The Complete Starter Guide to Making Bread author Kathryn Hawkins understands the importance of providing clear, concise, and easy-to-follow instructions for creating the perfect loaf of bread. Chapters include the history of bread and breadmaking, essential ingredients and equipment, basic techniques, and troubleshooting. The more than 25 recipes include Irish soda bread, wholewheat loaf, focaccia, Bao buns, and cornbread. The informative "How-to" section covers topics including kneading and proofing and provides tips and tricks for making bread gluten-free, vegan, or with a sugar substitute.
Guide to Preserving Food offers several different preserving methods, all with delicious results. Jams, jellies, fruit butters and curds, bottled fruits, chutneys, pickles, and salted vegetables are all practical and economical ways to preserve seasonal produce. Ingredient lists, popular fruits and vegetables, sugars, and cooking techniques are all explained in this must-have book, along with storage information, helpful hints, and tips. With over 80 recipes, Guide to Preserving Food offers essential information for homemade products using fresh produce. Recipes include kimchi, pink pickled turnips, Kashmir spiced pickled onions, blackcurrant jam, apple and date chutney, pickled cucumbers and dill, and so much more!
Create stunning works of mosaic art with stickers! This distinctive poly-art paint-by-sticker book with perforated pages features a collection of 10 highly detailed geometric designs of animals from the animal kingdom including fox, lion, hummingbird, and owl. Your art will come to life as you place the sticker on its corresponding numbered shape on the design. Interesting facts about each animal are shared throughout.
Fixtures and Chucks for Woodturning, Revised Edition has all the tips and techniques you need to optimize your use of the lathe. Whether you specialize in bowls, spindles, scoops, platters, or pens, you'll gain the skills to prepare the blank, mount it in the machine, and confidently troubleshoot any problems that arise. New information includes 5 new projects including two types of rolling pin (traditional and French), a whimsical doughnut turned on a doughnut chuck, a jumbo screw chuck, a lidded box, and instructions for mounting a Beall buffing system to your lathe. Packed with expert tips and projects, including a goblet, a top, a tree ornament, a box, and a DIY collet chuck, author Doc Green's book is your one-stop shop for all things turning.
3D Scroll Saw Projects is a compilation of all the best compound-cutting articles from Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine. Packed with tips, techniques, 35 compound-cut projects, and over 150 full-size patterns, you'll find projects for decorative items like Christmas ornaments, and holiday gift boxes to practical items like air plant holders, vases, miniature birdhouse ornaments, and bookends. You'll only need to use just a scroll saw and some scrap wood to create gorgeous 3D sculptures in just one sitting. Whether you're a beginner or have been scrolling for decades, you'll find plenty of patterns you can tackle with success!
Don't just make a toy, create an heirloom! Toymaker Brad Anderson's motto is "Wood toy plans for all ages. Designed to be built tough, to be passed down, and to last." Join him as he shares decades of woodworking wisdom so you can make durable, kid-safe vehicle toys that youngsters will enjoy. Starting with sections on wood selections, tool guides, design basics, and toy safety, he then jumps into 16 projects with high-quality illustrated step-by-step instructions. The projects range from beginner to advanced so there is a project for everyone to tackle.
Featuring 32 stunning manga people rendered with beautifully flowing kimono fabrics and patterns, Magnificent Manga Coloring Book is a manga coloring book for any coloring or manga enthusiast who appreciates fine art. It features mesmerizing human line-art pages inspired by the tranquility and mystique of Japanese culture. Her figures appear in motion and incorporate Japanese "fabric" patterns for the ultimate coloring experience.
The ultimate pattern book for laser cutters, the book is packed with 500 intricate patterns for the laser cutter. Inside you'll find QR codes for pattern downloads, expert advice on wood selection and finishing, as well as a gallery of inspirational pieces. Each fretwork style project can be easily stacked to save time and includes everything from traditional-looking baubles to more modern trees, reindeer, vehicles and more.
Whether experienced or new to woodcarving, you are sure to appreciate the in-depth knowledge of the art form from author David Young. The book begins with information on what you need to know to start whittling including tools, materials, knife sharpening, and techniques. Next, David covers finishing with instructions for his simple painting technique to achieve professional-looking results. Using these techniques, you'll then be ready to start whittling the 14 beautifully illustrated projects which range in difficulty, building on the skills and techniques used in each. Each project uses a 1" x 1" x 'varying length' block and can be completed in less than an hour. The scale of the projects and the use of minimal tools and supplies make carving the projects possible in virtually any space or location.
Become a digital manga master with the Ultimate Guide to Manga Art. You'll learn tips and tricks to improve your art, learn how to use the authentic Japanese art tool, Sai, and quick ways to create action lines, emotes, backgrounds and more. Within each project presented you are given expert advice from professional manga artists, a look into their portfolios and learn what software they use and why to create their detailed scenes. Get inspired and watch your manga art come to life with help from the masters.
Learn all about using a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) router while woodworking. Written for the absolute beginner, the author, Ralph Bagnall, provides an introduction to CNC, how the machines work, and 5 CNC projects to get started and find success. Full color photos enhance the readers' understanding of the craft. Projects include a Tic-Tac-Toe game, a cup holder, a coaster, a garden sign to identify plants and a metric conversion chart for the shop.
Essential Fish and Game Cookbook is jam-packed with ways for you to enjoy mouthwatering, wholesome meals, from shore lunches to gourmet dinners using the fish you've caught and the wild game you've harvested. Recipes are made with locally sourced, seasonal ingredients and are user-friendly with few ingredients and preparation steps. Author Scott Leysath, The Sporting Chef, also provides information on preparing fish and game, field care, processing, and storage. Prepare your catch and create delicious meals for you and your family.
With the Netherlands' author Wouter de Bruijn's easy-to-follow guide, tackle the basics of woodcarving including starter cuts, safety tips, sharpening, and wood grain; more advanced carvers can jump right into the projects, which include cats, birds, rabbits, wolves, foxes, and more. With step-by-step photography, full-size whittling patterns, and a complete materials and tools list, this must-have book has everything you need to create dozens of professional simple woodcarving projects.
Get ready to capture the world's favorite pop phenom's wide array of likenesses, sticker by sticker, in the Ultimate Taylor Swift Sticker Mosaic Art, 13 Fearless Mosaic Art Designs and Fun Facts. This unofficial, yet distinctive, poly-art book for Swifties of all ages features a collection of 13 (Taylor's lucky number) geometric designs, mosaic art origin story and Taylor Swift Through the Eras biography and album chronology. Learn why 13 is Taylor's lucky number and how it has played such a significant role in her life and career. Each design uses more than 50 colored stickers to create bold images from her tours and appearances and includes fun facts and Taylor Swift trivia. Stickers can be removed and adjusted as you work. Once you are satisified with its placement, simply press down to secure. Designs are printed on thick, perforated pages that can be framed and displayed.
The Self-Care Journal: Make Time for Yourself asks just the right questions to allow you to reflect and recharge your soul. It reminds you to let go of what you can't control, be honest with yourself, declutter your heart and your home, how to break old habits, and stay positive. Some of the 50+ chapters include Positive Power, Own Your Feelings, Let it Go!, Self-Esteem, Find Your Center, 5 Helpful Hobbies, Sleep Tight, You Did It!, and more!
Combat the "I'm bored" blues and engage children with an entertaining alternative to technology with The Dinosaur Boredom Buster activity book. Children will find the book's wide array of riddles, coloring pages, labyrinths, spot-the-differences, and search-and-find activities both fun and rewarding. Activities increase in difficulty to keep children entertained and challenged throughout. Learning through play with activities that require logic, focus, and critical thinking skills builds self-esteem and confidence and reinforces that learning can be fun.
Hidden Puzzle Pictures in the Ocean is filled with more than 850 ocean themed icons to find across 50 black and white line art hidden puzzle pictures. Each seek-and-find picture puzzle is either 1 or 2 pages long and challenges kids to find different sea creatures, animals and other objects including giant octopuses, blue whales, tiny starfish boats, flying fish, coral, boats, snorkels, candles, seahorse, crabs, sunhats, boots, and even a pear! Throughout the activity book, kids will learn fun facts about different ocean creatures. The picture puzzles can also be used as coloring pages.
Combat the "I'm bored" blues and engage children with an entertaining alternative to technology with The Monster Boredom Buster activity book. Children will find the book's wide array of riddles, coloring pages, labyrinths, spot-the-differences, and search-and-find activities both fun and rewarding. Activities increase in difficulty to keep children entertained and challenged throughout. Learning through play with activities that require logic, focus, and critical thinking skills builds self-esteem and confidence and reinforces that learning can be fun.
Simple Starter Crochet Projects is the perfect book for those new to crocheting to learn the essential fundamentals including basic materials and tools, an easy-to-follow stitch guide, stitch-step instructions with photographs, and how to read abbreviated crochet instructions. Using the techniques and stitches, you'll be able to create three beginner projects: a hooded scarf, pillow cushion, and hat. Each project can be completed in a weekend.
Create with Crochet: Amigurumi Soft Toys, an introduction to Japanese amigurumi, begins with guidance on choosing a yarn, different crochet stitches, working on tension, fixing mistakes, and reading a stitch pattern. It continues with 29 adorable amigurumi patterns for you to create including a teddy bear, prairie bunny, unicorn, triceratops, a mouse, and more! Each project is marked on a star difficulty rating, so you can pick and choose the projects based on your skill level. Each project also includes the name of the designer, the difficulty level, the appropriate hook and yarn, measurements, the approximate amount of time it will take to complete the projects, and the stitch pattern.
Quilters are forever looking for dynamic designs, especially ones that are both simple and eye-catching. All featured 15 Picture Patchwork designs can be made with simple squares -- the most basic shape of all, but the author has added some additional touches (optional) with the nine-patch, half-squares, and sawtooth, plus a few appliqué flourishes. In creating these novelty quilts, Jo Ann took her inspiration from cross-stitch graphs using a pixelated approach, which follows charts for color and placement. Depending on the fabric a quilter chooses these charted designs can take on a modern spin or be utterly traditional.
When you combine a sampler quilt with the ever-growing popularity of foundation paper pieced quilt blocks--those inspired by nature and gorgeous quilting prints--it's a win, win. Author Liza Taylor has created 30 flower and creatures-of-flight blocks that have a sophisticated sensibility. Individually, these blocks are beautiful; combined into a sampler quilt, they're fabulous. The blocks are so pretty that quilters may find themselves making extras for framing or wall hangings. The blocks are offered in two sizes 5" and 7", with on-page templates, but Liza instructs quilters how to enlarge a foundation pattern if they're looking for alternative size blocks and captures a fresh, modern vibe infused with the vintage charm of patchwork quilting.
Expressions of faith, love, and inspiration abound in this collection of 320 unique scroll saw patterns. Perfect for beginner and experienced scroll saw artists, these beautiful designs can be used to make wall plaques, nativity sets, holiday ornaments, jewelry, and functional objects such as napkin holders, and letter openers. Patterns include The Last Supper, The Fish, The Lamb of God, Jonah and the Whale, Daniel in the Lion's Den, a church, and the Star of the Apostles. Author and artist Tom Zieg also provides the history and meaning behind the symbols as well as the traditional significance of different colors to finish the projects. From simple to ornate, get inspired by 300 patterns rich in Christian symbolism to create beautiful works of art.
Let's Color Manga contains over 45 intricate fun and whimsical manga designs that include characters as adorable witches, fairies, students, princesses, a baker, beach goers, painters and more, with a detailed scene surrounding them. Each design is only on one side of the paper for removal and display with the other side providing manga art styles, characters and manga fun facts.
Renowned woodworker Jaeheon Yun has dedicated an entire scroll saw pattern book to puzzle scenes for kids to enjoy! Scroll sawyers can choose between simple patterns for freestanding shapes, intermediate patterns for 5-piece puzzles, and advanced patterns with more and larger pattern pieces. It's also a great book for beginner scrollers to build their skills. Once the pieces are complete, you can create a scene for the pieces to live in, complete with rocks, trees, shrubs, mountains, and pools. Puzzle scenes include Jurassic World, Arctic, tree of birds, river fishing, or winter animals, a shipwreck with fish, dragon toys in a castle, dinosaur toys, and the North Pole.
Natural Remedies provides information and recipes to help you live an active life beginning with information such as identifying superfoods, all-natural tonics and smoothies, the restorative powers of herbs, reflexology, breathing, posture, and more. The beauty section includes natural remedies for skin and hair care and a natural facelift. Taking care of your own well-being includes trying holistic morning rituals, spending time outdoors, aromatherapy, mindfulness, meditation and positivity, and finally, creating a healthy and positive home with natural cleaning supplies, and boosting your mood with color.
In My Mandala Alphabet, the adorable mandala coloring pages are packed with fun, relatable drawings. Centered around each letter of the alphabet are objects, people, animals and even numbers that start with the designated letter. Chunky colorable letters are paired with each mandala followed by a list of vocabulary words to learn and trace for reading and writing practice. My Mandala Alphabet will positively affect any child's well-being while teaching them the basic foundations of learning to read and write.
Help young learners develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills in a fun and playful way with 365 Quizzes for Curious Kids. Doc, Amelia, and "Data" the Robot guide young-learners as they answer 365 STEM-focused quizzes covering nature, science, math, history, and geography. The book is divided into color-coded chapters with symbols identifying each topic for quick visual identification. Answers are provided in the same color-coded method, making it easy for kids to see if their guesses are correct. Questions are suitable for children as young as 6 years old and can be played independently, with friends or as a family activity.
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