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Journey of Hope
Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Journey of Hope is a gallery of more than 100 stunning quilts inspired by President Obama’s path to the White House. The works range from the poignantly abstract to the grippingly realistic and feature techniques including piecing, painting, appliqué, embroidery, dyeing, beading, and more. Filled...
Handbag Designer 101: Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags
Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2011
Handbag Designer 101 is the bible for handbag designers or women who aspire to make their own bags. Included in the book are instructions for creating the fifteen essential bag styles—clutch, hobo, tote, and more—made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations, suggested difficulty levels,...
I Spy DIY Style
Find Fashion You Love and Do It Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Loved it on the runway? Seen it in a magazine?
Find fashion you love and do it yourself! With a few simple supplies and a range of clever ideas, DIY expert Jenni Radosevich shows you how to make style your own. Transform your basics into designer fashions. Turn hardware store finds into statement...
Furoshiki Fabric Wraps
Simple • Reusable • Beautiful
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Wrap it up and take it! Take your gift, your potluck dish, or even your daily essentials, and wrap it all up furoshiki-style. This ancient, elegant Japanese art of enfolding objects in fabric is demonstrated with step-by-step instructions and a beautiful gallery of photos. What a great reason to dive...
The Basics of Corset Building
A Handbook for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Think of a corset as a blank canvas.
Linda Sparks' The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to building your first corset, including:
Section One: Tools and Materials for Corset Building
Discusses the tools you'll need, plus types of steel, plastic,...
Free-Motion Designs for Borders, Setting Triangles & Cornerstones
125 Designs from Natalia Bonner, Christina Cameli, Laura Lee Fritz, Cheryl Malkowski, Christine Maraccini, Sylvia Pippen, Jessica Schick, Sheila Sinclair Snyder, Hari Walner, and Angela Walters!
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Want inspiration for your free-motion quilting? Now you have the perfect tool! This spiral-bound book is full of designs—JUST designs—and will lie flat on your work surface or your quilt to keep your hands on the quilt and that needle moving! The third in a new series, this visual guide is filled...
The Better Bag Maker
An Illustrated Handbook of Handbag Design • Techniques, Tips, and Tricks
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
If you want to make gorgeous, quality bags with the professional edge that really makes the difference between home-made and handmade—open The Better Bag Maker by Nicole Mallalieu. In this how-to book accomplished bag maker, Nicole Mallalieu, reveals her high-end techniques, shortcuts, and secrets...
by Peter Woodrow
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
**You can finally start your project TODAY! **
Woodworking is so much fun when you learn the essential skills!
Not only will you learn all the essential skills, you will also take several steps further in your woodworking learning process!
Just take a look at what you are getting:
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Style, Stitch, Staple
Basic Upholstering Skills to Tackle Any Project
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Style, Stitch, Staple combines straightforward upholstery techniques with advice on choosing and styling fabrics to help the design-savvy reader transform even the most dilapidated furniture into gorgeous updated pieces. Packed full of fabric advice, yardage charts, upholstery tutorials, and case...
by Ida Riley Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A detailed guide to dressmaking, being a handbook of pattern drafting and design. Extensively illustrated with simple, useful diagrams and step-by-step instructions, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to the bookshelf of today's...
by Nancy Zieman
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Nancy Zieman's pattern fitting approach is easy - no cutting, slashing, tucking or pinching-just logical and easy pivot-and-slide techniques, providing a painless method to follow that results in a garment that is comfortable and attractive. Once you learn Nancy's techniques for fitting, you will...
More Twist-and-Turn Bargello Quilts
Strip Piece 10 New Projects
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Quilters keep asking for more of Eileen Wright's fascinating bargello quilts that seem to wiggle, bend, twist, and turn. With this stunning collection, she brilliantly answers the call. Check out the gallery!
Immerse yourself in the beauty of 10 new bargello projects ranging in size from a bed...
Simple Quilts from Me and My Sister Designs
Easy as 1, 2, 3
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Known for their exciting use of color in quick and easy quilts, sisters Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson present a value-packed collection of popular projects.
Select from 12 strikingly simple quilts and recharge your creative batteries
Discover skill-building projects that move from squares...
The Refashion Handbook
Refit, Redesign, Remake for Every Body
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Take secondhand finds from frumpy to fabulous with a little help from Beth Huntington, a.k.a. the Renegade Seamstress. The Refashion Handbook contains 19 stylish projects, each showing you how to transform easy-to-find items into a better fit, a new design, or a radical makeover. Learn the basics of...