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Home decorating books offer an excellent medium with which you can add to or improve your home's look. Listed below are books that will amaze, inspire and stimulate your creativity and enhance your sewing experience!
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Midwest Modern by Amy Butler.
Amy Butler sees art in everything she does - whether it's designing the gorgeous fabrics for which she's well known, decorating her home, planting her garden, putting together an outfit for vintage clothing, or shopping at the flea market. In Any Butler's Midwest Modern, this designer extrordinaire takes us into her house and studio to share her fresh aesthetic, which takes the honest, approachable, easy style of the midwest in an exciting, contemporary direction. |
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PILLOWS with Personality by Linda Causee. Have you ever looked for just the right pillow to fit in with your decor, but nothing was quite right? The fabric wasn't the right color, the trims were not appealing or the style wasn't what you had in mind.
As you look through this book of 77 different patchwork pillows, you are bound to find pillows to accent any room in your home. There are fifteen groupings of pillows shown, but you can mix and match any of the blocks using your own fabrics and trims. The possibilities are endless. You can even use the blocks to make a matching quilt for your bedroom, a lap quilt for your den or a wall hanging for the living room. There are complete instructions for each pillow as shown, but you can add fringe where we have added a ruffle, or beading where we have cording. You can make your pillows to your own specifications using the pillow Instructions on pages 12 to 15 as a guide. You will find that you can't stop at just one. You will end up making pillows for everyone on your gift list or for every room in your home! |
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Pillows, Cushions and Tuffets by Carol Zentgraf.
Much of the fun of decorating is mixing and matcing fabrics to create an inviting ensemble, and you'll find plenty of ideas in Pillows, Cushions and Tuffets. Author Carol Zentgraf shows you how to choose the fabrics and embellishments to create dozens of pillows, cushions, and tuffets - from funky to upscale design. Inside you'll learn all the sewing techniques and trade secrets to create gorgeous accessories for every room in your home.
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Creative Living by Gail Abbott and Jane Bolsover.
Ranging from simple makes like the set of edged towels for the bathroom or easy lavender-filled shoe scenters, to more challenging sewing projects like applique' bedlinen and a lined picnic hamper, there are projects here for everyone. Each project is accompained by hand painted watercolour step-by-step illustrations, and complete making up instructions.
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The Decorated Kitchen by Leslie Beck. The Decorated Kitchen
Create the kitchen of your dreams-no remodeling required! A warm, welcoming kitchen is just a few stitches
and paint strokes away with these simple, fun projects! From quick place mats and napkins to painted furniture, chenille
rugs, curtains, and even a painted picnic basket, these cheerful designs will turn any common kitchen into a creative,
comfortable living space for family and friends.
Inside, find: Over 30 delightful projects for the kitchen that are beautiful, practical, and easy. Four stylish project collections-choose from Vintage Kitchen, Koffee Match Kitchen, Antique Fruit Kitchen, and Folk Art Rooster Kitchen. Basic painting instructions for new painters and basic sewing instructions for new stitchers, with clearly illustrated step-by-step directions for each project. Create these distinctive accessories to quickly add warmth and charm to the heart of your home. |
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Sewing Stylish Home Projects by Linda Lee. Everybody needs a little luxury in their life.
Sewing Stylish Home Projects brings interior designer Linda Lee's rich and creative aesthetic to
accessories that can be made to add that special touch to any home. Pillows, throws, napkins,
curtains, and more are created to accent four distinctly styled rooms: a modern country
bedroom, a Victorian parlor, an Asian dining room, and an Americana living room. From the
boudoir pillow to the silk and lace throw, each project in this book will add style and grace to
your home.
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Pillow Talk. by Nancy Halvorsen. Nancy's favorite thing to do on a cheerful sunny day is to fuss about and dress up my home for the new season or up coming holiday. I change the candles, drape a garland and toss a pillow or two in my favorite chair. I can't wait till my family and friends come to see my new look! You can dress up your home too with this charming collection of simple pillows that speak to any mood or season. They are a breeze to create with easy piecing and fusible applique. No need to store lots of bulky pillows, quickly button your pillow covers on and off as you wish. So pop an apple pie in the oven, start snipping your favorite fabrics, and invite a friend over to enjoy a little 'pillow talk'.
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Pillows for Beginners. Written for the absolute beginner, these instructions and step-by-step photos guide you effortlessly through the basics of sewing pillows. You'll learn techniques and tricks to build your confidence and help you succeed from the start. Discover how to sew pillows in lots of styles, sew zippers, buttonholes, and lapped closures and add decorator flair with trims and ribbons. Learn to sew; it's a creative outlet with exciting rewards!
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