Tailor-make your wardrobe with this essential dressmaking e-guide.Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, The Dressmaking Book contains everything you need to make timeless wardrobe staples that can be easily adapted to suit your style.Choose the perfect fabrics for any project, try your hand at a range of machine-sewing...

Whether you want to alter a vintage jacket or create a full-tailored suit, this tailoring reference guide has everything you need to produce elegant, bespoke garments that last a lifetime.With over 80 step-by-step techniques on measuring, cutting, altering, and finishing, this is the only book you will need to create and alter a tailored garment.Alison Smith MBE is one of the world's leading tailoring experts, and in her new book, she reveals trade secrets ...

Everything you need to know to sew your own clothes and home furnishings.Demystify your sewing machine and get to grips with essential techniques with The Sewing Book. This bestselling guide covers over 300 techniques with illustrated step-by-step sequences, showing you how to create everything from seams and hems to darts, gathers, and collars.Discover how to read a pattern and adapt designs to suit your measurements, get to grips with tools and materials,...

This book demonstrates the pain and confusion that arrive with personal loss, in a young heart. It can serve as a tool for families to open heart-felt discussion and to help young ones move forward.

This book is an honest portrayal of the anger, confusion and hurt that follows loss, in a child's life. It serves as a subtle reminder of the different type of grief journey experienced by a child.

Despite decades of efforts to combat homelessness, many people continue to experience it in Canada’s major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to homelessness, including a lack of agreement on the fundamental question: what is homelessness?In Multiple Barriers, Alison Smith explores the forces that shape intergovernmental and multilevel governance dynamics to help better understand why, despite the best efforts of community and advocacy ...

Lore and legend, folklore and tales, interwoven with beasts and ghostly castles. Vistas of a landscape visited by the holy pilgrims of Saint Cuthbert. Pagan and Christianity playing a merry tune in the words.Pastimes that shape our future, resonating through the centuries in song, stories and poetry.Well-placed fear of the lonely moors - for who lives on these bleak landscapes?Beasts such as the Picktree brag, half-man, half-horse, with sightings st...

Concise, practical, and packed full of clinical information, the Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing is the essential resource for all those working in nursing practice surgery and its sub-specialties. Easily-accessible, this handbook provides all of the information and practical advice needed to care effectively and professionally for surgical patients. This handbook provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of the care of patients undergoing the range of su...

A comprehensive guide to all aspects of owning a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, this highly illustrated book is full of practical information and expert advice for pet owners and breeders.Staffordshire Bull Terriers are renowned for their loyalty to their owners and stability of temperament which makes them great pets. When properly socialised and trained they are playful, energetic and have a real love of people. If you are considering getting a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or are an ...

In the midst of deepest pain, the presence of love will allow beautiful moments to flourish. It is in those moments, that new memories are made.Love is bigger and more powerful than anything... even hurt and sadness.

This book, born from years of crafting informational texts, aims to enrich students' science learning experiences. Our focus has been to not only engage readers but also deepen their understanding of the world. Departing from traditional textbooks, this book employs a mix of writing styles, including realistic fiction and diverse narrative perspectives (First-Person, Second-Person, & Third-Person), to engage students more effectively and offer multiple viewpoints. Additionally, it incorpor...

In Heme, Chlorophyll, and Bilins: Methods and Protocols, an interdisciplinary panel of hands-on investigators describe in detail how to work successfully with chlorophyll, heme, and bilins in biological, medical, chemical, and biochemical research. Each method is presented by a researcher who actually uses it on a daily basis and includes step-by-step instructions and pertinent tricks-of-the-trade that often make the difference between laboratory success and failure. Topics range from meth...