"Kalmbach is the best single source for the hobbyist". -- Bill Glinchey, Bill's Friendly Train Shoppe
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Sewing with designer fat quarters is a great way to stretch your dollar without sacrificing quality. Now, Melissa Averinos, the face behind the popular Yummy Goods blog and one of the newest Free Spirit fabric designers, brings you a collection of projects dedicated specifically to making the most of your designer fat quarters.

From belts to handbags, from children's gifts to a laundry hamper bag, and much, much more, Small Stash Sewing gives you 25 sewing projects to make unique pieces that showcase your favorite, longed-for des...
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Transform your backyard into an avian wonderland as you build a variety of squirrel-proof birdfeeders, shelters, and baths that are sure to attract all of your favorite feathered friends. Edward A. Baldwin provides clear instructions for more than 25 easy-to-make projects that include a Juice Bottle Feeder, a Pie-Tin Birdbath, and even a Swiss Chalet Birdfeeder. You'll soon have an up-close view of the impossible mechanics of hummingbird flight as you enjoy afternoons full of cheerful chirping.

- 10 projects teach you how to mix-and-match your favorite large-scale prints, novelties, and panels with other colorful fabrics
- Confidently choose fabrics and colors that coordinate with your focus print
- Super fun patterns for high-impact quilts that anyone can stitch up

Are you drawn to bold, graphic, large-scale prints, but you're not sure how to use them in a quilt? See just how easy it is to let fabric prints do the design work and sew wild, joyful, colorful quilts

Most beading books include a mix of patterns but call for very specific beads and materials. So if crafters don't like the beads used in the projects, or don't have them in hand, they won't enjoy the projects, no matter how beautiful they are. But Susan Beal has untangled this knotty problem. "Bead Simple "is the first work of its kind that offers stunning jewelry patterns that can be completely customized with a variety of beads and stringing materials. Based on simple, yet effective beading techniques, this strikingly illustrated pattern guide includes 50 glittering designs, each featurin...
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How would you like to create your own impressionist landscape, a van Gogh still life, or a surrealist Salvador Dali dream world? Or perhaps a classic Ansel Adams photograph of Yosemite or an authentic-looking 19th century Daguerrotype? You can do all of that and more with Photoshop Fine Art Effects Cookbook.

The book tells you all you need to know to turn your original digital photographs into images that mimic the styles of great photographers and painters. From advice on how to develop an eye for appropriate subject matter to 62 detailed recipes that demonstrate exactly how t...
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