"Inside you'll find 12 fresh projects featuring beautiful plants, flowers, and botanicals. Each one, includes step-by-step instructions, a quick reference guide to the colors and stitches, full-size patterns, and helpful tips... Enjoy the fulfilling, creative, and therapeutic process of embroidery with these modern, inviting, and uplifting designs!"--Back cover.
DIY Embroidered Shoes is a must-have title for any hand stitcher's library. It's a beginner-friendly to advanced embroidery primer, with a stitch dictionary, instructions for successfully embroidering on footwear, and vibrant ideas for turning ordinary canvas shoes or espadrilles into personalized, eye-catching embroidered shoes. Includes introductory information on what you will need: shoes, tools, and thread. Those instructions are followed by how to prepare the shoes you want to embroider, transfer the design, and stitch, or design and make your own custom espadrilles with the multi-sized pattern. Designs range from densely stitched mountain ranges to wispy florals and everything in between. Need a little more explanation? You can scan the QR codes that will provide further video instructions.
Turn pretty embroidery, simple patchwork, and sweet applique details into extraordinary gifts that will inspire smiles! From throws and wall quilts to a quick pincushion and mug rug, these projects are sure to create long-lasting memories. Patterns for a hand-lettered alphabet in two sizes make it easy to embroider heartfelt phrases or to personalize projects with names, dates, sayings, and more. Whether you want to celebrate, inspire, empower, or comfort, these charming gifts will come from the heart.
Twenty sewing projects for home décor and accessories inspired by the Japanese aesthetic that appreciates the beauty of imperfection. Capture the essence of Japanese style in your sewing with this collection of projects inspired by the wabi-sabi concept of “perfect imperfection.” This collection of twenty sewing projects for home decor and accessories is based on the popular Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi which celebrates the beauty in the ordinary and imperfect. The projects are grouped according to how we live, for example: living; sleeping; eating and exploring. Sewing and quilting expert and fabric designer, Karen Lewis, has used a limited palette of earthy tones and the best quality natural fabrics including linen, cotton, denim and wool to create a stunning collection of simple, sewn projects. Try out some simple wabi-sabi style sewing techniques such as hand piecing, sashiko embroidery, big stitch quilting, and visible mending to create unique items for your home whether it’s a full-sized bed quilt, simple coasters for your favorite mug or a stunning scarf to wrap up in.
Made to Measure guides you to create clothes that fit your body and your individual style, while learning pattern drafting, garment sewing, and customizing skills you can use for a lifetime.
What’s a duke to do when he sullies the reputation of London’s favorite bridesmaid? Daniel, ninth Duke of Sussex, has big plans—and they don’t include marriage. A member of the covert Free Fellows League, he’s determined to become one of England’s greatest war heroes. But his plans go awry when he’s injured during a mission and forced to take refuge in the home—and bed—of Miranda, Lady St. Germaine, one of society’s perpetual bridesmaids. Soon all of London is abuzz with gossip about Miranda’s mysterious lover… Realizing his stay has compromised Miranda’s reputation, Daniel goes against his better judgment and proposes marriage. But Miranda will have nothing to do with a marriage of convenience—especially with the one man she’s always secretly adored. Unless, of course, she can convince him to make her truly his wife… Book 4 of the “Free Fellows League” Series, which includes BARELY A BRIDE, MERELY THE GROOM, HARDLY A HUSBAND, TRULY A WIFE, A BACHELOR STILL and CLEARLY A COUPLE (a novella from TALK OF THE TON) “Tender, enthralling romance straight from the heart!”—Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author “Sparkling romance and passion that sizzles…Rebecca Hagan Lee taps into every woman’s fantasy!”—Christina Dodd, New York Times bestseller “Every Rebecca Hagan Lee book is a tender treasure! She warms my heart and touches my soul.”—Teresa Medeiros, New York Times bestselling author “Rebecca Hagan Lee is a star in the making!”—Sabrina Jeffries, New York Times bestselling author “Rebecca Hagan Lee is a writer on the rise!”—Romantic Times Regency romance, Historical romance, Bride romance, Duke romance
Prepare to unravel a web of intrigue and peril in the gripping thriller, Sweet Sugar. Step into 1978 Western Australia where Jim Saston, a bold high school student, unwittingly stumbles upon a treacherous drug trade thriving within the halls of his diverse school. Joined by his trusted allies, The League of the Gorgon Five, they set in motion a chain of events that spirals into violence. Fueled by an unwavering determination, Jim plunges into a dangerous quest to dismantle the drug empire, facing heart-stopping choices and deadly consequences.
Fans of pulp - particularly those who like it in short, sharp doses - will appreciate this arsenal of tales penned by up-and-coming writers from across the United States. Populated by an unforgettable cast of heinous hoods and deadly dames, Danger City pumps out story after story in Contemporary Press's trademark sardonic, edgy style. Stories include a fatal run-in with a Brooklyn ice cream truck, a misunderstood clone that terrorizes urban lovers, and a Hollywood street fight that goes unnoticed.
Indulge your passion for color and fabric with a smorgasbord of blocks to use in a quilt that's a visual feast. The fun begins with more than 100 beautiful quilt blocks that all finish at 6" square, making them perfect for using scraps and for easy mixing and matching. Whether you prefer traditional or modern, you'll find so much to love in the varied assortment of block designs. Susan Ache (you may know her as @yardgrl60 on Instagram) shares 50 expert tips throughout, plus step-by-step instructions for making half-square triangles, flying geese, stitch-and-flip corners, and more. Once your tantalizing blocks are stitched, arranging them in the stunning sampler quilt is sheer pleasure!
