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Wise Craft Quilts: A Guide to Turning Beloved Fabrics into Meaningful Patchwork
Blair Stocker · Roost Books
Pages: 173
Format: Hardcover
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Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts.In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here... |
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101 Things For Kids To Do Outside
Dawn Isaac · Firefly Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Let them go outside and play! More parents are heeding the advice of specialists who urge them to do just that. By playing outside with friends, kids learn valuable interpersonal and negotiation skills and how to make decisions. Outdoor play teaches about the natural world, fosters creativity,... |
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Bathroom Upgrades
Editors of Fine Homebuilding · The Taunton Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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This completely new edition from the editors of Fine Homebuilding will provide all the advice you need to remodel a bathroom of any size or shape, on any budget. Our pros will take you through every step of the process from choosing the best materials for your bathroom and designing to get the most... |
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Secrets of Spinning, Weaving, and Knitting in the Peruvian Highlands
NILDA CALLANAUPA ALVAREZ · Thrums Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez has gathered artisans of all ages to share their knowledge, lore, and deep skills, highlighting many of the techniques used by craftspeople in the Andes. They reveal clever highland secrets for everything from skeining yarn and knitting in reverse to weaving tubular... |
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A Dog's History of the World
Laura Hobgood-Oster · Baylor University Press,
Pages: 188
Format: Print book
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Canines and humans have depended upon one another for tens of thousands of years. Humans took the initial steps of domesticating canines, but somewhere through the millennia, dogs began dramatically to affect the future of their masters. In A Dog's History of the World, Laura Hobgood-Oster... |
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Finishing Wood
Editors of Fine Woodworking · Taunton Press
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
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A great finish can make even a simple project look terrific. A bad finish can ruin the most well-built, sophisticated piece of furniture. Finishing can be a daunting and mystifying task to many woodworkers and DIYers who fear wrecking their projects at this late stage in the process. This... |
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Treasury of Smocking Designs
Allyne S Holland · Dover Publications
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
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Smocking, the venerable English peasant craft dating from the late eighteenth century, was a needle technique originally used to adorn the traditional rural work chemise. Today's needleworkers will welcome this collection of 22 beautiful smocking patterns by noted designer Allyne Holland,... |
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Threads Sew Smarter, Better, & Faster: 894 Sewing Tips, Fitting Fixes, and Handy Techniques
Editors of Threads · Ingram Pub Services
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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Did you know you could use washable crayon, instead of messy chalk, to mark fabric? Do you know the best way to attach a button, mark a pattern, or make a quick alteration? These insider tidbits, and many more, are revealed in Threads Sew Smarter, Better & Faster. Written by the editors,... |
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Men & Make Fabulous
Denise Wild · Interweave
Format: Book
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Give your clothes a new lease on life!Showing how to take classic mending techniques one step further to add personality and style to clothes, Mend Make Fabulous is a uniquely comprehensive resource that combines visual inspiration with practical advice for the fashion-conscious sewer.... |
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The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir
Dee Williams · Plume; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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Part how-to, part personal memoir, The Big Tiny is an utterly seductive meditation on the benefits of slowing down, scaling back, and appreciating the truly important things in life. More than ten years ago, a near-death experience abruptly reminded sustainability advocate and pioneer... |
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The Joy of Less
Francine Jay · Chronicle Books
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover
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Francine Jay pioneered the simple living movement with her self-published bestseller, The Joy of Less. In this fully redesigned and repackaged edition - featuring never-before-seen content - Jay brings her philosophy to more readers who are eager to declutter. Rather than the "crash... |
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