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Plants and Flowers to Decorate Your Home
Western Publishing Company, Incorporated 1977 0307492540 / 9780307492548 Unknown Binding Used: Very Good Unknown Binding
"Each season of the year offers limitless opportunities to create exciting decorating effects with plants and flowers. Knowing how and when to use these attractive living materials to the best advantage will help you enjoy the rewarding experience of decorating your home with natural beauty all through the year."
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3.95 USD
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"Better Homes and Gardens" Better Homes and Gardens Painted Crafts
Better Homes & Gardens Books 1990-02 0696016354 / 9780696016356 Hardcover Used: Good Hardcover
Good, clean condition. "In Painted Crafts, you'll find an exciting array of materials and techniquest o explore, and a tempting variety of projects to choose from-projects designed to delight any paint crafter, from a preschooler to a budding Picasso."
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2.95 USD
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Ann Frischkorn; Amy Sandrin Flower Pounding: Quilt Projects for All Ages
C&T Publishing 2001-03 1571201165 / 9781571201164 Paperback Used: Very Good Paperback
Very good, crisp and clean condition. With a bit of simple preparation, an ordinary piece of muslin becomes a canvas for the intriguing art of flower pounding. Taped to the muslin and whacked with a hammer, nearly any type of flower or leaf surrenders its pigment, leaving behind a ghostly image resembling watercolor painting. By outlining these delicate images with permanent marker and stitching over them, Ann Frischkorn and Amy Sandrin turn them into lovely quilts. Some specifically resemble the flowers from which they came: roses, alstroemeria, irises, morning glories, and many other blossoms arranged in a central panel, ringed by a quilted--and sometimes pieced--border. In others the flowers have been pounded through stencils, to lend their translucent hues to shapes of fish, coffee cups, even a skateboarder designed and pounded by Sandrin's son (yes, kids will love this noisy, rewarding activity).Once they've explained fabric preparation and the specifics of the technique itself, the authors present a gallery of 40 of their quilts, accompanied by commentary about what inspired each design and some of the flowers appearing in it. The project section offers another seven designs, with brief directions about creating them. The actual quilting and piecing instructions are quite cursory; though the designs are relatively basic, at least a nodding acquaintance with quilting methods is presumed. As for the actual pounding, the authors recommend experimenting with various types of flowers, remarking that the color of the bloom is not necessarily the color after pounding and that even flowers from the same plant picked on different days may result in different shades. But a bit more information about what general color ranges they tend to expect would have been helpful. The "flower index" at book's end--composed of 57 color photos representing a selection of flowers used throughout the quilts--seems like an ideal place to have indicated something about this. Still, this is an interesting and different approach to fabric adornment and might be nice on wearables too, although the authors don't mention whether the flower-pounded fabric will stand up to washing. Further experimentation ought to resolve this issue as well. --Amy Handy
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5.78 USD
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Barbara Christopher Easy-To-Make Cross Stitch Samplers and Mottoes (Dover Needlework)
Dover Publications 1985-01 0486246647 / 9780486246642 Paperback Used: Good Paperback
This softbound booklet would appeal to both the novice cross stitcher and the more advanced needleworker. The charts are very easy to read and follow, with few colors of floss to use for each project, making each sampler an inexpensive way to stitch a gift, or something special for your home. Although some of the samplers look as though they are intricately detailed, the stitching is quite easy. A novice can look like they've been doing cross stitch for years, and the more experienced stitcher will be able to do one of these in a matter of a few days at the most. An excellent buy for the price, as well as the number and variety of samplers included in the booklet.
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2.89 USD
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Betsy Skinner; Jamie Sapsford Stenciling (Start-a-Craft)
Book Sales 1994-03 0785800573 / 9780785800576 Hardcover Used: Good Hardcover
No jacket. Otherwise good condition. Takes you on a tour of 13 projects; by the time you have reached the end of the book you will have experienced the wonderful creative world of stencilling and all it offers.
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2.10 USD
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Better Homes and Gardens Books America's Best Cross Stitch (Better Homes and Gardens)
Better Homes & Gardens Books 1988-03 0696016257 / 9780696016257 Hardcover Used: Very Good Hardcover
Reader review:I checked this book out of my local library, and it's actually pretty good. There are color photos of every finished pattern, and the charts (several in color) are very easy to follow. Most of the patterns can be stitched by beginner to intermediate stitchers and do not involve specialty stitches. There are some nice samplers, a really cool nautical alphabet design, and a cute alphabet pattern for children. The book is chock-full of patterns. There really should be something of interest to everyone in this book.
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Better Homes and Gardens Books America's Best Cross Stitch (Better Homes and Gardens)
Better Homes & Gardens Books 1988-03 0696016257 / 9780696016257 Hardcover Used: Good Hardcover
Reader review:I checked this book out of my local library, and it's actually pretty good. There are color photos of every finished pattern, and the charts (several in color) are very easy to follow. Most of the patterns can be stitched by beginner to intermediate stitchers and do not involve specialty stitches. There are some nice samplers, a really cool nautical alphabet design, and a cute alphabet pattern for children. The book is chock-full of patterns. There really should be something of interest to everyone in this book.
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1.95 USD
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Better Homes and Gardens Books America's Best Cross Stitch (Better Homes and Gardens)
Better Homes & Gardens Books 1988-03 0696016257 / 9780696016257 Hardcover Used: Very Good Hardcover
Reader review:I checked this book out of my local library, and it's actually pretty good. There are color photos of every finished pattern, and the charts (several in color) are very easy to follow. Most of the patterns can be stitched by beginner to intermediate stitchers and do not involve specialty stitches. There are some nice samplers, a really cool nautical alphabet design, and a cute alphabet pattern for children. The book is chock-full of patterns. There really should be something of interest to everyone in this book.
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3.95 USD
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Carol Huber Countryknits
Studio 1987-02-18 0525481931 / 9780525481935 Spiral-bound Used: Acceptable Spiral-bound
Wear to covers. No markings. Complete patterns and instructions for 23 casual sweaters inspired by American folk designs.
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2.00 USD
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Carol Law; Illustrator-Angie Sage The Usborne Book of Kites (How to Make)
E.D.C. Publishing 1992-01 0746007086 / 9780746007082 Paperback Used: Like New Paperback
Like-new condition. This book shows you how to make an exciting collection of kites which fly really well. The projects include a traditional diamond kite, a spectacular dragon kite and a 'birdie' kite which hovers high in the sky. all the things you need to make each model are easy to obtain an use.
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1.94 USD
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Carolyn Ambuter The Open Canvas
Workman Pub Co 1982-12 0894801716 / 9780894801716 Paperback Used: Good Paperback
300 stitches, 43 lesson plans, 16 pages of full-color samplers, every stitch is photgraphed and diagrammed.
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4.95 USD
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Dee Gruenig Decorating Scrapbooks With Rubber Stamps
Sterling 1999-06-30 0806998466 / 9780806998466 Paperback Used: Like New Paperback
Rubber-stamp queen Dee Gruenig returns with more dazzling ideas, this time letting her gleeful imagination loose on another very popular craft--scrapbooking. Combining her bold and colorful approach to stamping with her lifelong love of making memory albums, she offers many delightful ways to create unforgettable pages that unite the best of both crafts. Rather than purchasing preprinted scrapbook pages, follow Gruenig's straightforward instructions to make sponged, stickered, bordered, patterned, striped, plaid, embossed, brayered, spattered, or themed backgrounds that help even the most ho-hum photos come alive. Not only do her designs nicely frame full-photo images on the page, but many are actually intricate background landscapes that cleverly incorporate individual figures cut from the photos, decoupage style. --Amy Handy
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