Pattern is an easy way to add country style to a room. This book showcases inviting homes filled with combinations of all kinds of materials, to bring new life into your home.
Kathleen Cheetham presents her original garment patterns and detailed sewing instruction so plus-size women can create a closetful of flattering shapes and silhouettes. By working with the 4 enclosed patterns, step-bystep construction, and fitting instruction, readers can create a wardrobe of versatile and stylish garments—which can be adapted for office wear, casual wear, or evening wear, just by varying the colors, fabrics, and finishing details. The four enclosed patterns are for pants, a blouse, skirt, and jacket—to create 20 unique garments. Each garment is shown in petite to full sizes, from size 14 to 24. The author also includes her patented Perfect Fit guide for each garment style, based on grading rules she has developed herself for her own line of commercial patterns. Author also provides a gallery of 51 outfits for a wardrobe made with the four patterns.
Celebrate the charm of chickens with 10 embroidery patterns featuring adorable hens and chicks and the materials to make any two of the projects. Stitchin’ Chicken Embroidery Kit includes designs for crafters of all levels. With a nod to folk-art motifs, these designs have timeless appeal. This collection contains an overview of basic embroidery stitches, original patterns, and instructions for creating each design. Included with the kit are materials to make any two of the ten projects in the book: 6-inch bamboo embroidery hoop 8 skeins of 6-strand DMC embroidery floss 2 pieces of cotton fabric 2 iron heat transfer sheets 2 embroidery needles on a card 48-page instruction and pattern book The patterns range in skill level, from easy to advanced, and include: Mama chicken and chick Folk art weathervane Chicken and mushroom Speckled chicken Chicken and tulips Chicken in the rain Barnyard chicks Traditional folk chicken Chicken through the seasons Rooster The finished projects make perfect gifts that match any decor; they can also be used to personalize household items like tea towels or pillowcases. Craft a bunch of barnyard beauties with this fun and instructive kit!
Add to your quilting repertoire with the universally popular plus sign! These 16 bold, graphic designs range from modern to traditional, with something for every skill level and style. Detailed instructions and illustrations walk confident beginners and intermediate quilters through traditional piecing, paper piecing, and fusible machine appliqué to create baby quilts, throw quilts, bed quilts, and more. Use your favorite types of fabric—solids, prints, precuts, or scraps—to make the projects your own.
Covering over 100 specific topics, this book offers many low-cost approaches to short-run tooling: How to improve product interchangeability and accuracy, lower your labor costs, and shorten manufacturing times. 14 detailed chapters cover: universal tooling concepts, combining parts and operations, developing mulitpart tools, coordinate measuring machines, numerical control, computerized tooling systems.