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Calvo shares step-by-step instructions for accessories to bring your mini-gardens to life. Ideal for both novices and experienced miniaturists, this book will help you appreciate all kinds of miniature and dwarf plants, and help you expand your skills in mosaics, woodworking, and other applied arts.
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A complete description of solar cooking from A to Z, including the history of solar cooking, the different types and specific characteristics of of solar cookers, solar pasteurization of water (including solar cooker techniques and non-solar cooker techniques), solar distillation, solar dehydration, solar organizations and solar recipes (including recipes for solar soups, solar bread, solar vegetables, solar meat, solar chicken, solar fish, solar...
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Heirloom Wood is a love letter to wood's form and function through simple woodworking projects. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary design, Max Bainbridge teaches you how to identify wood types, source timber, and set up a basic toolbox, then offers step-by-step carving and cutting techniques for making your own pieces. With little experience and very few tools, you'll learn to create hand-carved bowls, cutting boards, spoons, knives,...
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Yarn Works is the ultimate sheep to sweater reference book for fiber enthusiasts everywhere. Have you ever wondered what the best spin method is for a chunky yarn? Or how to dye fiber to the color you want? Or perhaps your yarn isn't holding its shape when you knit…This how-to book answers all of those questions and more in a detailed, behind-the-science manner. The better you understand the science behind the subject, the better you'll be at applying...
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Origami master Nick Robinson presents 20 delightful butterfly models for folders at every level of experience. In this easy-to-follow guide, he offers fold-by-fold instructions that are fully illustrated with color photos and diagrams.
Models include such real-life species as the Maniola jurtina, or meadow brown. You'll also find a butterfly bursting from its cocoon, a caterpillar, an envelope with a butterfly, and other imaginative possibilities....
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Valuable hints from a veteran botanist and weaver on dyeing fibers and fabrics, what soap plants to use for cleaning textiles, advice on fragrant plants to scent and protect fabrics, plant materials to use as tools, suggestions for planning and creating a garden featuring cotton, flax, indigo, and much more. Includes an abundance of illustrations.
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Divine Diary DIYs for the Innovative Crafter
#1 Best Seller in Book Making & Binding and Scrapbooking
With journal making projects, book binding techniques, and journal prompts, this Treasure Book Making guide has everything you need. Get ready to create personal journals by hand easily-without any extra book-binding tools!
An affordable craft. Hobbies tend to require a big investment, but Author Natasa Marinkovic, creator of popular YouTube channel...
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Since 1973, “Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins” have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
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Add New Dimension to Your Favorite Hexagon Quilts • Your favorite One-Block Wonders authors are back with new graphic techniques using triangles, cubes, and appliqué • Learn how to create optical illusions with your fabrics • Bonus projects include totes, coasters and placemats for using up left-over hexagons • Create interesting shadow effects with clever fabric placement • Try new kinds of borders with uneven edges, creative shapes,...
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• Cross-stitch your favorite people with this easy-to-follow and highly customizable method
• Great for new and experienced cross-stitchers, curious crafters, and handmade gift givers
• Personalize your PixlPeople with pets, hobbies, careers, facial expressions, and zodiac signs
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Filled with creative exercises, art prompts, templates, and step-by-step projects, The Little Book of Rock Painting encourages interactivity for immediate results, while teaching beginners the fundamentals of the medium in an engaging and fun way.
In the new The Little Book of ... series from Walter Foster Publishing, artists and art hobbyists alike will delight in learning a variety of fun and interesting art topics in a portable format boasting...
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Stitch it pretty! 16 projects for your family, friends, and home Fill your home with small works of art that embody the simple life. Start with 16 useful handmade gifts in the popular Zakka design style, then add adorable motifs pulled from everyday life. 35 charming designs are printed on iron-on transfer paper–have fun sketching them with bits of fabric and free-motion stitching. Customize a variety of bags, a fabric basket, a makeup roll, coasters,...
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Next stop, memory lane! Turn treasured tees into something brand new-a T-shirt quilt! Capture the memories of a special time, starting with a quick pillow project or a baby quilt made from onesies, and work your way up to bed quilts in multiple sizes. Learn the secrets to choosing shirts, centering and cutting out around a logo, working with shirts that are too small, and interfacing knit fabrics with finesse. You'll practice your skills with 8 projects...
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Creative ideas for 27 decorative Christmas items made from natural materials and found objects.
• Create unique handmade Christmas décor and gifts with a simple, rustic look
• Transform pinecones, scrap wood, seeds, nuts, fabric, old jars and bottles, twigs, paper bags, and other easy-to-find materials into beautiful decorations
• Projects include wreaths, candleholders, ornaments, miniature santas and Christmas trees, centerpieces, and more...
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Le désinfectant commercial pour les mains devient cher, et avec la pénurie de désinfectant pour les mains due au COVID-19, vous devrez peut-être recourir à la fabrication du vtre. La fabrication de votre propre désinfectant pour les mains est un processus simple qui se traduit par une formule que vous pouvez personnaliser en fonction de vos goûts personnels.
Le CDC recommande de se laver les mains pendant au moins 20 secondes plusieurs fois...
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