Half Yard Christmas

Author: Debbie Shore
Publisher: SearchPress+ORM
ISBN: 1781264104
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
Turn fabric scraps into holiday treasures with this guide featuring more than 30 sewing projects by the creator of the Half Yard Sewing Club. In Half Yard Christmas, Debbie Shore shares charming holiday creations that are fun and easy to make. Best of all, each one requires only a half-yard of fabric! With six themed chapters—Rustic, Traditional, Contemporary, Monochrome, Scandinavian, and Kids—you can select your favorite Christmas style or mix and match throughout your home. These simple yet stylish projects include everything from stockings and Santa hats to fabric wreaths, ornaments, figurines, and more. Debbie’s friendly guidance, and easy-to-follow photography make this guide ideal for beginners as well as more experienced sewers looking for quick and easy holiday projects.

Half Yard Home

Author: Debbie Shore
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781262969
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Debbie Shore has created 40 beautiful home accessories that are easy to make using half a yard of fabric or less.The projects are divided into accessories for the Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen and Bedroom, with a special section for picnics. Clear step by step instructions and beautiful photography make it easy to create desirable projects from a tablecloth, magazine box, chair slip, napkins, napkin ring, oven mitt, apron, tea cosy, cafe curtain and jewellery roll, to a picnic place mat, bread bag and bottle bag, and more.Debbie's flair for design and eye for fresh, beautiful fabrics make these home accessories that readers will make to run up for themselves.

Half Yard Vintage

Author: Debbie Shore
Publisher: SearchPress+ORM
ISBN: 1781264880
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
Bring a touch of elegance to your home with this easy sewing guide featuring 23 vintage-style projects that only require a half-yard of fabric each. In Half Yard Vintage, Debbie Shore teaches you how to turn leftover fabric into beautiful accessories and home décor items. Featured projects include a lacy pillow cover, a bucket-style wash bag, and cones for displaying posies of dried flowers. You can elevate your afternoon tea with a tea cosy, made-to-measure tray cover, and a cake frill. Half Yard Vintage also includes vintage-style Christmas decorations, including stockings, an advent calendar, and a wreath. With Debbie’s friendly advice and step-by-step instructions, vintage style has never looked better!

Nuddy Ned's Christmas

Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408866005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Santa's sleigh was on its way just leaving Lanzarote. "Goodness Gracious," Blitzen cried. "Did I just see a botty?" It's Christmas Eve, and minus three, but Ned doesn't care. While other people are dressed in duffle coats and parkas, Ned is running riot, and he's completely starkers! And there is a very special person Ned just can't wait to meet! A laugh-out-loud riotous romp with an energetic rhyming text and strategically placed flaps to protect Ned's modesty. From the author of Oi Frog and the illustrator of The Dinosaur That Pooped series.

Find the Nutcracker in His Christmas Ballet

Author: Smithmark Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781561731633
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
This book has big bright pictures, and the reader is asked to search for people and items from the Nutcracker ballet in look and find challenges.

Handmade Chic

Author: Laura Bennett
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1609613015
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
In Handmade Chic: Fashionable Projects That Look High-End, Not Homespun, Laura Bennett shares simple strategies for creating 40 small luxuries and high-fashion accessories, from a smart leather iPad portfolio to a feather-embellished evening bag. With sections organized in skill-building order and based on type of accessory—small leather goods, agendas and notepads, electronics, bags and wallets, and evening items—Laura offers patterns, easy-to-follow diagrams, and detailed instructions for fabricating each glamorous project, whether it involves sewing from scratch or embellishing a prepurchased garment. While showcasing her own creative designs, she provides readers with the basic techniques and encouragement they need to come up with variations and create their own signature pieces. Packed with Laura's signature flair and finesse, vibrant four-color photos, step-by-step drawings, and a complete list of suggestions on where to purchase materials, Handmade Chic is an accessible guide to at-home crafting that is elegant enough for the most modern, fashion-savvy of women.

The True Story of Christmas

Author: Anne Fine
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780385901567
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Everyone knows the story of Christmas. Decking the halls with boughs of holly. Hanging stockings by the chimney with care. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Then there's the true story of Christmas. And Ralph Mountfield is smack in the middle of it. Great Granny's crustier than ever. Grandpa's singing to the dog. Great Aunt Ida is completely crackers. Uncle Tristam's giving out bricks. The cousins are whining and throwing tantrums. Mum's looking for Dad. Dad's looking for aspirin. And Ralph is looking to stay out of trouble. But when a Christmas Quiz brings out some hidden truths, trouble is exactly what Ralph finds. It's anything but a silent, holy night for the Mountfield family! "From the Hardcover edition.

I Spy Merry Christmas

Author: Jean Marzollo
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780545039451
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Simple text challenges the reader to find objects hidden in the photographs.

The Holiday

Author: T.M. Logan
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1785767682
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 395

Book Description
T.M. LOGAN'S LATEST GRIPPING THRILLER, THE DREAM HOME, IS NOW AVAILABLE TO IN HARDBACK, EBOOK, AND AUDIO. The gripping Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club breakout thriller. Now a major TV drama on NETFLIX starring Jill Halfpenny Take a holiday you won't forget . . . Seven days. Three families. One killer. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday, dreamed up by Kate as the ideal way to turn 40: four best friends and their husbands and children in a luxurious villa under the blazing sunshine of Provence. But there is trouble in paradise. Kate suspects that her husband is having an affair, and that the other woman is one of her best friends. One of these women is willing to sacrifice years of friendship and destroy her family. But which one? As Kate closes in on the truth in the stifling Mediterranean heat, she realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined. Because someone in the villa is prepared to kill to keep their secret hidden. Praise for THE HOLIDAY 'Makes you think twice about going on holiday with friends' B A Paris Perfectly plotted and riveting with an exceptional ending' Diane Jeffrey 'Perfect summer reading' S R Masters 'Another blistering page-turner' Chris Whitaker **DON'T MISS T.M. LOGAN'S INCREDIBLE NEW THRILLER THE MOTHER - OUT NOW!**

Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets—Machine Sewing

Author: Debbie Shore
Publisher: SearchPress+ORM
ISBN: 1781263841
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
In this first book in her new Sewing Room Secrets series, Debbie Shore walks you through every aspect of machine sewing, revealing her top tips and providing in-depth and helpful guidance every step of the way. Starting by looking at sewing room essentials, Debbie then guides you around your sewing machine and explains all the tools and materials you might need, including wadding/batting, interfacing, fabrics and threads. There’s a handy troubleshooting section to reassure and guide you when you encounter problems. Debbie covers the key techniques you need to know, including inserting zips and piping, using shirring elastic, free-motion embroidery and appliqué. Debbie’s focus is on craft and home items, but she also includes some dressmaking and quilting tips for those looking to explore other areas. The ten beautiful projects help you learn the techniques as you progress through the book, beginning with a simple pincushion before moving on to a pillow cover, a tablet case, a drawstring bag, a sewing machine mat and more.