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Traditional Quilts With Easy No-Sew Curves By Elaine Waldschmitt Have you always dreamed of tackling a gorgeous New York Beauty block quilt, but never had the nerve? Never fear! With a technique that mimics the look of curved piecing, Appli-Curves allows you to create perfect curves every time. Author Elaine Waldschmitt shows you how, with easy instructions guaranteed to produce stunning results. You will find: - 12 projects using 3 traditional blocks: Drunkard's Path, Hearts and Gizzards and New York Beauty - Detailed instructions for creating and finishing blocks using Elaine's simple fusible web technique - A bonus CD with applique templates With table runners, throws and full-size quilts, Appli-Curves has everything you need to design beautiful curved quilts. Master the curve-that New York Beauty is beckoning! 9780896896017 Format: Paperback 128 pages Size: 10.875 x 8.25

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ISBN: 9780896896017
Format: paperback
Size: 10.875 x 8.25
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Home Decor
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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This comprehensive guide helps you transform ordinary to extraordinary in a few easy steps! Bead Embroidery: The Complete Guide marries the popular crafts of embroidery and beading to create beautiful specialties. This portable and durable resource features 20 projects, complete with 750+ color illustrations that use bead embroidery stitches with a variety of materials. The selection of quick and easy embellishments and intensive endeavors include adding fringe to a pillow, creating a zippered notions case, coin purse, Christmas ornament, sachet pillow and more. A reference guide covers all the stitches described in the book, and a gallery with work by other award-winning bead artists provides additional inspiration! 200+ full-color photos and step-by-step illustrations easily guide embroiderers through projects A collection of 20 projects provide embroiderers with a variety of beautiful pieces Lay-flat spiral-bound format for easy use

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ISBN: 9781440222894
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Size: 16 MB
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Discountable Products
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The Classic Quilts, Traditional Techniques bundle brings together 4 project books perfect for the traditional quilter. From string, to sampler, to heirloom, to cross-stitched quilts, this special shrinkwrapped book bundle offers instruction on completing unique, classic quilts, all at a special discount of over 50% off the retail price! In this bundle you'll find: Patchwork & Stitchery 12 Quilt Projects With Embroidered Twists By Carol Phillipson Patchwork & Stitchery combines the joys of traditional pieced and applique quiltmaking and the art of stitchery to create quilts with a special touch. Carol Phillipson shares her love of quiltmaking and needlework and teaches you how to make playful quilts and wall hangings inspired by ancient Agean culture, lush gardens, milestones of life and more! You'll find: Step-by-step techniques for quilting, applique, cross-stitch and embroidery (including sashiko and blackwork), as well as ideas for planning your own unique quilts. 12 pieced quilt pr

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ISBN: 9781440321757
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Manufacturer: North Light Books
Category: Crafts
Sub Category: Sewing & Quilting

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Go Crazy Without Going Crazy! Everyone loves a shortcut, especially when it saves time and is still just as fun as taking the long route. Crazy Shortcut Quilts teaches you a simple quilt-as-you-go technique for creating your own crazy quilts in hours instead of months. With the authors' philosophy of keep it sweet and simple, you learn how to combine layers of a quilt in small, manageable sections, which requires virtually no precise measuring or cutting. Features include: Instructions for 15 projects including wall art, pillows, a queen-size quilt, fabric valances and accent throws Advice for selecting the right fabrics and color schemes More than 175 color photos Ideas for using your decorative stitches After reading Crazy Shortcut Quilts, you won't have quilt tops sitting around waiting to be quilted any more. You'll be looking for more projects to make!

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ISBN: 9780896895478
Format: paperback
Size: 8.25 x 10.875
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Home Decor
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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Digitize Your Own Designs Like the famous saying goes, Build it and they will come, this new book from master digitizer John Deer takes a similar approach, Understand it and it will work. Digitizing Made Easy defeats frustration and opens the door to machine-embroidered creativity. You'll learn everything from the three basic stitch types to more advanced techniques for digitizing with multi-needle machines. This personal lesson with John Deer teaches you: Elements of great design: stitch angles, corners, registration, mapping and color changes Understanding distortion and underlay Tips and hints, including density, locking stitches and making stitches disappear Complete with an embroidery reference chart, glossary and a bonus CD ROM with 25 embroidery designs and additional tutorials, with Digitizing Made Easy you'll gain the confidence you need to use your software to its fullest potential and will be on your way to digitizing your own unique designs.

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ISBN: 9780896894921
Format: paperback
Size: 8.25 x 10.875
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Discountable Products

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By Deborah Jones with Nancy Zieman In Dimensional Machine Embroidery, learn to enhance your machine embroidery skills with specialty techniques that make your work beautiful to the eye and amazing to the touch. Your embroidery will come to life with traditional and raw-edge applique, trapunto, wing needle and shadow work. With clear step-by-step instructions and handy tips and tricks for each technique, you'll be rewarded with beautiful and professional-looking results. Inside Dimensional Machine Embroidery, you'll find: 11 dimensional techniques to learn and master, with accompanying projects: elegant lace coasters, a cozy embroidered elk blanket, a funky giraffe footstool, and more! A CD containing 18 digitized designs from the projects, as well as bonus designs for the wing needle and shadow work techniques Recommendations for specific fabrics, stabilizers, needles and notions to use with each project, for spectacular results every time Notes from Nancy: expert advice from sewing an

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ISBN: 9781440203978
Format: paperback
Size: 10.875 x 8.25
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Crafts & DIY

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By Jeanine Twigg Thousands have embraced Embroidery Machine Essentials as the must-have resource for successful machine embroidery. Now, Jeanine Twigg's new Companion Project Series builds on the success of her original book. Each companion book contains 48 pages filled with creative embroidery machine techniques, 20 easy-to-stitch projects, and a CD with 20 exclusive embroidery machine designs. The 20 easy-to-stitch projects featured in the first companion book use a variety of techniques, such as applique, cutwork, dimensional, quilting, and more on a variety of fabrics. From fleece to quilt cotton fabrics, Twigg shares the basics of embroidery and the uses of proper stabilizers, threads, needles, and accessories for successful stitching results. Twigg has an exceptional ability to study a design and use it in a multitude of ways for creative fabric surface texture. - Learn how to successfully stitch decorative designs using a multitude of creative embroidery machine techniques 97808

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ISBN: 9780873495806
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Discountable Products

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By Linda Turner Griepentrog Embroidery machines continue to provide limitless opportunities for sewing enthusiasts, and now Quilting Techniques, Jeanine Twigg's third book in the Companion Project Series, joins quilting with embroidery-a perfect combination! Jeanine has teamed up with Sew News editor Linda Griepentrog to expose the world of quilting to embroidery machine owners, and to introduce quilters to the unlimited potential of embroidery. The 12 featured projects and 20 original designs on the included CD-ROM (inserted inside the book) offer countless opportunities for success with outlining, applique, Redwork, trapunto, whole-cloth, and pieced work for quilts, garments, and giftables. Ensuring readers of all skill levels compelling results, background information is provided on selecting battings, threads, needles, and other supplies, as well as on quilting methods and designs-piecing, applique, crazy quilting, and stuffed quilting. - Various projects included on the CD-ROM als

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ISBN: 9780873498463
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Quilting

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Embroidery machines are the hottest trend in home sewing, with over 400,000 machines in use. The possibilities are endless when it comes to embellishing everything from kids' wear to table linens. This guide provides essential information that goes beyond the basic instruction manual for owners of a home embroidery machine or combination sewing-embroidery machine. Taking the guesswork out of using a home embroidery machine, this book covers the entire embroidery process from choosing designs, threads, stabilizers and needles to hooping, design placement and stitching techniques. Simple projects are made easy with step-by-step instructions, allowing readers to experiment with their new skills and embroidery techniques. A handy troubleshooting section helps solve problems along the way. Includes a bonus CD featuring 6 exclusive embroidery designs digitized by award-winning Lindee Goodall, owner of Cactus Punch. Includes a free CD with 6 exclusive designs-a $35 value! Tips and techniques

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ISBN: 9780873419994
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Discountable Products

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Take your machine embroidery to new heights by working with materials readily found, but often overlooked. You know, the ones that pucker and run…buckle and stretch…break your thread…or bury your embroidery in mounds of plush pile? With expert advice from Deborah Jones, now you can embroidery even the most challenging materials with consistently beautiful results. This guide puts everything you need at your fingertips including: Which needles, stabilizers, marking and hooping methods work best for each fabric. Clear, empowering explanations, so you'll know why these challenging fabrics behave the way they do. Plus, the bonus CD ROM includes 14 embroidery designs in 38 fabric-specific versions so that you can use the settings as reference for other designs.

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ISBN: 9780896896543
Format: paperback
Size: 8? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Fashion
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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Nancy Zieman, the nation's most recognized and revered sewing expert, covers everything you need to know to master machine embroidery in this new guide. An easy-to-understand tutorial explains the basics of machine embroidery, and detailed photos depict every step of using these machines for top-notch results. Learn about the essential tools. how to organize the embroidery area, different types of machines, designs, templating/positioning, software, stabilizers, hooping, fabrics, problem shooting and finishing touches. The book also features a glossary of common terms, and the final chapter features ideas for moving beyond the basics and taking those new skills to the next level!Easy-to-follow tutorial Features a helpful glossary of common terms Inspires you to move beyond the basics into more advanced projects

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ISBN: 9780873498579
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Discountable Products

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With embroidery machines capturing the sewing industry's creative imagination, sewing consumers are seeking new embroidery methods and information to take them to the next level. This new reference presents the next step in the creative embroidery process-using an embroidery machine and software to customize, edit, and create decorative designs. From combining decorative designs to stitch editing to creating new designs, Jeanine Twigg provides basic software information and instructions that can be used with any embroidery machine. Includes a FREE CD-ROM with 10 exclusive embroidery designs, graphic images, and a comprehensive glossary of terms. Tips for embroidery machine software success Inspiration gallery of creativity from industry experts Includes a CD-ROM with 10 exclusive embroidery designs, graphic images for creating designs, and a comprehensive listing of embroidery software and computer terms For all embroidery machine makes and models

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ISBN: 9780873494397
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Machine Embroidery
Sub Category: Discountable Products

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This book is a complete guide to the art of traditional punchneedle, an embroidery technique using a punch needed to create designs with looped thread. It includes a brief history of the Russian origins of the technique, along with a comprehensive review of the tools and materials used. Each technique is illustrated with a small sample and instructions so that you can try out the technique. Marinda also teaches you how to use punchneedle embroidery on a wide range of background fabrics - from rough and earth silk tussah to the finest velvet - and how to create an enormous number of textures and effects.

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ISBN: 9781440223600
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Size: 43 MB
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Discountable Products
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This book is a complete guide to the art of traditional punchneedle, an embroidery technique using a punch needed to create designs with looped thread. It includes a brief history of the Russian origins of the technique, along with a comprehensive review of the tools and materials used. Each technique is illustrated with a small sample and instructions so that you can try out the technique. Marinda also teaches you how to use punchneedle embroidery on a wide range of background fabrics - from rough and earth silk tussah to the finest velvet - and how to create an enormous number of textures and effects.

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ISBN: 9780896896529
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Size: 5.625 x 7.625
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Discountable Products
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Lots of great ideas, lots of step-by-steps and lots of colorful artwork fill the pages of Scraptastic, making it a must-have for every scrapbooker looking to add a new twist to his or her scrapbook pages. The techniques themselves include a mixture using both the usual supplies (ribbons, patterned paper, eyelets, and more) in different ways and using unusual mediums (like frisket, clays and image transfers) to enhance layouts. This is the ultimate technique book every scrapbooker needs to take the craft to the next level, with innovative and playful techniques--from watercolor to collage, from beading to embroidery.

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ISBN: 9781440227899
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Size: 55 MB
Manufacturer: Memory Makers Books
Category: Scrapbooking
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Lots of great ideas, lots of step-by-steps and lots of colorful artwork fill the pages of Scraptastic, making it a must-have for every scrapbooker looking to add a new twist to her scrapbook pages. The techniques themselves include a mixture using both the usual supplies (ribbons, patterned paper, eyelets, and more) in different ways and using unusual mediums (like frisket, clays and image transfers) to enhance layouts. This is the ultimate technique book every scrapbooker needs to take her craft to the next level, with innovative and playful techniques--from watercolor to collage, from beading to embroidery.

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ISBN: 9781599630113
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Size: 11 x 8.5
Manufacturer: Memory Makers Books
Category: Scrapbooking
Sub Category: Sale

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Learn how to dress up any window with creative, unique and attractive window treatments.In this new book, author Sally Cowan presents comprehensive information about window shapes; valances and cornices; cascades and swags; lined and unlined drapes; tiebacks; trims and braids; necessary hardware; as well as a guide to shades, blinds and verticals.This is a book that walks the reader - novice to expert - through pane-less window treatments. Cowan guides the reader in planning the style of the window treatment and the importance of color and fabrics, and then leads into 25 quick, easy and inspiring projects.Explores new, never before seen window treatments Covers all window types, even odd-shaped windows Easy to follow step-by-step instructions with helpful photos and illustrations

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ISBN: 9780873492553
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Home Decor
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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Sew Sunny Homestyle features a beautiful collection of over 50 delightful projects that blend timeless seaside charm with effortless country elegance. Choose from a stunning variety of home and personal accessories, including chic handbags and espadrilles, pretty cushions, throws and cuddly soft toys. Easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous color photography and delightful illustrations accompany each project, plus techniques such as appliqu‚ and free embroidery enable you to create beautiful items that will bring a little sunshine into your home.

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ISBN: 9780715333402
Format: paperback
Size: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4
Manufacturer: David & Charles
Category: Sewing & Quilting
Sub Category: Home Decor

Description:

Beginning or aspiring sewers will learn the skills they need and gain confidence in their work with this helpful guide! Sew With Confidence teaches basic sewing skills and then moves on to explain more complex techniques, encouraging readers to take their skills to the next level with more involved projects. The book includes information on materials and tools needed to get started, sewing and serger machines, organizing the sewing area, patterns, fabrics and more. The easy to follow instructions and step-by-step photos and illustrations will ensure success for novices, as well as inspire confidence. Anyone who wants to learn the basics of sewing will want this straightforward guide to the craft.Teaches basic sewing skills with step-by-step instructions, photos and illustrations Includes information on materials, machines, fabrics, patterns and more Inspires confidence and encourages readers to take their newly learned skills to the next level

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ISBN: 9780873498111
Format: paperback
Size: 8-? x
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Sewing & Quilting
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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By Daphne Greig and Susan Purney Mark Get the look of intricate stained glass applique quilts with some fusible web, an iron, and a pair of sharp scissors. Well-known Canadian quilt artists, Daphne Greig and Susan Purney Mark offer patterns and instructions for eight beautiful wall hangings and six smaller variations for quick, fun projects and a gallery for inspiration. You will enjoy how quickly you can fuse delicate leading patterns to whole-cloth stained-glass windows. The windows-bright or muted prints, floral, batiks, or hand-painted landscapes-set the tone of the completed quilt. Simple Stained Glass Quilts offers: Time-saving and convenient technique- allows you to quickly complete two steps in one, as the stitching around the fused-applique stained-glass leading doubles as the quilting Easy-to-use full-size patterns that simplify the process of making fused pieces Beginning and advanced quilters alike will enjoy how simple it is to create amazing art quilts that look so elabor

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ISBN: 9780896895829
Format: paperback
Size: 8.25 x 10.875
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Home Decor
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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With little effort, transform an everyday meal into a special occasion with these elegant and innovative methods for making, folding, embellishing, and decorating with napkins. Sewing authorities Gail Brown and Mary Mulari provide striking, innovative designs for easy-to-sew or no-sew edge finishing and embellishing and techniques for super-fast folded napkins to give any table pizzazz.Crafters, do-it-yourself decorators, gift givers, sewers, quilters, and machine embroiderers will appreciate these quick and easy projects devoted exclusively to napkins. Projects are perfect to use with classes on machine embroidery, decorative serging, applique, stamping, stenciling, and other popular embellishing techniques. Readers will successfully and effortlessly create a personalized entertainment statement with the aid of hundreds of color photographs and illustrations.Super-fast techniques and folds designed exclusively for napkins Illustrates use and embellishment of ready-mades for inspiratio

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ISBN: 9781440222559
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Size: 19 MB
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Discountable Products
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ISBN: 9780896893382
Format: paperback
Size: 8.5 x 11
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
Category: Home Decor
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

Description:

Stitch, embellish, love, repeat. Making adorable hand-stitched things using the fabric you love has never been easier! Renowned North Light author Heidi Boyd has 20 adorable sewn, stitched and felted projects, complete with clear instructions, helpful illustrations and crisp patterns. There is something for everyone who likes to create handmade items, whether you're new to sewing or a long-time stitcher: loads of projects featuring hip fabrics, tantalizing textures and embellishments that add just the right touch. 20 loveable projects featuring woodland creatures, colorful creations, fuzzy foodstuffs and more. A variety of fun techniques including embroidery, applique, felting, hand-stitching and classic sewing. Many projects are quick and easy to make again and again—great for gifts! Grab your needles, threads, fabrics and felt and sew along with Stitched Whimsy!

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781440309137
Format: paperback
Size: 8.25''w x
Manufacturer: Memory Makers
Category: Cross Stitch
Sub Category: Embroidery

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Make the Most of Your Sewing Machine! Join author Charlene Phillips as you learn all about your new best friend—your sewing machine! From fabric to feet to finished product, you'll be guided through techniques for mastering your machine and using it to perform basic to advanced stitching tasks. Whether you've been sewing for years or just gotten the itch, you'll find invaluable information inside for using your sewing machine to its maximum potential. Learn how to: Troubleshoot machine problems like skipped stitches, needle breaks and tension troubles Perform basic maintenance on your machine to keep it running smoothly Choose fabrics, threads and other materials that will keep your machine running at full capacity and result in quality projects Recognize and utilize the best sewing machine feet to achieve the desired results Refine everyday tasks from installing zippers to sewing buttonholes and constructing perfect hems Create beautiful embellishments like scallops, ruches, smo

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ISBN: 9781440216008
Format:
Size: 8''w x 10''h
Manufacturer: Memory Makers
Category: Sewing & Quilting
Sub Category: Machine Embroidery

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The WORKBASKET magazine inspired readers for sixty-one years. It was the go-to for Ideas for the Bazaar, the Home, Gifts and Sparetime Money-makers— with Many Inexpensive, Easily Made Articles that find a Ready Sale. For generations, The WORKBASKET inspired with endless projects and suggestions in sewing, knitting, crochet, quilting, embroidery and many other fun crafts. Inside The WORKBASKET Sewing Workbook you'll be treated to the illustrations and content of The WORKBASKET magazine from it's coolest years: the 1940s through the 1960s. During this time the magazine featured fabulous illustrations of women in dresses, as well as inspirational Women Who Make Cents stories and great sewing content. The best of this material, as well as worksheets and charts, are here to help you track your sewing projects and inspire you to get sewing!

Condition: new
ISBN: 9781440228704
Format: paperback
Size: 6''w x 8.5''h
Manufacturer: Memory Makers
Category: Crafts
Sub Category: Needlecrafts

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Warm Fuzzies has a broad appeal to knitters who are looking for alternative and less time-consuming needle-art projects as well as to DIY fans of recycled clothing. The majority of the book's projects use felt that is made from old sweaters and other garments. The reader will learn how to select the best knitted wool for felting, the best way to full (felt) it, and how to combine this process with a wide variety of other techniques, including applique, knitted I-cord, basic embroidery, needle felting, pre-felting manipulation and more. All of the 30 step-by-step projects are cute and colorful, from cupcake pincushions to little monkey hand puppets and a comfy throw with a bird motif. Needle-crafters, knitters and soft crafters of all tastes and skill levels will love the accessibility and fresh ideas in Warm Fuzzies.

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ISBN: 9781440313424
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Size: 65 MB
Manufacturer: North Light Books
Category: Discountable Products
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They came from the city, they came from the country, they drove hundreds of miles and hitch-hiked across the state to be there for day one of a three-day music festival built on a platform of peace. Learn about the experiences, the adventures and the lasting memories from the people who spent three days in a farm field, in the mud and rain and witnessed the transformation of three ordinary days into an extraordinary event known as Woodstock. Everyone looked just like us, remembers Robin Chanin, then a 17-year-old from suburban New Jersey who was among the nearly 500,000 attendees. It was a great equalizer. No one stood out. There was a moving river of blue jeans and flowing hair, lots of beads, embroidery and flowers. We parked our car in a field with others, and not knowing where to go, we joined the throng and the movement simply took us there. Use this entertaining and easy-to-use downloadable file to gain a unique look at Woodstock history.This easy-to-search file is compatible wit

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ISBN: 9781440208386
Format:
Size: 34 MB
Manufacturer: Goldmine
Category: Download & Online Seminar Sale
Sub Category: Discountable Products