Using just a few simple sewing techniques discover the easy way to create fun & stylish outfits for young children (0-5 years). By combining a few easy-to-learn stitches with great fabrics & trims expert seamstress Emma Hardy explains how to make beautiful yet practical clothes for your children. Choose from 25 different projects including party frocks & pinafore dresses simple shirts & elasticated trousers sleepwear & accessories such as hats bibs bootees & aprons. There are clothes for young boys & girls toddlers & babies plus full-size paper patterns that can easily be scaled to suit different ages. Packed with useful tips & sewing techniques Making Children's Clothes" provides a comprehensive guide to creating fantastic items that your child will love to wear." ...

LOLAs is Londons most fashionable cupcake bakery. Victoria Jossel & Romy Lewis the creators of the company spent weeks testing cupcake recipes & experimenting with piping bags & sugar sprinkles to create the most beautiful & delicious cupcakes. At the end of 2006 LOLAs was born & their bakers have been baking & decorating fresh batches of simple sophisticated handcrafted cupcakes every day since then. Now you too can make cupcakes with LOLA with this irresistible cookbook. There are more than 60 mouth-watering recipes for everything from the LOLA signature flavours (including Vanilla Peanut Butter Red Velvet Lemon & Rocky Road) to deliciously original ideas like Chocolate Sundae Toffee Apple Salted Caramel Cappuccino Wafer Mint Hot Chocolate & Mango Berry Swirl. ...

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. Debbies designs have a fresh contemporary appeal & you will be amazed at how easy they are to make. & you dont have to spend a fortune either. You can achieve a designer look at a fraction of the price youd pay in the shops & with her firm belief in recycling Debbie has incorporated childrens old clothes grown-out-of jeans pretty dress fabric unused table-cloths or even last years 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!
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Written for dyslexic adults or anyone who thinks they might be dyslexic this bold & imaginative book is deliberately concise & easy to dip into. User-friendly essential guide to the world of study & work for anyone with dyslexia; Identifies the key needs of adults & young people who are dyslexic; Encourages them to put together their own package of ideas & strategies for success; Offers practical activities examples & support covering reading memory organization self-esteem IT & dyslexia in the workplace; Over 100 topics from this book are expanded on our online resource. This unique guide to overcoming the day-to-day difficulties associated with dyslexia will also be of great interest to employers colleagues teachers friends & family of those with dyslexia. ...

Todays chocolates have gone upmarket mixing flavours such as chile peppers caramel or wasabi with high-quality bittersweet or imported chocolate. Luckily creating such mouth-watering confections at home no longer requires a cooking degree
- Making Fine Chocolates" will teach you all the inside tips techniques & methods for making chocolates like a professional chocolatier at home. Once only available to pastry chefs the techniques shown here will help you create chocolates to rival those found in upmarket retail shops & specialist chocolate shops. Forget milk chocolate bars
- the recipes in this book combine daring & unusual flavours to create truly unique creations. Using ingredients such as vanilla bean mint & fresh raspberries Andrew Garrison Shotts will teach you how to create one-of-a-kind homemade chocolates truffles & confections that will dazzle your friends & family."

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This is an inspirational compilation of projects & plans from Furniture & Cabinetmaking" magazine offering practical guidance refreshing & innovative approaches & tricks of the trade. It

Includes:: 30 varied projects that range from a simple dining table to a grand more ambitious Robert Adams-style breakfront bookcase & cover all tastes & abilities. Plus each appealing project is fully explained & complemented with fine photography & detailed plans. Mark is a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen & the Hampshire & Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen he exhibits his work widely & his designs have featured in numerous books & magazines."

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No garden is complete without sympathetic furniture. Using simplified woodworking techniques this book covers fourteen pieces ranging from tables & chairs to bird houses & fencing: all are both useful & delightful additions to any garden. Projects ranging in difficulty for novice & experienced woodworkers to enjoy Advice on tools & materials Explanation of jointing techniques Clear step-by-step instructions for each project with cutting lists Supported by over 160 colour photographs & line artwork ...

Following on from his successful Drawing Geometry Jon Allen explores the creation of the many-sided three-dimensional forms known as the Platonic & Archimedean solids. Based on patterns of equally spaced points on a sphere these polyhedra have been the fundamentals of geometric exploration for millennia. Many professionals find they need to be able to build three-dimensional shapes accurately & understand the principles behind them. This unique book shows them how to make models of all the Platonic & Archimedean solids as well as several other polyhedra & stellated forms. It provides step-by-step instructions for constructing the three-dimensional forms as well as showing how to draw out accurately the geometry of the paperfold nets. Beginners & experienced artists & designers alike will find this book a source of practical guidance as well as delight & inspiration which will amply repay the careful attention needed to construct the models. ...

From nail biting to cell phone addiction procrastination to overspending bad habits seem to outnumber the good ones. Unfortunately we pay a price for bad habits that outweighs the immediate gratification that they bring. Experts say that at least forty per cent of what we do is solely the result of habit which is why it is so important to make good habits & break bad ones. In this book Joyce Meyer starts by examining the nature of habits. The first habit
- & most important one to have
- is the God Habit. By making it a habit to start your day by reading the Bible & communing with God asking for His help in your efforts & His strength & sustenance the stage is set for overcoming the habits you want to break & establishing new ones in their place. The author moves on to discuss fourteen good habits & devotes a chapter to each. The reader is given a specific roadmap to follow until the behaviour has become automatic (the definition of a habit). It's like following a Sat Nav to get you to a new place. After travelling the same route several times the Sat Nav isn't needed for you to find your destination. The 'habit' of following the right route is ingrained.

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This is a truly comprehensive collection of papercraft ideas designs & techniques with over 300 projects. It features over 300 projects that explore & teach every kind of paper craft & skill shown in over 2400 photographs. This book

Includes:: papercraft projects for all occasions from delightful gifts for family & friends fun projects to make with children & decorative ideas for around the home. You can experiment with the wonderful range of paper available today from humble cardboard boxes & newspaper to delicate handmade Japanese paper. This book

Includes:: traditional crafts such as decoupage paper cutting & quilling plus projects for special occasions such as Christmas Valentines Day & anniversaries. It features the latest ideas & inspirations for contemporary designs & techniques that are explored & made simple. This book explores all the principal papercraft techniques then encourages you to try them out in a range of accessible projects. Exciting paper projects can be completed in no time at all after mastering a few key techniques & everything you need to know about skills such as paper-making decoupage papier-mache & origami is described. The main sections are then packed with more than 300 fun & creative projects to suit all skill levels providing the necessary information to teach you how to design your own unique gift-wrap & tags build collages produce bags boxes dolls toys ornaments decorations & how to create dozens of different types of stationery. This book is proof of the versatility of paper & the fun there is to be had in producing your own results to a professional standard.



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