Making Cushion Covers Cushions are a great way of brightening up a room & giving it your own personal touch. They can be luxuriously decadent or homely & comforting; inject colour & fun into your life, or be soft & seductive. Whatever your style, Debbie Shore has a cushion cover that is perfect for you. In this sumptuous book, there are twenty-six gorgeous designs to choose from, with ideas & inspiration for many more, all with clear, step-by-step photographs & no-fuss, easy-to-follow instructions. Debbie's designs have a fresh, contemporary appeal, & you will be amazed at how easy they are to make. & you don't have to spend a fortune either. You can achieve a designer look at a fraction of the price you'd pay in the shops, & with her firm belief in recycling, Debbie has incorporated children's old clothes, grown-out-of jeans, pretty dress fabric, unused table-cloths or even last year's bedding into many of her designs. Be inspired
- add your own flair & individuality to the cushion covers you make &, before you know it, you will be designing cushions of your own! About the Author Debbie Shore started her career as one of the first ever live children's television presenters & since then has appeared regularly on television both as an actress & selling products on a shopping channel. Debbie has also hosted live fashion shows with a major UK fashion store, produces her own range of instructional DVDs & writes a regular column for a popular sewing magazine. Her interest in sewing started when, as a child, her mother taught her how to sew, & after many years of trial & error she has taught herself how to make professional-looking soft furnishings using simple techniques that she has developed herself. Realising, over the years, that things she finds easy to create are difficult for many people, she decided to share her design ideas, methods, hints & tips by writing a book. Debbie lives in Northamptonshire with her husband & a menagerie of animals that

Includes:: dogs, cats & ducks!


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Review An abundance of fascinating information --Bead Society of Great Britain Making Jewellery With Gemstone Beads Create beautiful gemstone jewellery with this dazzling collection of over 100 projects, ranging from eye-catching earrings & accessories to exquisite necklaces & bracelets. You can discover an impressive range of 28 beautiful semi-precious stones. Make a project from your birthstone & glimpse into the fascinating history & mythical properties behind them. The techniques range from the simplest stringing to more detailed beadwork to cater for all levels of ability. Clear artwork, beautiful photographs & easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions ensure flawless results About the Author Barbara Case has adored beads for over 30 years, eventually establishing a successful mail order business, Beads Exclusive, & designing for UK retail stores. Barbara has now sold the business, but continues to design & make beautiful jewellery. Barbara lives in Bishopsteignton, Devon. ...

Review: An abundance of fascinating information --Bead Society of Great Britain. Making Jewellery With Gemstone Beads: Create beautiful gemstone jewellery with this dazzling collection of over 100 projects, ranging from eye-catching earrings & accessories to exquisite necklaces & bracelets. You can discover an impressive range of 28 beautiful semi-precious stones. Make a project from your birthstone & glimpse into the fascinating history & mythical properties behind them. The techniques range from the simplest stringing to more detailed beadwork to cater for all levels of ability. Clear artwork, beautiful photographs & easy- to-follow step-by-step instructions ensure flawless results. About the Author: Barbara Case has adored beads for over 30 years, eventually establishing a successful mail order business, Beads Exclusive, & designing for UK retail stores. Barbara has now sold the business, but continues to design & make beautiful jewellery. Barbara lives in Bishopsteignton, Devon. ...

Pages: 160 pages There are many books demonstrating how to make basic cards, but this book goes a considerable step further in showing how to make cards with mechanisms. The mechanisms are based on Victorian & Edwardian designs, & vary from the very simple to the really intricate. But the step-by-step instructions & diagrams provided make even the most complicated form of mechanism achievable. In addition, the materials & equipment needed to make these impressive cards are not extensive or specialist
- the main requirements are card, glue & scissors, with wire or thread for the more complex designs.
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Making Scrap Quilts to Use it Up!: 20 Complete Designs for Leftover Fabric This title is packed with exciting & creative ideas for making quilts & other items from leftover fabrics. It

Includes:: 18 projects ranging from full-size bed quilts to bags, allowing quilters to use up as many scraps of fabric as possible. Numerous patchwork & quilting techniques are explored & explained in Lynne Edwards expert tried-&-tested manner, with beautiful colour photography & instructive diagrams throughout.

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Male & Female Card Making Kit Card making is a hugely popular hobby
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Create 20 cards for all occasions with this super male & female themed card pack.

Includes:: eight A4 sheets

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Male Monochrome Foiled 3D Decoupage Kit (12) Male Monochrome Foiled 3D Decoupage A4 die-cut sheets & co-ordinating A4 silver mirror board. Add these wonderful 3D monochrome foiled decoupage images to your handmade greeting cards. No scissors are needed with these decoupage sheets, they are all pre-cut for a clear edge. The images presented are printed in black & white shades with a silver foil edged highlight, which really makes them stand out in a crowd. Kit contains 8 3D A4 decoupage sheets & 4 A4 silver mirror board for you to use to mount or layer with. Just add foam pads! Male Monochrome Foiled 3D Decoupage Kit lets you choose from aircraft, helicopters, sports cars, boats & barge, scooter & bikes, racing cars & bikes football, cricket, fishing, rugby, tennis, & golf. ...

Mallow Fairy Counted Cross Stitch Kit by DMCFlower Fairies are tiny creatures (the biggest is only 20cm tall) that live in the bottom of gardens, the middle of grassy meadows, & on the edge of distant marshes. Wherever & whenever a seed sprouts, a Flower Fairy baby is born. Each Flower Fairy lives & sleeps in their chosen flower, plant or tree & as this grows the fairy grows too. Each & every Flower Fairy is in charge of looking after their flower or plant; keeping it strong & healthy by making sure it has plenty of sunshine & water to drink, sweeping away dead leaves & polishing flowers & stems. Created by Cicely Mary Barker the Flower Fairies are famous throughout the world & have been beautifully translated into cross stitch by DMC such as this timeless Mallow Fairy design. This DMC counted cross stitch kit contains 16-count Aida fabric with thread, needle & easy-to-follow, full instructions. Finished

Size: 10 x 8 (25 x 20cm) The Estate of Cicely Mary Barker 2009

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