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Learn to Master Your Scroll Saw in 25 Skill-Building Chapters

John Nelson · Fox Chapel Publishing; 2 edition
Format: Book

Use this ultimate beginner s scroll saw guide to hone your scrolling skills to perfection. You ll find everything you need to know here, boiled down to the best and simplest methods. Practice a specific technique in each of 25 skill-building chapters, and then use that skill to make an attractive...
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Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History

Witold Rybczynski · Farrar
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere?In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable...
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Everyday Watercolor: Learn to Paint Watercolor in 30 Days

Jenna Rainey · Watson-Guptill
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning...
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The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids

ALEXANDRA LANGE · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development.Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods...
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If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint: Transforming Simple Drawings into Works of Art

Diane Culhane · Quarry Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Doodle your way into a big painting!Doodling is really just mark making . . . marks that happen when you are otherwise occupied. These intuitive marks that flow from you naturally while you are doodling are an expression of your true style, like your handwriting. This book looks at our doodles...
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What's a Disorganized Person to Do?

Stacey Platt · Artisan
Format: Paperback

An easy-to-read, idea-packed guide for anyone who wants to be more organized -- and who doesn't? Everyone has overflowing closets and desk drawers, countertops loaded with kitchen gadgets, and overstuffed computer desktops. We dream of getting organized -- but what's a disorganized...
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Big Book of Scroll Saw Woodworking: More Than 60 Projects and Techniques for Fretwork, Intarsia & Other Scroll Saw Crafts (The Best of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Cra)

Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts · Fox Chapel Publishing; 1 edition
Pages: 189
Format: Paperback

Collecting the most popular projects and useful scrolling techniques, this all-in-one reference is an essential bookend for all scroll saw libraries. While appropriate for all skill levels, new scrollers will benefit from a comprehensive section devoted to basic skills. This section includes...
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Crochet with One Sheepish Girl: Easy Lessons & Sweet Designs for Wearing, Living & Giving

Meredith Crawford · Sixth&Spring Books
Format: Paperback

The popular blog One Sheepish Girl onesheepishgirlcom celebrates creativity and vintage style with an unmistakably modern flairand thats exactly what Meredith Crawford its founder and editor does in this beautifully curated collection Crawfords fun imaginative projects include a Diana Dreamer...
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Paper Quilling: All the skills you need to make 20 beautiful projects

ELIZABETH MOAD · Search Press
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Quilling is currently on trend and gaining in popularity. Elizabeth Moad is well known in the papercrafting world, and has created a range of beautiful quilled designs that are suitable for all occasions and life stages, from new baby cards to wedding gifts to sympathy cards. One reason...
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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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Love at First Stitch: Demystifying Dressmaking

Tilly Walnes · Roost Books; Pck edition
Format: Paperback

Simple, elegant, and a little groovy, Love at First Stitch is all you need to start making the dresses of your dreams--with 7 complete full-size patterns. Fancy making your own clothes but have no idea where to start? Tired of overwhelming sewing manuals and frumpy projects? Love at First...
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Everyday Origami: A Foldable Fashion Guide

Sok Song · Capstone Press
Pages: 47
Format: Library Binding

Transform a simple sheet of paper into a fashion-forward outfit with easy-to-follow instructions and illustrated diagrams. Create everyday outfit essentials such as jeans, sweaters, and jackets to amp up your wardrobe. With ten original, one-of-a-kind origami pieces, everyday outfits are sure...
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Hot Wheels

Sara Green · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24

"Engaging images accompany information about Hot Wheels. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Popular Woodworking's Shaker Furniture Projects: Step-by-Step Plans for 31 Traditional Projects

Editors of Popular Woodworking Magazine · Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Book

The beauty of well-made Shaker furniture!From the crisp, clear lines of the designs to the beautiful tones of the wood, there's something classic and timeless about Shaker furniture. In this book we've gathered 31 handsome projects representing a wide range of iconic Shaker designs...
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Beading All-Stars: 20 Jewelry Projects from Your Favorite Designers

Lark Crafts · Lark Crafts
Format: Book

Profiles beaded jewelry designers, in a text with twenty projects with step-by-step instructions and photographs for necklaces, bracelets, cuffs, and earrings.
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