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Sewing for a Royal Baby: 22 Heirloom Patterns for Your Little Prince or Princess

Sew Beautiful Magazine Editors · Martha Pullen; Pap/Com edition
Format: Book

Any time a royal event takes placea wedding, a birththe world takes notice and what captures their attention first is the royal attire. Who would not want their own little prince or princess to be just as beautifully dressed? Sewing for a Royal Baby includes three designs inspired by actual...
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Making Tiny Toys in Wood: Ornaments & Collectible Heirloom Accents

Howard Clements · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Create charming holiday decorations that double as small toys with this easy-to-follow guidebook. Full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions are provided for 20 working wooden toy ornaments. From tugboats and tractors to windmills and wagons, these nostalgic moving toys make great...
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101 Things For Kids To Do Outside

Dawn Isaac · Firefly Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

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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The Great Grisby: Two Thousand Years of Literary, Royal, Philosophical, and Artistic Dog Lovers and Their Exceptional Animals

Mikita Brottman · Harper
Format: Hardcover

A scholar, psychoanalyst, and cultural critic explores the multifaceted role dogs play in our world in this charming bestiary of dogs from literature, lore, and life.While gradually unveiling her eight-year love affair with her French bulldog, Grisby, Mikita Brottman ruminates on the singular...
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Sweet & Simple Needle Felted Animals: A Step-By-Step Visual Guide

SACHIKO SUSA · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Sweet & Simple Needle Felted Animals provides detailed instructions to create your own cute and cuddly collection of needle felted pets, barnyard buddies and mascots.These adorable furry figurines make wonderful gifts and accessories that you can carry around or wear. This DIY felting...
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Encaustic Art: How to Paint with Wax

Michael Bossom · Search Press
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Michael Bossom shows how to create encaustic art using an iron and molten wax. He explains this ancient art form from the tools needed to the basic techniques of smoothing, dabbing, marking and working with the point of the iron, and beyond, to creating simple abstracts, impressive landscapes,...
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Stylish Weddings: 50 Simple Ideas to Make from Top Designers

Jenny Doh · Lark Crafts
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback

Customize your wedding, with beautiful designer-created projects. You'll find quick, simple, and stunning items to make from each top designer, including invitations, table settings, favors, decorations, and gifts for the bridal party. With six signature themes to choose from, we've got the perfect...
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STEAM Play & Learn: 20 fun step-by-step preschool projects about science, technology, engineering, arts, and math!

Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team. · Walter Foster Jr
Pages: 80
Format: Flexibound

Preschoolers will love tackling these 20 fun, easy-to-follow step-by-step projects as they learn about STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) . Topics include symmetry and how light bounces to create reflections with mirror mandalas, diffusion and capillary action...
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A Dog's History of the World

Laura Hobgood-Oster · Baylor University Press,
Pages: 188
Format: Print book

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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Designing Clothes with the Flat Pattern Method: Customize Fitting Shells to Create Garments in Any Style

Sara Alm · Creative Publishing int'l
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Learn how to customize your clothes--designing new pattern shapes, style lines, and fashion details with Sara Alm's easy-to-follow instruction!In Sara Alm's Designing Clothes with the Flat Pattern Method, sewers learn a technique that opens up myriad possibilities for making one-of-a-kind...
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The T-Shirt Quilt Book: Create One-of-a-Kind Keepsakes - Make 8 Projects or Design Your Own

Lindsay Conner · C&T Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Turn treasured tees into something brand new -- a T-shirt quilt! Sew 8 special memory quilts, from a pillow or baby throw to bed quilts in multiple sizes. Learn the secrets to choosing, cutting, and interfacing tees. Get troubleshooting tips, like working with too-small shirts and adding...
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Mini Makers: Crafty Makes to Create With Your Kids

Laura Minter · Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd.
Pages: 159
Format: Print book

You don't need to be an arty creative type to be able to enjoy crafting with your young children. Mini Makers will give you the ideas and the inspiration to experiment with an explore the hugely rewarding world of making and creating together. Paint, draw, print, cut, stick, sew and bake...
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Super Simple Grassland Projects: Fun & Easy Animal Environment Activities

CAROLYN BERNHARDT · SUPER SANDCASTLE
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Learn about grassland habitats with Super Simple Grassland Projects! Kids will discover what plants and animals live in grasslands and read about grassland food chains. Then, they will learn how to create an animal burrow, make a safari diorama, and more. Each project has color photos and easy-to-follow...
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Natural Hair Coloring: How to Use Henna and Other Pure Herbal Pigments for Chemical-Free Beauty

Christine Shahin · Storey Publishing
Pages: 183
Format: Print book

Commercial hair dyes contain thousands of different chemicals, some of which are reported to be carcinogenic - but you don't have to choose between gorgeous color and good health. Natural hair care expert Christine Shahin shows you how to use nontoxic plant pigments - henna, indigo,...
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