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The illustrious craft of crazy quilting yields magical works of art. In this second edition of "The Magic of Crazy Quilting," Marsha Michler goes beyond providing guidance on how to create a crazy quilt from start to finish and presents six new, smaller projects such as a purses, pillows and needlebook covers! Inside you'll find an outstanding collection of more than 15 embellishment techniques, four piecing methods, and 1,000 embroidery stitch variations.

Marsha Michler creates wonderfully pleasing works of art with fabrics, threads, and ribbons. Twenty magnificent antique crazy quilts will enthrall quilt lovers, embroidery enthusiasts, and ribbon artists of all levels. Quilt types include: themes, country-style wool, silk, miniature, kids, memory, art, and fund-raiser quilts. Embellishment techniques include: ribbon-work, silk ribbon embroidery, wool embroidery, applique, monogramming, dyeing, and fabric painting.

Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when devices that you've built start to talk to each other, things really start to get interesting. Through a series of simple projects, you'll learn how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you need to plug some sensors in your home to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk explains exactly what you need.This book is perfect for people with little technical training but a lot of interest. Maybe you're a science teacher who wants to show students how to monitor weather conditions at several locations at once, or a sculptor who wants to stage a room of choreographed mechanical sculptures. Making Things Talk demonstrates that once you figure out how objects communicate -- whether they're microcontroller-powered devices, email programs, or networked databases -- you can get them to interact.Each chapter in contains instructions on how to build working projects that help you do just that. You will: Make your pet's bed send you emailMake your own seesaw game controller that communicates over the InternetLearn how to use ZigBee and Bluetooth radios to transmit sensor data wirelesslySet up communication between microcontrollers, personal computers, and web servers using three easy-to-program, open source environments: Arduino/Wiring, Processing, and PHP.Write programs to send data across the Internet based on physical activity in your home, office, or backyardAnd much moreWith a little electronics know-how, basic (not necessarily in BASIC) programming skills, a couple of inexpensive microcontroller kits and some network modules to make them communicate using Ethernet, ZigBee, and Bluetooth, you can get started on these projects right away. With Making Things Talk, the possibilities are practically endless.

Full-color photographs and detailed instructions guide you through everything you need to know, from tools and materials to cutting veneer to techniques such as the window method, fretsawing, sandshading, harewood, penwork and making fine lines. Tutorial projects enable you to practice your skills on a number of designs, such as a convex corner fan, rose, shell, chessboard, and chevron. Four projects include a tray, pier table, jewelry box, and fire screen.

Alain Briot states that, "The personality of the photographer must be present in the image for an artistic photograph to have value." And in this book he sets out to teach the things that are essential in achieving this goal.

Following his successful first book, Mastering Landscape Photography, Briot goes beyond the conventional rules of composition and takes on a fresh, new approach to teaching the art of photography. Based upon his personal experiences as an artist, teacher, and photographer, he opens new doors to the reader-doors leading to new ways of seeing and composing images.

Briot approaches fine art photography as being a combination of art and technique. In this new book he addresses both of these by presenting artistic and technical information. On the artistic side, Briot introduces artistic concepts that have been rarely, if ever, associated with photography. On the technical side, he presents numerous tools that can help you learn how to create better photographs and provides technical solutions to common photographic problems.

The author practices photography as a fine art. What matters most to him is how photography can be used to express feelings and emotions. For Briot, a good photograph must be both artistically inspired and technically excellent. To have just one of these two elements is not enough for a fine art photograph to be successful.

Topics include: - How to compose with color, with black and white, and with light- Why you need to consider your audience while composing a photograph- Recreate the emotions you felt when you captured your photographs- How the elements of color-hue, contrast, and saturation-work in your images- How to control the elements that have a visual effect in your photographs- How to draw upon your personal way of seeing and then share your vision- How to diagnose image maladies and apply the proper remedies- How to define a color palette for a specific photograph- How to use compositional elements to develop a personal style

Forweword by Tony Sweet

This official handbook might just save your life. Learn how to find resources; make a shelter; craft tools, armor, and weapons, and protect yourself from monsters. With tips from Minecraft experts, including developer Jeb and creator Notch himself, this is the definitive guide to surviving your first few days in Minecraft.

Identify and price any antique American clock! All types of antique clocks in all price ranges are fully covered in this third edition of the standard reference work for collectors and dealers.
* OVER 15,000 COLLECTOR PRICES -- This guide comprehensively covers a broad range of clocks from the 19th and 20th centuries. All types, all styles, including Ansonia, Empire, New Haven, Terry, Seth Thomas, National, Mueller, Keyless, W.L. Gilbert, and others.
* COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION by type of movement, shape, model name (and model number, if known), case style, ornamentation, size in inches. Specific dates of manufacture given when known or estimates based upon original advertisements and trade catalogues.
* CLOCK TYPES include Cuckoo, Parlor Shelf, Cabinet, Mantel, Statue, Window, Art Nouveau, Animated, Novelty, Watch, and numerous others, comprising every style manufactured in the U.S. during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
* HISTORIES of the major manufacturers precede each series of listings.
* EXTENSIVE INFORMATION on development of the clockmaking industry in the U.S., with a chronology of dates and charts showing the interrelationships among early clock companies.
* HELPFUL ADVICE for the collector or novice clock buyer.
* IN-DEPTH MARKET REVIEW
* EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS
* GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Eighty specially commissioned full-color photographs and 20 full-color drawings detail more than 40 original ideas for using fresh, dried, and pressed flowers. Each project is photographed in still-life settings around the author's cottage in rural Cornwall, England. Black is the author of The Book of Potpourri, The Book of Pressed Flowers, and The Scented Room.

Full-color reproductions of original pattern swatches, sweaters, and accessories from the Bohus workshop in Sweden, along with the history of the women who designed them.

For anyone who has admired quilt patterns with long, narrow, sharp spikes, but thought they were beyond reach, this book and pattern CD is for you. Now, even beginner quilters can perfect paper piece with pizzazz. The days of awkward pieces of paper held up to the light are over. With the paper-folding method, that's no longer necessary, and with paper foundations, the accuracy of those sharp points is assured. The instructions for Perfect Paper Piecing are given in detail and generously illustrated in photos. Plus, the accompanying pattern CD contains all patterns at full size, allowing you to print as many as you need, without worrying about distortion from the copy machine. Quilters can begin by making a pillowcase or playful placemat. Once they experience this easy and fast method, they can, with confidence, try one of the quilt patterns taught by the QuiltMavens in their beginning classes - pieces such as Aaron's quilt, Day at the Beach, or Whirligig. Raspberry Sorbet is the most playful of the group. These quilts look complex but go together very quickly. Then comes what the authors call 'Extreme Spiking.' These are blocks that have been skewed into new shapes. Because paper foundation piecing is so accurate, these unusual blocks go together nearly as easily as more traditional blocks. Compatible with Windows and Mac.

Written for beginners and expert needlework alike, Complete Book of Embroidery describes in detail more than 100 embroidery stitches and presents creative designs for perfecting them in projects ranging from a simple child's bib to a tablecloth adorned with beautiful butterflies. The book features more than 75 traceable motifs. 200 full-color photos. 300 full-color artworks and stitch designs.

A practical handbook on how to streamline and organize one's home offers a host of creative suggestions and step-by-step advice on everything from how to organize one's kitchen shelves and clean the refrigerator to setting up a well-organized and peaceful room, with tips on selecting the right furniture.

From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate to the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house, domestics were an essential yet unobtrusive part of the British hierarchy for much of the past century, required to tread softly and blend into the background. Lucy Lethbridge's Servants gives them a voice in this discerning portrait of the complex relationship between the server, the served, and the world they lived in, opening a window on British society from the Edwardian period to the present.

The Signing Naturally Curriculum Series is the curriculum of choice for teaching sign language at every major college and university in the United States and Canada. Expect exceptional results in students' receptive skills which is the hardest skill to learn. Teacher Curriculum Guides & Videotapes - Levels 1 & 2 have a total of 17 Instructional Units with Overview and Objectives for each unit. All of the materials are ready for transparencies or photocopies for classroom handouts. Student Workbooks & Videotexts are included as desk copies if you order Teacher's Curriculum Guides.

The Instructional Units are organized in five sections to allow flexibility of teaching techniques:
-- Introduction shows how to introduce grammar and vocabulary in the context of a language function while staying within the target language
-- Sign Production section shows how to help students develop signing fluency
-- Extended Comprehension section enables you to present narratives that lead students to devise comprehension strategies and discern meaning from the overall context of a situation
-- Interaction section covers communicative activities that range from structured to spontaneous. This allows students to integrate what they've learned on a discourse level
-- Breakaways include exercises aimed at creating a language community in the classroom

Read about and build the fastest ship in the galaxy with this out-of-this-world kit!

Join Han and Chewbacca aboard the fastest bucket of bolts in the galaxy. Packed with amazing puzzles and a Millennium Falcon of your own to build, there are hours of Star Wars fun to be had. Work out complete mazes, code words, and puzzles in the uniquely illustrated, full-color activity book. Then press out the pieces to create your very own mini Millennium Falcon model, perfect for re-creating famous scenes from the Star Wars saga. The model is made from a sturdy foam core. Press out the pieces to build the Millennium Falcon--with no glue required!

If you want to knit sweaters that look good and fit the way you want them to, let "Sweater Design in Plain English" come to your rescue.
In this latest edition, completely updated and revised for today's knitter, Righetti and Shaw share their knitting know-how and good fashion sense. No matter what your knitting level you can overcome the fear of failure, avoid costly mistakes, and plan and create sweaters that really fit and look terrific sweaters that will be worn for many years to come. Topics and techniques include:
Understanding the nature of yarn and pattern stitches
Choosing the most flattering color and design
Taking accurate body measurements
Estimating the amount of yarn you'll need
How to alter printed patterns so they really fit
Start-to-finish instructions for 13 basic sweater designs that can be modified to make many variations
And much, much more!

Each technique is illustrated with clear diagrams, sketches, or photographs. Complete with a new introduction, more photos and illustrations, and a personal-measurements record-keeping section, "Sweater Design in Plain English" takes the guesswork out of every creative knitting effort."

From blankets to hats to bags, Sweet Baby Crochet offers hooking fans eight patterns that are perfect for creating cuddly gifts for babies. Patterns include baby blankets, sweaters and hats, and even a handy Eight-Pocket Carryall. Each booklet includes an abbreviations section at the front.