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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2021
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| Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore by Patric Richardson with Karin B. MillerWhat's inside: a fun, practical ode to laundry and textiles; instructions for doing washing right and getting stains out; details for dealing with dry-clean-only items; personal stories (complete with a cast of characters).
About the author: Patric Richardson, who's loved clothing since he was a toddler in Kentucky, founded the popular Laundry Camp at Minnesota's Mall of America and stars in a new TV series, The Laundry Guy.
Want a taste? "My mission is to help you make laundry faster, cheaper, kinder to the environment, and more fun." |
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Sew Your Own Wardrobe: the Complete Step-by-Step Guide
by Alison Smith
"Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, Sew Your Own Wardrobe shows you how to make timeless wardrobe staples that can be easily adapted to suit your style. Choose the perfect fabrics for any project, try your hand at a range of machine-sewing techniques, and put your new-found knowledge to use with 13 downloadable patterns that can be adapted to create more than 30 stylish garments"
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| Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged... by Ariella Chezar with Julie Michaels; photographs by Erin KunkelWhat it is: a beautifully written guide with inspiring photos arranged seasonally that encourages the use of locally grown flowers and provides flexible, step-by-step instructions for 39 floral projects.
Don't miss: the section on creating a cutting garden.
Reviewers say: "a delightful companion for gardeners, florists, or armchair naturalists" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Paper Folded Flowers
by Elizabeth Moad
Presents step-by-step instructions for making twenty-one different paper flowers and projects, including a gingham rosette card, get-well gift bag, and upcycled book flower.
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Botany for the Artist
by Sarah Simblet
Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing realistic plants, trees, and flowers.
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Bright & Beautiful Flowers in Watercolor
by Jean Uhl Spicer
A painter renowned for her spectacular floral paintings presents strategies for mixing colors, creating compositions, and mastering techniques, presenting six complete step-by-step projects for brilliant florals.
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