The Fabric Quantity Handbook: For Soft Furnishings by Catherine Merrick, ISBN 0953526720
Essential for anyone involved in curtain making and design. Accurate and easy to use - for fabric fringe and trim quantities. Includes quantity tables for curtains valences pelments swags blinds bed valences covers table cloths etc. Measurements are in inches and yards.
Arctic Tundra by Donald M. Silver, ISBN 007057927X
These beautiful and scientifically accurate books capture your imagination with the excitement of observing nature and learning to interpret what you see.''--Dr. Nancy B. Simmons, Assistant Curator, American Museum of Natural History. It's a land riddled with mysteries and puzzles. Where a winter night lasts three weeks. Where the ground is icy on the warmest of days. Where curtains of colored light hang in the winter sky, clinging to nothing at all. Beneath this magical heaven, bears and hares and howling wolves and hungry foxes roam the frozen earth, while ancient trees a century old strain to grow beyond a foot high. You may never visit this dangerously cold habitat. But now, with this activity-filled book, the strange and wonderful Arctic tundra is brrrrrrought to you--one small square at a time. Arctic Tundra is just one of the exciting, vibrantly illustrated volumes in the critically acclaimed One Small Square series of science and nature books for children ages 6 - 9. Each book inclues:...
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Decorative Embroidery: More Than 50 Creative Projects and Design Variations for the Home by Mary Norden, ISBN 0895779331
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...
Decorative Embroidery: More Than 50 Creative Projects and Design Variations for the Home by Mary Norden, ISBN 0895779331
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Sew-It-Yourself Home Decor: Fabric Projects for the Living Room, Bedroom, & Beyond by Karen Coetzee, ISBN 0873415752
This beautifully illustrated book presents simple step-by-step instructions for more than 30 home decoration projects, from curtains to chair covers, for every home in the house. 300 illustrations. 200 full-color photos.
Sew-It-Yourself Home Decor: Fabric Projects for the Living Room, Bedroom, & Beyond by Karen Coetzee, ISBN 0873415752
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What Waiting Really Means
What Waiting Really Means is about emergencies that never reach the emergency room. It's about a woman named Mary with no last name who rides buses and smokes cigars and watches the wind blow her bedroom curtains into a frenzy. It's about cities, Detroit, New York, and Atlanta, About older men. The kind who will hold you. And killers, And the boundaries they look for. The narrator is sure of one thing; "Men who wear Brooks Brothers suits and pretend to read books are a step backward, and not far enough back, at that, "She's better off with her cigars at the Majestic Grill waiting while the rain beats on the windows.
What Waiting Really Means
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