Doodling is a relaxing and fun form of expression that is easy to learn.This book offers doodling motifs and techniques for journaling, scrapbooking, papercrafts, and more.Even readers who think they can't draw will find inspiration here.Original designs for borders, frames, banners, alphabets, arrows, hearts, flowers, and personal goals.Offers advice for doodling with pencils, pens, gel pens, paint pens, and markers.Expanded new edition includes new frames and designs for bullet journals and planners.
This is a simple and systematic guide to growing a selection of the tastiest fruit and vegetables. The aim of this book is to start you off with some easy-to-grow produce such as carrots, onions, radishes, tomatoes and strawberries. Once you have the confidence of the first growing season behind you, you can then progress to crops requiring slightly more labour, such as peas, beans and raspberries. When you grow your own produce, you can be absolutely sure that everything has been organically cared for and you can grow just the variety you like. You can pick the fruit and vegetables at their freshest without a tiresome journey to the supermarket. It's satisfying, it's economical and it's delicious.
• Attractive gift book for woodturners.• A craftsmen's companion that celebrates the elite artisans who have taken bowl-turning to a higher level of aesthetic form.• Inspirational studio-quality photographs of spectacular bowls.• Kevin Wallace is the Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts in Ojai, California.• Terry Martin is an internationally-known woodturner who gives presentations around the world on woodturning.
Taking the fear out of chainsaws by emphasizing safe handling practices, this resource aims to put raw power in the hands of everyday yardworkers. With step-by-step color photographs throughout, 12 of the most common household chainsaw operations—such as grooming hedges, trimming branches, felling trees, bucking trees, and cutting firewood—are tackled with expert advice and sure-handed guidance. With an additional section devoted to chainsaw types, potential buyers can also assess which size and type of chainsaw best meets their needs. Also included is an appendix that has useful technical information and identifies the parts of a chainsaw and how each functions.
Creative markers make instant happy art, with practically no prep time, quick drying, and an amazing range of brilliant colors to choose from! Discover how easy it is to successfully use markers for coloring, sketching, illustration, mixed media, and more. Angelea Van Dam, the professional artist behind Hello Angel coloring books, reveals her marker secrets in this creative workbook for absolute beginners. She offers a comprehensive guide to the different kinds of art markers, brush pens, and paint markers available today, with advice on selecting tip shape, ink base, price range, and more. Angelea explains everything from basic color theory to simple techniques for shading, blending, and design, with step-by-step instructions and handy tips. Practice your new skills with fun interactive exercises, printed on high-quality artist paper.
Bright, fun, and simple-to-stitch quilts for beginning sewers—and everyone who loves modern style! This book teaches beginner quilters simple techniques to create successful quilts that reflect today’s tastes for bold colors and prints, high contrast, and expansive use of negative space. Simple Quilts for the Modern Home provides all the how-to a beginner needs to know to cut, piece, and finish 12 modern-inspired quilts. With over 75 pages of patterns, detailed instructions, high-quality photography, helpful illustrations, and step-by-step captions, you’ll learn and practice simple techniques to create beautiful, modern quilts. Each project is an opportunity to utilize a new skill, like strip piecing, using fusible appliqué, and cutting at a 45-degree angle. The results are fresh, bold, and contemporary quilts that will appeal to quiltmakers of all skill levels.
Revised and newly updated, Making Metal Clockworks is an introduction to horology for the complete beginner. Explaining the terminology and general forms of clock construction, you’ll learn about the necessary tools, materials, and methods and understand everything from and the layout of wheels and escapements to the making of wheels, pinions, pendulums, and so much more. With insightful details of how to make specialized items and advice on the most suitable materials for their construction, this is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of clockmaking.
Short on time or just looking for a quick and easy dessert? With no dirty bowls and no tedious mixing time, you can toss together a delicious dessert in just minutes. No wonder dump cakes have skyrocketed in popularity lately—they’re perfect for busy bakers. All you have to do is layer your ingredients right in the pan that you are going to use to bake, and pop it in the oven. What comes out is a delicious treat! Dump Cake Magic offers more than 75 creative recipes for tarts, pies, cookies, bars, cakes, and more. Perfect for spur-of-the-moment baking, moist dense cakes like Lemon Blueberry, cobbler-type desserts like Peachy Butter Pecan, or rich brownie creations like Orange Chocolate Truffle are a “piece of cake.” Layer upon delightful layer, desserts have never been easier. And clean-up? It’s a snap!
• The cupcake trend is still going strong—cupcakes are the #1 favorite dessert.• This pretty little book offers more than 80 kitchen-tested recipes for all occasions and tastes.• Includes classic children's and adult favorites, plus themed cupcakes for special occasions like weddings, birthdays, and holidays.• Special diet options for gluten free, egg free, dairy free, reduced fat, and reduced sugar cupcakes.• Hardcover hidden spiral binding lies flat for easy use.
It's easy to translate the dots and dashes of Morse code into beautiful pieced quilts. The concept is simple, and the possibilities are endless! This book shows how to use Morse code to customize quilts with secret messages and hidden meanings. A baby quilt can contain the child’s name and birthday—or a wedding quilt might feature the happy couple’s names along with the date of their vows. Favorite quotations, popular sayings, and simple sentiments are all wonderful opportunities to create a unique quilt. Morse Code Quilts offers ten projects that express the aesthetic of modern quilts, including a wall hanging that says “Love is Love” and a graduation quilt that says “The World Awaits.” Author Sarah J. Maxwell provides charts for both letters and numbers, and shows how to convert dots and dashes into a quilt layout. She also includes methods to calculate yardage requirements and cutting instructions.