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Sewing
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One-Yard Wonders: Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric!
One-Yard Wonders: Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric!
by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins
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Okay. I was browsing One-Yard Wonders here at the City of Books when a coworker who also sews grabbed it out of my hands. You know it's a good book when booksellers start battling over who gets it first. There are tons of so very nice and useful projects. What sewer doesn't have a pile of small pieces of fabric just waiting for ... (read more)

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Holiday Crafts
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Metal Technique
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Complete Metalsmith ProPlus Edition
Complete Metalsmith ProPlus Edition
by Tim McCreight
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The Complete Metalsmith ProPlus Edition includes the Professional print version, plus a CD that contains the full text of the book in a format that you can read, search and print on your computer. Additional materials include the text of two additional... (read more)

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Dyeing and Surface Design
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Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens
Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens
by Lena Corwin
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Textile designer Lena Corwin has mastered the "so cute it makes you want to squeal" aesthetic, and thanks to the detailed instructions and full-color, step-by-step photographs in her debut book, Printing by Hand, you can too. This helpful guide covers the basics of printing, as well as the nuts and bolts of ... (read more)

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Knitting
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Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting
Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting
by Alice Starmore
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Alice Starmore's tome of knitting is back in print after more than 20 years. A brief yet richly detailed history of fair isle knitting is combined with 200 pages of color-work ideas, patterns, and techniques for creating your own knitted fair isle gems, making this the only fair isle knitting book you will ever need. Every time I have a question about ... (read more)

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Sewing
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Sew Everything Workshop
Sew Everything Workshop
by Diana Rupp
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Introducing the beginning sewers bible, this hold-your-hand guide marries attitude and instruction and speaks the language of todays crafters. Includes 25 amazing projects, all handled with clear, step-by-step instructions.... (read more)

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Quilting
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Artistic Photo Quilts: Create Stunning Quilts with Your Camera, Computer and Cloth
Artistic Photo Quilts: Create Stunning Quilts with Your Camera, Computer and Cloth
by Charlotte Ziebarth
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Ziebarth has taken her experiments with fabrics, techniques, and products and packed this book full of her hard-won knowledge. She starts by choosing which photos work best for quilting, and ends with an introduction to quilting and embellishing. What sets this book apart is that the author understands how photos print differently on fabric rather than paper, and she hones in on ... (read more)

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Weaving and Spinning
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Woven Treasures: One-of-a-Kind Bags with Folk Weaving Techniques
Woven Treasures: One-of-a-Kind Bags with Folk Weaving Techniques
by Sara Lamb
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Not enough room, or money, for a floor loom? Woven Treasures presents a number of options for smaller-scale weaving. The author walks you through every single step, from warping your loom (even if your loom is just a set of cardboard cards) all the way through finishing your bag. Sara Lamb, an experienced author of textile articles, has the wonderful ability to ... (read more)

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Knitting
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A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
by Barbara Walker
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Barbara Walker's first treasury introduces us to traditional patterns for Knit-Purl combinations, Ribbing, Color-Change, Slip Stitch, Twist Stitch, Lace, Cables and more. "Whether a novice or an expert, you will find plenty of novelty, challenge, and... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Electric Kiln Ceramics 3RD Edition
Electric Kiln Ceramics 3RD Edition
by Richard Zakin
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Used Books
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Books: A Memoir
Books: A Memoir
by Larry McMurtry
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In a prolific life of singular literary achievement, Larry McMurtry has succeeded in a variety of genres: in coming-of-age novels like The Last Picture Show; in collections of essays like In a Narrow Grave; and in the reinvention of the Western on a... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Friday, December 25, 2009
Sew Everything Workshop
  1. Sew Everything Workshop
    by Diana Rupp
  2. Complete Metalsmith ProPlus Edition
    by Tim McCreight
  3. Naughty Needles: Sexy, Saucy Knits for the Bedroom and Beyond
    by Nikol Lohr
  4. A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
    by Barbara Walker
  5. Foxfire 6 (Foxfire)
    by Eliot Wigginton

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