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Do It Yourself January 2018
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The Future Depends on What You Do Today. Mahatma Gandhi
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Complete outdoor builder : From Arbors to Walkways 150 DIY Projects
by Cool Springs Press
From building a new deck to creating a garden pathway, the great outdoors is the most popular place for homeowners to showcase their creativity and skill. With more than 150 outdoor building projects shown with step-by-step photography, Complete Outdoor Builder has a project for anyone, guaranteed to improve your yard. This updated and redesigned book is now available with a handsome hardcover, and it's sure to find a permanent place on the shelf of anyone who wants to create and maintain a beautiful outdoor living space.
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The Quick & Easy Home DIY Manual
by Matt Weber
For the first time homeowner and the venerable household-handyman, there is no better resource than this ultimate DIY manual. Learn how to prepare for unwelcome surprises as well as how to handle them when they inevitably happen. With high-quality design, intricate detail, and a durable flexicover—this manual is the perfect gift!
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Build it yourself : weekend projects for the garden
by Frank Perrone
Provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for constructing twelve practical projects for the garden and home, with a materials list, layout diagrams, and helpful tips for each piece
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The useful book : 201 life skills they used to teach in home ec and shop
by David Bowers
"A modern and energetically designed encyclopedia of DIY with everything you need to know to roll up your sleeves and cook it, build it, sew it, clean it, or repair it yourself. In other words, everything you would have learned from your shop and home ecteachers, if you had them. Features practical projects and how-tos, with step-by-stp instructions and illustrations, relevant charts, sidebars, lists, and handy toolboxes. There's a kitchen crash course. Sewing 101. Housecare tips. Plus, in shop, the tools that everyone should have, and dozens of cool projects that teach fundamental techniques, from making a bookshelf to re-wiring a lamp"
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Basket Weaving at Walkertown
Saturday, March 3, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Instructor John Wald will help you learn how to create a Shaker style basket. These baskets are perfect for decorating your home or as a gift. This is a two-part class that will take place on Saturday, March 3, 10-1 and Saturday, March 10, 10-1. Participants will need to bring a few items with them. Please call the library (336) 703-2990 for more information and to register. Instructor John Wald is a self-taught craftsman who has always enjoyed working with his hands. At age 14, he began working in a bakery and recently hung up his apron after 52 years. Along the way, he has learned how to make other hands-on crafts such as rug and chair seat weaving, basket making, chair caning, furniture, and wooden toys. His crafts have been sold at the Seagrove Pottery Festival and Old Salem Museums & Gardens.
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Forsyth County Public Library 660 West Fifth Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 336-703-2665www.forsythlibrary.org |
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