Böcker av Margaret Harris

Have you ever gazed upon a beautifully crafted garment or home decor item and thought, "I wish I could make something like that"? Diving into the captivating realm of sewing can be both thrilling and a little overwhelming. "The Beginner's Guide to Sewing: Your Step-by-Step Roadmap to Sewing Success. Master this Art with Confidence and Learn the Ropes, Tackle Projects, and Elevate Your Wardrobe with Every Stitch!" is precisely the guide you've been waiting for. This book illuminates the path, ensuring you transform from an uncertain novice to a confident sewing enthusiast, eager to dive into projects wholeheartedly. I've meticulously curated content to take you on a comprehensive journey-from grasping the basics to experimenting with advanced techniques. Every page is crafted to offer you both a solid foundation and the opportunity to stretch your wings, ensuring a balanced growth in your sewing prowess. Throughout this guide, actionable insights will arm you with practical skills to apply directly to your projects, so you're not just reading-you're doing. Where other guides might skim the surface, this one dives deep, making sure you grasp the nuances that make all the difference. Inside, you will: Engage with an in-depth look into the sewing world, addressing its history and common misconceptions. Learn the secrets of setting up your sewing space, focusing on ergonomics, efficiency, and inspiration. Demystify fabrics-their selection, care, and perfect pairing. Establish a robust foundation, mastering sewing basics and avoiding beginner blunders. Mastery over patterns, learning to read, resize, and preserve them for multiple uses. Acquaint yourself with essential instruments. From the intricacies of the sewing machine, its parts, and functions to the significance of every other tool in your sewing kit. Step into fashion with guidance on sewing for your wardrobe, including essential clothing items and their intricate techniques. Spruce up your home with home décor sewing insights, transforming your space with unique touches. Dive into the joy of handmade gifts, understanding the emotion and significance behind each stitch. Explore beyond clothing with sewing accessories, from scarves to stylish totes, complementing your fashion ensemble.Witness your evolution with three DIY step-by-step guides to craft a skirt, a table runner, and a tote bag. It's not just theory-it's hands-on practice!As you progress, reflect upon your journey, gather handy sewing tips, face challenges head-on, and immerse yourself in the wider sewing community. What sets this guide apart is its holistic approach to sewing. It's not just about crafting; it's a transformative journey of self-expression, creativity, and pride in watching your ideas take tangible form. With this guide in hand, you're not just learning-you're experiencing, evolving, and excelling. Ready to unravel the magic within these pages?

In Middlemarch, George Eliot famously warns readers not to see themselves as the centre of their own world, which produces a 'flattering illusion of concentric arrangement'. The scholarly contributors to Antipodean George Eliot resist this form of centrism. Hailing from four continents and six countries, they consider Eliot from a variety of de-centred vantage points, exploring how the obscure and marginal in Eliot's life and work sheds surprising light on the central and familiar. With essays that span the full range of Eliot's career-from her early journalism, to her major novels, to eccentric late works such as Impressions of Theophrastus Such-Antipodean George Eliot is committed to challenging orthodoxies about Eliot's development as a writer, overturning received ideas about her moral and political thought, and unveiling new contexts for appreciating her unparalleled significance in nineteenth-century letters.

With essays that span the full range of Eliot's career, this volume considers Eliot from a variety of de-centred vantage points, exploring how the obscure and marginal in Eliot's life and work sheds surprising light on the central and familiar.

Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain is essential reading not only for the many people studying, working in or working with the voluntary sector in Britain but also for anyone who is interested in the formulation and implementation of social policy.

This book brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were specially commissioned to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the LSE's Centre for Voluntary Organisation. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers including: What place do values have? And what does contracting do to voluntary agencies?