Where ya' been?• Each postage-stamp-inspired design reflects the unique qualities of these United States• Raw-edge fusible appliqué makes the layered patterns quick and easy to complete• 6-inch quilt blocks can be enlarged to any size via the included pattern CD• Make a fun souvenir block for your home state, plus every state you've visitedQuilt a travelogue of your adventures across the country! Every state is represented in a r...

The author of Quilt Blocks Across America journeys to destinations beyond our borders to bring you new inspiration for travel-themed projects!Debra Gabel's new collection features fifty all-new 6" square appliqué patterns for exciting locales like Tokyo, Sydney, and Venice, plus general travel-themed designs perfect for any kind of appliqué.An inspiring gallery of the quilt blocks "in action" gives you plenty of ideas for sewing something special to ...

Quilt As You Go with a modern, fresh twist! No one will ever never know your quilts are quilt-as-you-go and that's the twist.Quilt As You Go is the process of making quilt blocks (from 12 to 16 inches square) and then quilting them - easy! Join the quilted blocks and you almost have a finished quilt, you just need the binding.This book teaches a few modern twists on a very popular technique which results in simple, easy to make quilts that can be made from "fat quarters", "...

Millions of artists entrepreneurs crafters and solopreneurs dream of making a living doing what they love. But turning their vision into a viable business plan can feel like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Jennifer Lee knows what its like to make the entrepreneurial leap and how to do it successfully. The key is showing creative types how to use rather than stifle the imagination and intuition that make them creative in the first place. Lees illustrated colorful worksheets an...

This book is a complete guide to the operation and features of the Nikon Coolpix P610 digital camera. The book explains all shooting modes, menus, functions, and controls of this superzoom camera in clear language, accompanied by more than 350 full-color illustrations and sample photographs. This guide shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to capture still images and videos with the Coolpix P610, and how to use the camera’s many shooting options to get the results they want.

Proving that you don’t need to be an expert to create beautiful pieces of quilted patchwork, this little guide covers all the basic techniques you will need to start your own projects – however ambitious they are!

Learn how to successfully sell your crafts on Etsy with this informative, step-by-step guide."Author and online entrepreneur Derrick Sutton shares over 200 pages of his most useful and valuable secrets that will help you build a successful online presence for selling your crafts and artwork. . . . With his easy-to-follow and incredibly detailed guide, though, this book is the next best thing."― Bead Design StudioWi...

Preserving food to last beyond its supposed shelf-life is an age-old tradition. If you can successfully preserve your own food, then you will never go hungry even if you’re stuck at home the entire winter. Here’s a boxed set of three books that tackle everything you need to know about canning and preserving - from the basics to the recipes that you can follow. Happy reading!

This book is a complete guide to using the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V camera, one of the most advanced, but still pocketable, cameras available. With this book, author Alexander White provides users of the RX100 V with a manual covering all aspects of the camera’s operation. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to take still images and record video with the RX100 V, and explains when and why to use the camera’s many features.T...

These eBooks are designed with the absolute beginner in mind, as well as those who would welcome a refresher in these most popular needlecrafts. Each book includes two or three specific projects for readers to get stuck into, with straightforward instructions and large, clear illustrations. With a section on choosing the right equipment, glossary of terms and abbreviations and even a section on aftercare of your handmade products - as well as including both UK and US terminology - this is ...

This revised and expanded edition of the definitive crafter's business book covers everything from product development to social media marketing.Crafters looking to turn their hobby into a profession can rely on the tried and true advice in Craft, Inc. An author, entrepreneur, and multidisciplinary creative, Meg Mateo Ilasco offers guidance on everything from developing products and sourcing materials to writing a business plan and paying taxes.With all-new s...

All across America, people are knitting for peace. In yarn shops and private homes, churches and synagogues, schools and even prisons, they meet on weekday evenings or weekend afternoons to knit afghans for refugees, mittens for the homeless, socks for soldiers, or preemie caps for AIDS babies. The tradition goes back as far as Martha Washington, who spearheaded knitting efforts for the soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and has seen a recent flourishing in what is nowadays called “charity...