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Simple, fresh, and contemporary - Mary Norden's embroidery redefines this traditional craft. Her distinctively elegant style and unerring eye for color are reflected in each of the original designs she has created especially for this book, from outlined images of kitchen utensils and simple geometric shapes to more intricate and complex motifs, such as sprigs of wild flowers and clusters of summer fruits. Whether you have never embroidered before, or you have had some experience and are searching for new ideas, Decorative Embroidery provides all the inspiration you will need. Yarn quantities, templates, and color stitch diagrams accompany each design, along with full instructions for transforming finished pieces into decorative soft furnishings such as bed linen, tablecloths, cafe curtains, and pillows. With alternative color schemes and design variations, there are also plenty of opportunities for stitchers to create their own unique embroidery projects. A final section provides an illustrated step-by-step,guide to embroidering all the stitches in the book, as well as information on how to transfer a template to fabric., Simple, fresh, and contemporary, here are over 50 embroidery designs for your home. Detailed instructions for stitching and making up the projects, an illustrated stitch directory, and templates for every design are all included.

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Projects can be completed in a weekend.Sewing is at the forefront of the new craft revolution and part of its charm comes from rediscovering the skills of our grandmothers and learning to recycle treasured scraps of fabric.What's more all materials and tools can easily be found at local craft stores and hardware shops, so there's no fuss to the great fashion.With this bracelet-making guide, you'll master the art of crafting your own jewelry and have pieces that you'll cherish for a lifetime.", Take your outfit and craft it up a notch with attention-grabbing bracelets inspired by one of the hottest and most fashionable jewelry lines in the country.Projects and techniques include: Quilting Applique Embroidery Needlepoint Cross-stitch Knitting Crochet Felting Needle felting Tallitot Tallit bags Torah mantles Challah covers Seder plate Afikomen envelopes Torah table (shulchan) covers Tree of Life & shalom wall hangings Purim puppets And more ", This accessible guide for both novice and expert fabric crafters presents more than twenty-five handmade Jewish fabric craft projects from around the United States and Israel and the inspiring stories behind them.An inspiring, contemporary guide to the venerable arts of oratory." -- Sir Ken Robinson , best-selling author of THE ELEMENT , OUT OF OUR MINDS , and CREATIVE SCHOOLS., For anyone who has ever been inspired by a TED talk....But don't be intimidated.Goodbye to windy academese, scientific gobbledygook, pompous moralizing, powerpoint chloroform--we now know that 'ideas worth spreading' can indeed be spread far and wide, and with clarity and panache.The complicated machinery with the fussy parts as well as confusing pattern directions send many people running from any craft that requires sewing.Laced with botanical and cultural notes on grains, fruits and vegetables, herbs, and even weeds, Sourdough Baking celebrates seasonal abundance alongside the timeless craft of artisan baking., 2016 James Beard Award Finalist (Baking & Desserts) 101 recipes for baking with whole and sprouted grains, making the most of the seasonal harvest, and healing the body through naturally fermented food Sarah Owens spent years baking conventional baked goods, only to slowly realize she had developed a crippling inability to digest or tolerate their ingredients.