascade Yarns®

Sixth&Spring Books · Sixth & Spring Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Every baby needs these knits - and every knitter needs this book! This adorable collection in the bestselling 60 Quick Knits series features easy, creative projects that range from blankets and booties to onesies, cardigans, hats, and toys. Each one is made in cuddly Cherub, a popular,...
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Homegrown Berries: Successfully Grow Your Own Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, and More

Timber Press · Timber Press
Format: Book

Enjoy delicious, nutritious berries from your own backyard! Why buy expensive berries from the supermarket when you can grow a bumper crop right outside your door? Homegrown Berries covers the entire process, from planting to picking that first nutritious, luscious fruit. Youll learn the best...
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The Big Book of Wooden Locks: Complete Plans for Nine Working Wooden Locks

Tim Detweiller · Linden Publishing
Format: Book

These unique projects for making working locks entirely from wood will present an an exciting challenge to woodworkers. "The Big Book of Wooden Locks" presents all of the most popular wooden lock projects of Tim Detweiler, the "Lock Man," from his first two book. Detweiller's...
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Fabergé and the Russian Crafts Tradition: An Empire's Legacy

Margaret Trombly · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated book on Russian decorative arts, published to coincide with an exhibition at the Walters Art MuseumThis book gives a fascinating overview of Russian decorative art, revealing a highly accomplished crafts tradition that persisted over nine centuries. It includes...
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Geo Power: Stay Warm, Keep Cool and Save Money with Geothermal Heating & Cooling

Donal Blaise Lloyd · Pixyjack Press, Inc.
Pages: 207
Format: Paperback

A straight-talking book on why ground-source heat pumps (GHPs) are the best choice for heating and cooling new or existing homes in any climate and how this reliable, silent, non-polluting way of extracting free energy from the earth saves money year after year. Ideal for homeowners,...
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Simple Color Knitting: A Complete How-to-Knit-with-Color Workshop with 20 Projects

Erika Knight · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Erika Knight's simple ethos and clean design sensibility continues to be popular amongst crafters of every level. Following the success of both Simple Knitting and Simple Crocheting, Knight shares her color expertise using the same workshop-based project format. As you work through the projects,...
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Parson Gray Trade Quilts: 20 Rough-Hewn Projects

David Butler · Chronicle
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Quilting gets a rustic modern treatment in this 20-project sewing book that celebrates American trade quilts, with touches of Native and early American influences. The timeless style of these DIY designs will inspire quilters of every skill level to make cozy style statements for their...
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Hand Lettering A to Z: A World of Creative Ideas for Drawing and Designing Alphabets

ABBEY SY · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Your hand lettering contains a little bit of you! It expresses what you have to say, and demonstrates your creativity in all your communications. In Hand Lettering A to Z, artist and author Abbey Sy has invited four international artists--Meg Hyland, Joao Neves, Tessa Go, and Lisa Lorek--to...
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Mummy Dogs and Other Horrifying Snacks

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

What can be as hideous as they are delicious? Your snacks! Learn how to create a variety of snack foods that are both repulsive and tasty. Cook up dishes like dripping zombie skin, booger sticks, and bulging cake eyeballs. Creating snacks has never been so much funor so gross!
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