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Название: Reader's Digest DIY Manual
Автор: Reader's Digest
Издательство: Reader's Digest
Год: 2004
Формат: PDF
Размер: 147 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This manual is packed with invaluable advice for anyone fixing, extending, decorating, renovating or building their home or garden. Whether you want to know how to rewire your house, repair a faulty ball valve or wallpaper a stairwell, it's all here. The completely up-to-date text reflects new legislation, including the latest wiring requirements (Part P of the Building Regulations). All Projects involving new wiring work show the new electrical cable core colours. Clear symbols indicate electrical installation work that has to be notified to the local authority Building Control department. Each section is clearly laid out with step-by-step instructions and clear drawings and diagrams for every project. Masses of practical tips and tricks of the trade.

Название: Successful Serging: From Setup to Simple and Specialty Stitches
Автор: Beth Ann Baumgartel
Издательство: Quarry Books
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Размер: 46 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This "at your fingertips" reference contains hundreds of techniques and tips for making the most of the serger, or overlock, machine—a versatile and speedy tool for stitching garments and home decor. Readers will learn how the serger works, the many styles available, and the variety of functional and decorative stitches possible. There are also easy-to-find-and-follow charts—of thread choices, must-have accessories, and best stitches for a range of fabric types. This book is an easy-reference collection of basic techniques, tips, and helpful information for anyone who is learning about or already owns a serger.

Название: Weaving Western Sakiori: A Modern Guide for Rag Weaving
Автор: Amanda Robinette
Издательство: Stackpole Books
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 47 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Sakiori is an approach to rag weaving used by Japanese peasants to cope with the scarcity of new cloth for clothing and household textiles. In modern times, there is instead an overabundance of cloth filling up thrift stores and being discarded. Weavers can use this source of “rags” to make useful and surprising new cloth. Depending on the fabric used, results can be rugged and utilitarian (like cotton rugs) or fashionable and delicate (like silk scarves).

Название: The Ultimate Guide to Rulerwork Quilting: From Buying Tools to Planning the Quilting to Successful Stitching
Автор: A. Murphy
Издательство: C&T Publishing
Год: 2020
Размер: 53 mb
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 131
Язык: Английский

Книга по шитью в лоскутной технике (квилта) для начинающих и профи. Автор подробно рассказывает и показывает, как правильно пользоваться линейками, лапками для машины, чтобы создать потрясающую красоту в виде одеял, покрывал и других замечательных вещей для уюта вашего дома.

Название: More Making Books By Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects
Автор: Peter Thomas and Donna Thomas
Издательство: Quarry Books
Год: 2004
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 15 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This must-have book for newcomers to the popular art of bookmaking teaches all the basics and features easy and interesting projects that allow self-expression and experimentation. More experienced bookmakers and paper enthusiasts will also note that it offers a wealth of practical tips and techniques in one handy resource. All the basic bookmaking techniques include lots of specialized tips. Simple book structures, miniature books, and a wide variety of projects that highlight themes such as travel, music, even wearable books, a book necklace and earrings, provide creative variations on traditional ideas.

Название: Color Play: Easy Steps to Imaginative Color in Quilts
Автор: Joen Wolfrom
Издательство: C&T Publishing
Год: 2000
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Joen Wolfrom broadens your color experience and stretches your imagination with creative color play. Now selecting colors for your quilt designs will be fun, and your quilts will always live up to their visual potential! Chapters featuring 24 colors, their characteristics, and the combinations that make them look fabulous in a quilt design. Sample fabric arrangements make color concepts easy to understand. Learn about color "scales" - the variations of pure color, tints, shades, and tones - and how they affect the mood of a quilt. Stunning nature photography helps you relate to the dynamic colors of summer, the fragile hues of spring, and more! A luscious gallery of over 70 colorful quilts illustrates Joen's techniques for choosing colors. Irresistible illusions you can create using color - highlights, shadows, depth, transparency, and more.

Название: Adventures in Fabric-La Todera Style: Sew 20 Projects for You & Your Home
Автор: Julie M. Creus
Издательство: Stash Books
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 24 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This festive collection from designer Julie Creus brings together bright fabrics, ingenious construction methods, and a large dash of whimsy to make 3-D effects like you've never seen before in fabric. Create usable art with ingenious new techniques for fabric folding, fusing, weaving, and thread wrapping. Get 20 vibrant projects—jewelry, table decor, pillows, sewing accessories, holiday decorations, children's softies, and balls—for the price of 3 individual patterns. Scrap-friendly projects are usable as well as beautiful—and they're fun to make. Julie's inventive methods make the sewing easy, whether you are a beginning or expert sewist.

Название: The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe
Автор: Anuschka Rees
Издательство: Ten Speed Press
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 42 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Is your closet jam-packed and yet you have absolutely nothing to wear? Can you describe your personal style in one sentence? If someone grabbed a random piece from your closet right now, how likely is it that it would be something you love and wear regularly? With so many style and shopping options, it can be difficult to create a streamlined closet of pieces that can be worn easily and confidently.

Название: Crafting a Meaningful Home: 27 DIY Projects to Tell Stories, Hold Memories, and Celebrate Family Heritage
Автор: Meg Mateo IIasco
Издательство: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 47 Мб
Язык: английский / English

As the second decade of the 21st century begins, we’re more compelled than ever to find refuge in our homes and personalize our living spaces with DIY projects that celebrate who we are and where we’ve been. In Crafting a Meaningful Home, Meg Mateo Ilasco shares 27 projects that tell personal stories and celebrate heritage, all easily created on a budget. Learn how to decoupage a plate with photos of a best friend; silkscreen upholstery with folk motifs; artfully display love notes; sew a teepee from a vintage quilt top; or create family silhouettes for a festive banner. Contributed by a hip cast of well known designers from across the country, the projects are, at once, nostalgic, sentimental, and modern. Clear instruc­tions are easy to follow, even for beginning crafters.

Название: Rouge passionnement: Home sweet Home
Автор: Celine Girgenti-Furykiewicz
Издательство: Les Editions de Saxe
Год: 2012
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 98
Размер: 31,94 Мб
Язык: французский

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