Country Living Spooky & Bright: 101 Halloween Ideas

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When October arrives, thoughts turn to Halloween and all things scary. To make your holiday marvelously macabre, "Country Living" has a collection of 125 creepily cool ways to create meaningful memories for family and friends. With ghoulish delight, "Spooky & Bright "revels in Halloween's magic and mystery with to-die-for pumpkin displays, blood-chilling haunted houses, sinfully sweet treats (like spider-web cupcakes), hair-raising party and trick-or-treat suggestions, and decorating tips with a dark sense of humor. You'll go batty over every devilishly delightful idea!

Great Little Gifts to Knit: 30 Quick and Colorful Patterns

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Jean Moss, author of "Sweet Shawlettes," has designed 30 fun, fresh, beautiful patterns that incorporate traditional knitting techniques from all over the world: from Fair Isle and Aran knits to Peruvian intarsia patterns and Japanese shadow knitting techniques. Beautiful, clever, and, most of all, quick to knit, these projects offer knitters a chance to learn and experiment with new techniques--all in projects that can be made in less than a weekend.

15 Minutes of Play -- Improvisational Quilts: Made-Fabric Piecing Traditional Blocks Scrap Challenges

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Scraps never looked so good! 
This is improvisational piecing reinvented.
Learn how to create a unique piece of made-fabric in just 15 minutes with Victoria Findlay Wolfe's improvisational scrap-piecing methods, then incorporate your made-fabric into traditional quilt blocks.
As you play, you'll sharpen your design skills and learn about combining colors and prints in new ways.
Watch your quilt design emerge. Discover just how distinctive classic blocks like Sawtooth Star or Flying Geese can be, when they are constructed with more spunk and spontaneity! Includes 11 challenge exercises to strengthen your creative muscles, plus an inspirational quilt gallery.

Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks

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Sampler quilts, like the Farmer's Wife or Dear Jane quilt, are a staple of traditional quilt-making. Best known for her fanciful fabric designs, Pink puts a modern spin on this old-school format with this collection of six-inch blocks, all designed and sewn in her vibrant fabrics. Each block design includes a close-up photograph of the finished block, along with cutting directions and a piecing diagram. This format will be familiar to quilters who have made sampler quilts before. The directions are in diagram form, so some basic knowledge of patchwork piecing is required. Five full-size quilts incorporating all or most of the blocks in the collection are provided. (Library Journal)

Gifts from the Garden: 100 Gorgeous Homegrown Presents

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Homemade creations and bounty from the garden make for welcome gifts. Food editor and writer Robertson incorporates these subjects in this unique collection of 100 projects for both edible and practical use. No parts of the plant are left out; the chapter "Straight from the Garden" instructs readers to use cuttings, pressed leaves, and flowers to create decorated stationery and "Cook's Window Boxes." A chapter on "Herbs & Flowers" contains information on making fragrant bath sachets, herbal bathtime teas, and edible wreaths of chilies or herbs. The final chapter, "Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts," includes recipes for toffee apples, cucumber night cream, and the classic creme de cassis. A list of projects by category neatly summarizes all of these gifts from the garden. (Library Journal)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Metal Jewelry

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Packed with step-by-step instructions and color photos, "The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Making Metal Jewelry" explains essential techniques -- soldering, smithing, stamping, hammering, casting, riveting, and wiring. Readers will learn how to work with easily obtainable but beautiful metals while making a dozen original projects -- along the way, discovering alternate methods, ways to correct mistakes, safety tips, online video instruction, and more. 

Earring Chic: 35 Hand-Selected Projects

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Hoops? Dangles? Chandeliers? Yes, yes, and yes!
"Earring Chic" has them all (and more!) and will dazzle you with projects from all of your favorite North Light designers.
Heidi Boyd makes great earrings for day, while Margot Potter injects her incomparable whimsy into her pieces and Fernando Dasilva will get you ready for a night on the town.
Inside "Earring Chic" you'll find: 35 projects by jewelry masters, all hand-selected from our treasury of fabulous projects.
So pick a pair (or two) to make for yourself (you deserve it!) or to give to a friend. "Earring Chic" will inspire you!