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Decorating with Plants: The Art of Using Plants to Transform Your Home

Satoshi Kawamoto · Jacqui Small LLP
Format: Hardcover

Satoshi Kawamoto explains how to display plants as interior items categorized by room type, using his own house as a studio. Using indoor plants, dried and preserved flowers, succulent plants artificial flowers and driftwood, he shows many different ways of styling for people who do not have...
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Modern Machine Quilting: Make a perfectly finished quilt on your home machine

Catherine Redford · Fons & Porter
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

A Fresh Approach to Fresh Quilting! Clean lines, bold colors, contemporary designs--quilting has gone modern! And this book is the ultimate guide for creating modern quilts at home, all on a standard sewing machine. From the start, award-winning quilter and teacher Catherine Redford guides...
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See Kate Sew: 24 Learn-to-Sew Projects You Can Make in an Hour

Kate Blocher · Fons & Porter
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

Create beautiful crafts for your home and everyone in it--no experience required! Learning how to sew has never been easier! In See Kate Sew, blogger Kate Blocher shows you how to make dozens of beginner-friendly projects with professional polish. From stylish pillows and home decor to adorable...
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An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery

RACHAEL MAY · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Following the trail left by an unfinished quilt, this illuminating story examines slavery along the Atlantic seaboard, following the cotton that fueled New England's textile mills -- and the humanity behind it.When we think of slavery, most of us think of the American South. We think of chattel...
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Crafting a Colorful Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to Personalizing Your Space with Color

Kristin Nicholas · Roost Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Knit, stitch, and paint your way to a more colorful and happy home with color expert and crafter Kristin Nicholas. Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting...
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This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide

GENEEN ROTH · Scribner
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Inspiring, personal, and often spiritual reflections on how women can find peace, make wise choices, practice everyday joy, and step into their power from Geneen Roth - author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Women Food and God.From the beginning, Geneen Roth was told she was too sensitive,...
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Highland knits : knitwear inspired by the outlander series.

Interweave. · Interweave Pr
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Be Transported with These Timeless Knits!Inspired by Outlander, the romantic tale of time travel and adventure, Highland Knits is a rustic, yet sophisticated collection of quick-to-knit projects. These 16 simple, enduring designs will have you stylishly covered no matter what place, or time,...
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Pompom Pokémon

SACHIKO SUSA · VIZ Media LLC
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Make pompom versions of your favorite Pokémon!This book contains 32 patterns with photographs and instructions for pompom versions of popular Pokémon like Pikachu, Charmander, Snorlax and Bulbasaur. Gotta make 'em all!
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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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How to Crochet: Learn the Basic Stitches and Techniques. A Storey BASICS® Title

Sara Delaney · Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Print book

The perfect guide for beginners! Sara Delaney shows you her techniques for working a basic chain and creating single and double chain stitches. Youll learn about changing colors, joining, fastening off, reading crochet patterns, and working with different shapes. Working on small projects,...
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Martha Stewart's Newlywed Kitchen: Recipes for Weeknight Dinners and Easy, Casual Gatherings

Martha Stewart · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Cozy up at home with more than 100 recipes to cook for each other and for friends. The team at Martha Stewart Living has created the ultimate cookbook for the modern couple. Discover how to make your kitchen function well as the two of you whip up the meals you love - quick weeknight...
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Vintage Wedding: Simple Ideas for Creating a Romantic Vintage Wedding

Daniela Turudich · Streamline Press; Second Edition, Second edition edition
Format: Paperback

Returning to print in an expanded edition this informative guide to planning a period wedding provides brides and wedding planners with historic images of wedding fashions and ideas from the early th century Complete with color palettes photos of period wedding attire and modern period-inspired...
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The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins 2015, 53rd Edition

Thomas E. Hudgeons Jr. · House of Collectibles; 53 edition
Format: Book

For over fifty years, The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins has been the bestselling sourcebook for collectors. Filled with the most current values and the latest market reports, this updated edition has all the information you need to become a knowledgeable coin collector....
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krafttex

Roxane Cerda · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

Discover endless creative techniques for working with kraft•tex™, including stitching, embossing, painting, dyeing, embellishing, inkjet printing, washing, distressing, weaving, burning, die-cutting—combine methods for stunning results. Features more than two dozen...
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The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe

Anuschka Rees · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Is your closet jam-packed and yet you have absolutely nothing to wear? Can you describe your personal style in one sentence? If someone grabbed a random piece from your closet right now, how likely is it that it would be something you love and wear regularly? With so many style and shopping...
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