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Sew Me! Sew and Go will show you how to create fashionable totes, beautiful covers for items such as phones and iPads, handbags and more! It contains plenty of quick one-to-one sewing projects, accompanied by step-by-step photos and detailed instructions.The book begins by introducing you to all the basic sewing techniques, and provides inspiring tips for using colour and patterns. Whether you are new to sewing or just want to repair the odd hole in your skill set, you'll soon be working with confidence and creating attractive, practical accessories that not only express your style and individuality, but also match the way you live!

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Looking for a colorful, fun, and easy way to personalize your notebooks and clothing? Gel Jotters are fun ideas for decorating just about anything with gel rollers and milky pens. Gel Pen Doodles is packed with cool Gel Jotters that will inspire oodles of doodles to personalize notebooks, journals, reports, folders, backpacks, hats, shoes, and more. These tips will show you how! Armed only with a selection of gel pens, you will learn a range of cool and stylish doodling techniques, including: *Crosshatch *Dots *Shading *Swirls *Scribble *Fill in Solid *Character *Negatives *And more! Once you have mastered these, you will be able to apply them to any of the hundreds of creative concepts contained in this guide. A whole range of stunning designs for flowers will bring a prize-winning gardener's flair to your personal journal, or perhaps even help you to decorate a meaningful card for a friend. You'll be able to brighten up your lecture notes with intricate borders of climbing roses,

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Beading Basics and Beyond features TOHO's 3-cut beads and Charlotte beads with projects that range from surprisingly simple to exquisitely elegant. The beginning beader will appreciate the Autumn Lei, the Crystal Spheres earrings, and the Nautilus Necklace while advanced beaders will love the Egyptian collar, Charlotte's Anchor Chain bracelet and the Ruby Flowers necklace. The projects are designed to encourage you to experiment with your own color combinations and the techniques are simpler than they look.

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Create dozens of beautiful, professional card projects using items you have around the house. Do you want to expand your skills and experience as a crafter? Then here is a collection of ideas designed to ignite your imagination and get your creative juices flowing. Think outside the box. What small, personal items do you have that would make a special gift card? A key? A little foliage? A small chain? An earring? A name plate? Take them and create something truly memorable for yourself, a family member, or a dear friend. Make a unique Thank You card. Design a special True Friends card. Make a Fly Heart card. You can do more! Move from cards to a scrapbook page. There is so much you can do with the inspiration and detailed instructions here. The aim is to inspire the readers to be creative with the materials available. Have fun with an exploration of different materials. Create something truly unique and original.

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Each project is organized in a progressive learning format; beginning crafters can start with the most basic starter bowl and gradually work their way toward more elaborate bowls--such as laminated swag bowls; a flared lobed bowl made with varied angles; a thin, eight-segmented bowl; and an inward curving bowl. Original patterns for other types of vessels include a vase, a ginger jar, and a candy dish. For advanced wood crafters, an appendix expands upon the earlier material and pushes wood artists to create new patterns or adapt the existing ones to create art of their very own.

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Chip Carved Christmas Ornaments demonstrates how to create an endless variety of exquisite, wooden Christmas ornaments for your tree using only two knives and just three basic cuts. A selection of ready-to- use full-size patterns include versatile elements that can be re-combined with infinite variations.Chip carving, one of the earliest forms of traditional woodcarving, is also one of the easiest methods for beginners to learn. By following the expert advice of award-winning chip carver Bruce Nicholas, carvers of all abilities can create finely pierced, festive ornaments that will let the Christmas lights shine through.The author also reveals his beautiful techniques for staining the ornaments with water colour pencils, allowing you to create eye- catching decorations that will brighten your home. But the fun doesn't need to stop there; why not help spread Christmas cheer by making ornaments for family, friends and neighbours?

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Discover a beautiful Scandinavian folk art with "Scandinavian Figure Carving." One of the world s most notable folk artists, author Harley Refsal has been decorated by the King of Norway for his pioneering contributions to Norwegian culture, particularly traditional Scandinavian flat-plane figure carving. A Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Folk Art, he shares his expertise with thousands of carvers in courses and presentations across North America. Harley was featured in a PBS "Craft in America" episode, appeared as guest woodcarver on "Prairie Home Companion," and was honored as Woodcarver of the Year by "Woodcarving Illustrated" magazine.In this book, Harley presents a fascinating overview of an enchanting folk art. Discover the rich history of Scandinavian figure carving from the Viking era to the modern day, with photographs and illustrations of medieval decorative pieces. Biographies of the greatest 19th and 20th century Scandinavian carvers are provided along with representative photographs of their work. Readers can even try their own hand at the art, with step-by-step instructions for carving an iconic Dalecarlian horse. "Harley is the approachable, down-to-earth, and beloved woodcarving instructor Steve Johnson, Executive Director, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum"

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There is nothing more satisfying than enjoying a good meal at the end of a long day in the great outdoors. After personal safety and comfort, the quality and quantity of food can make or break an adventure trip. In The Outdoor Chef, author Dian Weimer shows hungry readers how to pack, carry, and cook great outdoor meals that help make the experience memorable for all the right reasons. She offers over 100 expedition-tested recipes for satisfying camp meals, plus valuable planning and packing strategies. With a little thought and some time preparing menus in advance, happy eating on a hiking, canoe, rafting, or kayak trip can be as much a part of the adventure as the destination."

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Make colorful wooden puzzles on the scroll saw with more than 75 shop-tested and ready-to-cut patterns. Each freestanding design features several interlocking cuts, and is made up of only a few pieces. Step-by-step instructions and expert tips on tools, materials, preparation, staining, and painting will have you making puzzles like a pro in just a few hours. Celebrate holidays around the year with snowmen, Santas, leprechauns, and jack-o-lanterns. Create a Noah s Ark, a farmer on his tractor, or a wishing well. Make grazing horses, soaring eagles, traveling elephants, and dozens more."

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Award-winning sculptor Jessie Groeschen takes an insider's look at the tradition of chainsaw carving. It explores the history of this stylish art, from its early pioneers to today's innovative urban wood recovery projects. It also includes a project for carving a beautiful Sun, Moon and Bear Chair. Award-winning chainsaw sculptor Jessie Groeschen takes an insider's look at the people whose talents, styles and personalities make chainsaw carving so fascinating. With new artist profiles and colourful new photographs, this is the story of the fearless men and women who are carving out a contemporary art form for all to enjoy. Art of Chainsaw Carving, Second Edition presents the diversity and achievements of this stylish art, from its early pioneers to today's innovative urban wood recovery projects. Readers will also find step-by-step instructions on how to carve a beautiful Sun, Moon and Bear Chair. Demonstrated by the author, this project reveals the fascinating process of using a chainsaw to unlock the raw and natural beauty of wood.

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This is an essential guide to gourd carving, covering every method and style. It includes contributions by 92 international gourd artists and more than 625 gorgeous colour photographs. Instructions are provided for working with both hand tools and powered rotary carvers. This authoritative guide covers every method and style of gourd carving, with contributions by 92 international gourd artists and more than 625 gorgeous colour photographs. Fretwork, engraving, chip carving, gouge work, relief carving, inlay and sculptural carving are all thoroughly examined. A newly expanded gallery section, the largest ever published, will inspire gourd artists everywhere. Colour photographs of exquisitely carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world. Step-by-step projects introduce new tools and techniques in progressive order of difficulty. Detailed instructions are provided for working with both hand tools and powered rotary carvers. Filled with new patterns and photos, creative ideas and remarkable examples, Complete Book of Gourd Carving, Revised and Expanded is an essential reference for both crafters and art collectors.

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Join award-winning woodcarver Desiree Hajny as she reveals her artistic approach to carving majestic white-tailed deer. Desiree is well known for her lifelike, richly detailed animal carvings. Now she shares her knowledge and carving secrets with you in this handy reference guide.Celebrate the natural beauty of wild deer as you create your own magnificent woodcarvings. Inside you’ll find ready-to-use carving patterns for making beautifully realistic bucks, does, and fawns. Clear reference photos provide inspiring views of deer from all angles, and color-coded anatomy sketches help you to understand how they move. The author offers expert tips for carving challenging details like eyes, nose, and mouth, along with texturing, painting, and finishing techniques.

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When you unpack a new table saw, whether it's a bench top, contractor or cabinet saw, the enclosed manual doesn't venture much beyond basic safety, assembly and set-up. That leaves some head-scratching when it's time to turn it on and start cutting. Where's the manual that covers all the things your new table saw is designed to do? Table Saw takes that next step with you. In addition to explaining the basics of safety and set-up, this handy reference will help you get the most for your money by getting the most from your equipment. From moulding to creating jigs, you'll discover the techniques and tips you need to maximise your table saw's performance. Even if you've been woodworking for years, you'll wish this was the manual that originally came with your new table saw.

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This book helps you create wonderful mythical creatures with in-depth carving and painting demonstrations. It is designed for beginning and intermediate carvers. Beginning and intermediate carvers will learn to create wonderful mythical creatures from wood with the patterns and step-by-step projects in this book from noted author and carver Shawn Cipa. Carving Fantasy & Legend Figures in Wood, Revised Edition offers expert guidance for carving all the great creatures of legend, including wizards, dragons, faeries, mermaids and more. Two in-depth carving and painting demonstrations are each accompanied by dozens of step-by-step colour photos. Detailed patterns and colour reference photos are also provided for ten additional popular fantasy figures, including a unicorn, troll, gargoyle, phoenix and gryphon. It includes a basic introduction to woodcarving that offers advice on using the proper tools, selecting wood and paint types, using patterns and painting and finishing techniques.

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Carving the Native American takes you step-by-step through the creation of an expressive American Indian bust. From starting with a clay model to detailing the tiniest curves of the face, it guides you through the entire process of sculpting a large lifelike bust. Both beginning and veteran carvers will discover practical techniques and strategies to apply to any large sculptural carving.

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What would you do if a whale thought your boat looked like lunch? Dive deep into these stories of real life boating disasters, as told by those who survived them. Not a guide book, but a great read. Real life disasters and how they lived to tell the stories, fill the pages of this book. It covers everything from sperm whales biting a hole in a hull and escaping in a rubber dingy, while your boat goes down in the Pacific, to running ashore on rocky shoals. It also includes tips on how to survive when the worst happens.

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Written specifically for the woodworker seeking new adventures in the world of wood. Awaken your modern design aesthetic with 21 striking contemporary designs for the home. The fusion of nature's elegant shapes and modern architecture's bold symmetry yields a dynamic and engaging collection of designs for scroll saw woodworking. Patterns, easy-to-understand instructions and step-by-step photography make crafting these projects attainable, no matter your skill level. Perfect for beginners looking to progress their scroll saw abilities with interesting and compelling projects; learn the ropes of scroll sawing with seven step-by-step photo-illustrated instructional projects. Advanced woodworkers can master joinery, 3D cutting and inlay with advanced projects such as Nesting Boxes, the Zigzag Business Card Holder and the Flower Abstraction Wall Mirror.

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"Wildlife Projects" is jam packed full of 28 extraordinary animal projects for the scroll saw. These tried and true favourite projects are plucked from the archives of "Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts", the foremost periodical on scroll sawing. Join your favourite authors, including Kathy Wise, Gary Browning, Charles Dearing and Lora Irish, as they scroll handsome projects from the animal kingdom. Readers can create birds, pets, sealife, North American wildlife and African big cats in wood. Among other animals included are: rooster, blue jay, cat, rabbit, crab, turtle, bear, elk, wolf, tiger and lion.

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Each Missing Shop Manual will cover everything your new tool was designed to do along with the tips and techniques for maximizing its performance with jigs and fixtures. In this book, readers will find information on setting up a lathe, as well as safety and sharpening tips.

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Covering everything you need to get the most our of your circular saw and jig saw, the Missing Shop Manual Series goes beyond basic safety, assembly, and set-up. From ripping wood to circle cutting, you'll discover the techniques and tips to maximize your saw's performance.

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For carvers or crafters looking to create 'something different,' this gorgeous book offers the novel and romantic idea of a lovespoon - a hand-carved symbol of love that has endured for centuries. Featuring 3 step-by-step projects and 15 original patterns, this comprehensive guide covers selecting the proper wood, using and maintaining tools, applying a long-lasting finish and creating customised designs. The fascinating history and symbolism of lovespoons is also detailed and is complimented by an inspiring gallery of spoons in a variety of styles.

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Covering a technique popularised by master woodturner, Ray Allen, this manual moves beyond basic woodturning with the segmented woodturning technique. This creative approach is demonstrated in one complete step-by-step project that effectively guides woodturners through the complicated process of creating geometric, repeating patterns with a South-western feel. Detailed, illustrated instructions make this seemingly elaborate technique approachable. Additional information on common problems helps avoid mistakes along the way. A full-colour photograph gallery provides inspiration for future projects.

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With step-by-step demonstrations, detailed colour photographs, and reproducible patterns, this resource guides the carving enthusiast through potentially lucrative projects from start to finish. The specialised art of carving gunstocks is very popular with both hunters and woodworkers. Commission artists customise their clients' guns with a personalised image of a successful hunt as a commemoration of their catch. This resource provides carvers of all levels with everything they need to get started, including an overview of the special tools needed and a reference section on gunstocks and wood. Over 25 traceable patterns of game such as deer, elk, ducks, and rams are included, as are background basketweave and fishweave patterns.

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Dolly Parton is a superstar, singer, songwriter, actress, business mogul, and philanthropist. Since the 1960's Dolly has maintained an unparalleled level of success and multi-generational popularity. With her recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the release of her first rock album in 2023, as well as upcoming 2025 tour and 2026 Broadway show, there is no indication she'll slow down anytime soon!  The unofficial Ultimate Dolly Parton Queen of Country Coloring Book celebrates her iconic career with more than 25 realistic coloring pages of Dolly Parton. The book is filled with fun facts about her life and career and beloved "Dolly-isms" and includes a striking array of photographs of her most memorable concert performances, award-show appearances, and show-stopping red-carpet moments.

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Travel to North America's most famous national parks as you color them to life! Featuring 32 stunning line art designs of awe-inspiring landscapes found in Yosemite, Yellowstone, Acadia, Banff, and countless other national parks, this adult coloring book is a remarkable adventure to the most majestic scenes in nature. Fun facts complement each national park illustration, adding an extra element of fascination while you color! Also included are helpful tips on color theory, materials, and techniques, plus a gallery of fully colored examples to inspire you before you begin. Using markers, gel pens, crayons, colored pencils, and watercolors, designs are printed on a single side of high-quality paper to resist bleed-through. Perforated edges line each page for easy removal and display of completed designs.

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Inside this inspiring coloring book are 32 pages of faithful and affirming messages just waiting for your creative touch! Discover new ways to express what's in your heart by adding color, patterns, text, and illustrations to these extraordinary designs. Talented artist Joanne Fink provides 16 colorful pages of easy-to-follow artistic advice on patterning, drawing, and coloring techniques. Her illustrations are designed to be a springboard for your creativitythat's why there's a credit line for you, as co-creator, at the bottom of each page. Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper, Design Originals Expressions of Faith is perfect for decorating with colored pencils, markers, or gel pens. Each one-sided page is perforated so you can easily remove your art from the book to display wherever you want.

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People have braised meat to get mouthwatering meals for centuries. And in today's busy society, there is nothing better than coming home from work and dinner is already done. Perfect for those busy days, Around the World in Your Slow Cooker joins the ease of crock pot, slow cooker, Dutch oven, or Instant Pot cooking with worldwide culinary tastes for family dinner, Sunday football watch parties, card night, or a romantic dinner for two. Around the World in Your Slow Cooker features 85 delectable recipes from around the world including Beef and Onion Potpie from Africa, Russian Beef Stew, Stuffed Sweet Onions from Cuba, Stuffed Grape Leaves with Lemon Sauce from Greece, Chicken Marengo from Italy, Black-eyed Peas with Tomatoes, Mushroom, and Onions from India, Beef Penang Curry from Thailand and so much more! Your family's tastebuds won't know what hit them, and it's a great way to introduce new flavors! If you love to taste new cuisines or have an adventurous palette, A

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