More Sewing to Sell―Take Your Handmade Business to the Next Level
By Lindsay, Virginia Keleher
Take your handmade business to a truly professional level with practical advice from industry experts! Best-selling author Virginia Lindsay teaches you how to sell your handmade items for a real profit. This hands-on guide to the sewing business includes 16 new sewing patterns, all copyright- and royalty-free, ready to customize for craft fairs or online shops. Make the most of your fabric, time, and resources when selling handmade totes, aprons, quilts, and more!
C&T Publishing / Stash Books
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9781617454769
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Paperback
The Sewing Machine Embroiderer's Bible
By Keegan, Liz
Here is all the help needed to get the most out of your sewing machine’s embroidery functions, including details about the types and formats of available designs, how to get these designs off the internet and onto your machine, how to stabilize your fabric, which threads and needles to use to get the best results, and of course how to use the patterns creatively for stunning results. It also provides guidance for making use of the built-in embroidery stitches that modern sewing machines offer, but which are mostly forgotten about and underused. The focus is non-brand specific, so you can follow along no matter what model you have. A comprehensive section covers the details of editing, organizing, and saving your designs to transferring designs between your computer and sewing machine, downloading from the internet, and much more.
St. Martin's Griffin
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9781250048257
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Print book
Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living
By Holland, Sharon
In Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living, renowned fabric and quilt designer Sharon Holland provides:12 well illustrated projects, ranging from table runners to a queen-sized quilt Great beginner book Skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout Teaches each technique in an unintimidating way with a focus on the quilt's ultimate use - not on unattainable perfectionEach fast-pieced project is great for beginners, with skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout. These lovely patterns are a reason to dig into your stash and make a quilt that will be used and loved for years to come.The quilts are inspired by timeless and well-loved block patterns and use surprising fabric and color choices to put a new, modern spin on tradition.
Landauer Publishing LLC
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9781935726975
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Paperback
Quilting Rhythm
By Knauer, Thomas
Innovative digital designs for the adventurous quilterQuilting Rhythm offers 98 quilting designs with a modern slant. You'll find unique designs ranging from retro to contemporary, with some offering both angular and curved variants. Explore geometric to graphically-inspired designs and summon echos of decades past, such as skylines and mountains, and line reflections of the commonplace, such as flames, EKGs, and paper airplanes. Inside, you'll find each design in print form, plus a QR code linking to the digitized file. All designs are suitable for home free-motion quilters, quilters with longarms, and those with embroidery or domestic machinesInnovative and fresh, the quilting designs provide a vast array of texture and rhythm.Includes instructions on how to use the digitized designs and guidance for free-motion quilters.
C&T Publishing / Stash Books
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9781644033821
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Paperback
In Intimate Detail
By Harrington, Cora
A comprehensive and accessible illustrated guide to lingerie from intimates expert Cora Harrington, founder of The Lingerie Addict, the internet's top intimate apparel blog.While many love the idea of wearing special underthings, lingerie can be intimidating. How is it supposed to fit? How do you take care of it all? Is lingerie really for me? In this beautiful and empowering guide, lingerie expert Cora Harrington demystifies intimate apparel, making it accessible to all sizes, ages, and budgets. Covering everything from basic bras and panties to special occasion wear, shapewear, hosiery, corsets, and more, this no-nonsense handbook empowers you to confidently buy, wear, and care for the underpinnings of your dreams.
Ten Speed Press
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9780399580635
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Hardcover
Wise Craft Quilts
By Stocker, Blair
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 gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project - from a wedding dress to baby's first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more - the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you'll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.
Roost Books
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9781611803488
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Hardcover
The complete guide to auto body repair
By Parks, Dennis
Everything you need to know about auto body repair--updated and revised to cover water-based paints, the latest panel adhesives, and other body repair technologies.The only thing more reliable than rising gas prices is the wear and tear your car endures over its lifetime. Knowing how to repair your car without taking it to the body shop is a valuable skill for any car lover. If you want to restore, modify, or just fix up any car, from collector to custom, this is the book for you.In this updated and revised edition, author Dennis Parks covers new tools and techniques for dealing with ever-changing vehicular guidelines and technologies. New photography and updated step-by-step projects cover the latest information on panel adhesives, improved repair strategies, unibody vehicles, media blasting, panel overhaul and replacement, and tools and techniques for water-based paint products.The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair provides all the information you'll need to deal with any bumps, bangs, and bruises your car encounters, as well as the many repairs required during a car restoration project. From tools to materials to techniques, this book takes you all the way through the process. Learn how to disassemble, repair, and reassemble bodywork, as well as how to prepare surfaces for paint. The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair equips you with all the information needed to return your car to its former glory and avoid paying a body shop for work you can do yourself.
Motorbooks
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9780760349458
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Paperback
150 All-Time Favorite Crochet Blocks
By Hazell, Sarah
There are classic blocks that will always have a special place in a crocheter's heart, and this book brings many of these patterns together in one gorgeous collection. Curated by crochet designer Sarah Hazell, 150 All-Time Favorite Crochet Blocks includes the most popular motifs, like the iconic granny square in many variations, shape-changing blocks, patterns for blocks that are worked in quarters or crosses, textured, lacy and mesh blocks, and many more. An enduring favorite with yarn crafters of all levels, blocks are both portable and perfect for small bursts of activity. If time is short, then you can work a few rounds at a time, and being portable you can carry a few with you and work on one block at a time. They help you bust your stash or declutter by using up small quantities.
St. Martin's Griffin
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9781250068781
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Paperback
The Knot Little Books of Big Wedding Ideas
By Roney, Carley
The Knot, the 1 resource for brides, compiled their all-time best wedding details cakes, bouquets and centerpieces, vows, dcor and more, planning advice, and ideas for celebrations big and small within this beautiful box set of four colorful mini books. Whether youre looking for a breathtaking bouquet, an unforgettably original cake, or the perfect reading for your ceremony, these books offer hundreds of ways to make the day your own.With more than 200 photographs and inspiration forInvitations cakes bridal bouquets in every hue aisle and altar decorations ceremony readings guidance for writing your own vows escort cards table settings centerpieces reception dcor toasts favors and more,
Potter Style; Box edition
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9780804186193
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Hardcover
Complete Pottery Techniques
By Dk,
Discover how to develop your pottery design skills and bring your ideas to life from start to finish.Covering every technique from throwing pottery to firing, glazing to sgraffito, this pottery book is perfect for both hand-building beginners and potting pros.Step-by-step photographs - some from the potter's perspective - show you exactly where to place your hands when throwing so you can master every technique you need to know. Plus, expert tips help you rescue your pots when things go wrong.The next in the popular Artist's Techniques series, Complete Pottery is the ideal companion for pottery classes of any level, or a go-to guide and inspiration for the more experienced potter looking to expand their repertoire and perfect new skills.With contemporary design and ideas, Complete Pottery Techniques enables the modern maker to unleash their creativity.
More Sewing to Sell―Take Your Handmade Business to the Next Level
By Lindsay, Virginia Keleher
Take your handmade business to a truly professional level with practical advice from industry experts! Best-selling author Virginia Lindsay teaches you how to sell your handmade items for a real profit. This hands-on guide to the sewing business includes 16 new sewing patterns, all copyright- and royalty-free, ready to customize for craft fairs or online shops. Make the most of your fabric, time, and resources when selling handmade totes, aprons, quilts, and more!
The Sewing Machine Embroiderer's Bible
By Keegan, Liz
Here is all the help needed to get the most out of your sewing machine’s embroidery functions, including details about the types and formats of available designs, how to get these designs off the internet and onto your machine, how to stabilize your fabric, which threads and needles to use to get the best results, and of course how to use the patterns creatively for stunning results. It also provides guidance for making use of the built-in embroidery stitches that modern sewing machines offer, but which are mostly forgotten about and underused. The focus is non-brand specific, so you can follow along no matter what model you have. A comprehensive section covers the details of editing, organizing, and saving your designs to transferring designs between your computer and sewing machine, downloading from the internet, and much more.
Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living
By Holland, Sharon
In Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living, renowned fabric and quilt designer Sharon Holland provides:12 well illustrated projects, ranging from table runners to a queen-sized quilt Great beginner book Skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout Teaches each technique in an unintimidating way with a focus on the quilt's ultimate use - not on unattainable perfectionEach fast-pieced project is great for beginners, with skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout. These lovely patterns are a reason to dig into your stash and make a quilt that will be used and loved for years to come.The quilts are inspired by timeless and well-loved block patterns and use surprising fabric and color choices to put a new, modern spin on tradition.
Quilting Rhythm
By Knauer, Thomas
Innovative digital designs for the adventurous quilterQuilting Rhythm offers 98 quilting designs with a modern slant. You'll find unique designs ranging from retro to contemporary, with some offering both angular and curved variants. Explore geometric to graphically-inspired designs and summon echos of decades past, such as skylines and mountains, and line reflections of the commonplace, such as flames, EKGs, and paper airplanes. Inside, you'll find each design in print form, plus a QR code linking to the digitized file. All designs are suitable for home free-motion quilters, quilters with longarms, and those with embroidery or domestic machinesInnovative and fresh, the quilting designs provide a vast array of texture and rhythm.Includes instructions on how to use the digitized designs and guidance for free-motion quilters.
In Intimate Detail
By Harrington, Cora
A comprehensive and accessible illustrated guide to lingerie from intimates expert Cora Harrington, founder of The Lingerie Addict, the internet's top intimate apparel blog.While many love the idea of wearing special underthings, lingerie can be intimidating. How is it supposed to fit? How do you take care of it all? Is lingerie really for me? In this beautiful and empowering guide, lingerie expert Cora Harrington demystifies intimate apparel, making it accessible to all sizes, ages, and budgets. Covering everything from basic bras and panties to special occasion wear, shapewear, hosiery, corsets, and more, this no-nonsense handbook empowers you to confidently buy, wear, and care for the underpinnings of your dreams.
Wise Craft Quilts
By Stocker, Blair
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 gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project - from a wedding dress to baby's first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more - the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you'll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.
The complete guide to auto body repair
By Parks, Dennis
Everything you need to know about auto body repair--updated and revised to cover water-based paints, the latest panel adhesives, and other body repair technologies.The only thing more reliable than rising gas prices is the wear and tear your car endures over its lifetime. Knowing how to repair your car without taking it to the body shop is a valuable skill for any car lover. If you want to restore, modify, or just fix up any car, from collector to custom, this is the book for you.In this updated and revised edition, author Dennis Parks covers new tools and techniques for dealing with ever-changing vehicular guidelines and technologies. New photography and updated step-by-step projects cover the latest information on panel adhesives, improved repair strategies, unibody vehicles, media blasting, panel overhaul and replacement, and tools and techniques for water-based paint products.The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair provides all the information you'll need to deal with any bumps, bangs, and bruises your car encounters, as well as the many repairs required during a car restoration project. From tools to materials to techniques, this book takes you all the way through the process. Learn how to disassemble, repair, and reassemble bodywork, as well as how to prepare surfaces for paint. The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair equips you with all the information needed to return your car to its former glory and avoid paying a body shop for work you can do yourself.
150 All-Time Favorite Crochet Blocks
By Hazell, Sarah
There are classic blocks that will always have a special place in a crocheter's heart, and this book brings many of these patterns together in one gorgeous collection. Curated by crochet designer Sarah Hazell, 150 All-Time Favorite Crochet Blocks includes the most popular motifs, like the iconic granny square in many variations, shape-changing blocks, patterns for blocks that are worked in quarters or crosses, textured, lacy and mesh blocks, and many more. An enduring favorite with yarn crafters of all levels, blocks are both portable and perfect for small bursts of activity. If time is short, then you can work a few rounds at a time, and being portable you can carry a few with you and work on one block at a time. They help you bust your stash or declutter by using up small quantities.
The Knot Little Books of Big Wedding Ideas
By Roney, Carley
The Knot, the 1 resource for brides, compiled their all-time best wedding details cakes, bouquets and centerpieces, vows, dcor and more, planning advice, and ideas for celebrations big and small within this beautiful box set of four colorful mini books. Whether youre looking for a breathtaking bouquet, an unforgettably original cake, or the perfect reading for your ceremony, these books offer hundreds of ways to make the day your own.With more than 200 photographs and inspiration forInvitations cakes bridal bouquets in every hue aisle and altar decorations ceremony readings guidance for writing your own vows escort cards table settings centerpieces reception dcor toasts favors and more,
Complete Pottery Techniques
By Dk,
Discover how to develop your pottery design skills and bring your ideas to life from start to finish.Covering every technique from throwing pottery to firing, glazing to sgraffito, this pottery book is perfect for both hand-building beginners and potting pros.Step-by-step photographs - some from the potter's perspective - show you exactly where to place your hands when throwing so you can master every technique you need to know. Plus, expert tips help you rescue your pots when things go wrong.The next in the popular Artist's Techniques series, Complete Pottery is the ideal companion for pottery classes of any level, or a go-to guide and inspiration for the more experienced potter looking to expand their repertoire and perfect new skills.With contemporary design and ideas, Complete Pottery Techniques enables the modern maker to unleash their creativity.