Many of todays fiber & quilting enthusiasts are eager to express themselves through creating one-of-a-kind art quilts
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This work provides the know-how you need to create beautiful quilts & decorative quilted items. Quilting is a fun hobby
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Black & white quilts have become a hot new trend for quilters of all ages. A seemingly simple pattern can be dramatically updated merely by adding a little black & white fabric into the design. The book

Includes:: projects that are completely black & white & also

Includes:: designs that have splashes of colour or just splashes of black & white. Quilters will love the variety of designs from an adorable cat wall hanging to a bold bed quilt made up of black white & bright yellow fabrics. Techniques used include applique patchwork & foundation piecing. Each design is shown in a lifestyle photograph has an assembly diagram & is accompanied by a complete materials list & step-by-step instructions.



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Quilting in No Time" brings you 50 fantastic easy-to-follow projects for quilts. At a time when store-bought soft furnishings are becoming increasingly expensive this great book offers high quality homemade alternatives at a fraction of the cost. Packed with brilliant ideas for using up scraps of fabrics original applique designs fun blocks to stitch together & excellent motifs this is the must-have guide to quilting gorgeous items for the home. Why not try your hand at making the perfect throw to put over your couch or buy some luxurious fabrics to make an oh-so-soft blanket to put in a baby's cot? Every project comes with gorgeous step-by-step illustrations plus ideas for variations to add your own personal touch to the finished piece. Projects include a picnic blanket a cosmetics bag place mats & coasters a tea cosy a duvet cover a child's play mat a handbag & an apron amongst many others. Also included is a useful techniques section with expert advice on fabric selection binding sashing & more." ...

Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category & a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis & forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Soviets. Sympathetic philosophers & critics have interpreted it as a vital intellectual defence against totalitarianism yet some American critics consider it elitist undemocratic & even unnatural. Drawing extensively on the philosophy of Heidegger & Badiou The Quilting Points of Musical Modernism proposes a new dialectical theory of faithful reactive & obscure subjective responses to musical modernism which embraces all the music of Western modernity. This systematic definition of musical modernism introduces readers to theory by Badiou Zizek & Agamben. Basing his analyses on the music of William Walton Harper-Scott explores connections between the revolutionary politics of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries & responses to the event of modernism in order to challenge accepted narratives of music history in the twentieth century. ...

This the 13th in the series of Kaffe Fassetts highly successful patchwork & quilting books from Rowan is photographed by Debbie Patterson at the Skansen Museum in Stockholm the oldest open-air museum in the world where different styles of old Swedish houses built of richly painted wood make a great backdrop for this collection of 20 new quilts by Kaffe & his chosen designers. He uses Serape an exciting new striped fabric to great effect combined with shot cottons creating simple graphic quilts where the colours sing out. Other quilts of Kaffes resonate with saturated colour in deep earthy tones. In the Designer Profile Kaffe explains how he creates his quilts a fascinating insight into a genius at work. ...

Maintaining the comprehensive coverage offered by the previous editions this highly regarded text now in its sixth edition & 32nd year of publication is considered to be an indispensable resource for nurses & health care professionals engaged in the business of teaching & learning. Retaining the balance between theoretical issues & practical application the text has been fully revised to reflect the most recent changes in nursing & nurse education including updated content on developments in teaching & learning the introduction of the new NMC standards in the UK; developments in the NHS & the growing role of e Learning & technology. This textbook is autopackaged with Course Mate. Course Mate brings course concepts to life with interactive learning study & exam preparation tools that support the printed textbook & the textbook-specific website. Course Mate

Includes:: an integrated e Book & interactive teaching & learning tools including quizzes flashcards videos & more & an Engagement Tracker a first-of-its-kind tool that monitors student engagement in the course.

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Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on obvious problems Richard Wiseman has been busy uncovering the secret ingredients of charisma exploring how our personalities are shaped by when we are born & examining why people usually miss the obvious signs of their partner's infidelity. Using scientific methods to investigate offbeat topics that interest the general public as well as the scientific community Quirkology brings a new understanding to the backwaters of the human mind & takes us to places where mainstream scientists fear to tread. Comparable to Freakonomics but British far more populist & a lot funnier. Findings include: How does your surname influence your life? What does the way you walk reveal about your personality? Why should women have men write their personal ads? What is the funniest joke in the world? ...

Molly & her family have moved around for years. Every time they think they've found a home one of the Quirks slips up & sends them packing. The Quirk family you see is a bit well quirky. Each family member has a magical power that makes them unique & highly unusual. Mum can control minds; Grandpa twists time; Molly's twin sister Penelope has an all-too-real imagination; & Finn is the naughty little brother
- who also happens to be invisible. Then there's Molly the most unusual Quirk of all. Molly is completely & utterly normal. Molly's greatest desire is to fit in & she's found the perfect spot: Normal Michigan. With its chocolate-box houses welcoming committees & famous town competitions it seems like just the place for an ordinary new life. But the Quirks aren't known for fitting in
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ARE YOU READY TO QUIT SMOKING ONCE & FOR ALL? Do you want to quit smoking but worry that you'll gain weight? Would you like to stop any cravings in a matter of moments? Are you tired of people telling you to quit smoking? Are you worried about how smoking is damaging your health? Have you tried to quit before & failed? If quitting was easy would you do it today? Paul Mc Kenna's amazing weight-loss system has helped over a million people all over the world to lose weight & keep it off for life. Now he wants to help you quit smoking for ever! Over the past fifteen years Paul Mc Kenna Ph D has developed a unique approach that makes quitting smoking surprisingly easy. Through the simple conditioning system revealed in this book & on the accompanying CD you will retrain your mind & body so that you no longer need cigarettes & actually feel better without them. Better still you will not gain any weight in the process! ...