Название: Couture Tailoring: A Construction Guide for Women's Jackets
Автор: Claire Shaeffer
Издательство: Laurence King Publishing
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 71 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Bestselling author Claire Shaeffer teaches you everything you need to know to plan and sew the perfect jacket. Based on couture techniques learnt from master tailors, this book begins with the equipment, materials, design elements, and sewing and construction techniques used in all types of tailoring. Part Two provides an illustrated step-by-step guide to making a couture jacket, explaining all the design options and alternative methods for making every element including collars, sleeves and pockets. Couture Tailoring includes over 800 step-by-step illustrations throughout, over 200 photographs of couture jackets by Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and more than 100 couture tips.

Название: Reconstructing Clothes For Dummies
Автор: Miranda Caroligne Burns
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2007
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 29 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Reconstructing Clothes for Dummies offers inspiring projects and savvy tips on how to salvage those tired old clothes in your closet and turn them into a one–of–a–kind wardrobe. It shows craftsters, DIY enthusiasts, budget–conscious fashionistas and people from all walks of life how to unleash their inner fashion designer and transform outdated duds into hip new clothes. Featured projects include making good use of old scraps; reviving shrunken sweaters; finding redemption in that bridesmaid dress; decorative repair and embellishment of existing pieces; and creating unexpected home décor with what s hiding in your drawers.

Название: 365 Quick & Easy Tips: Home Cleaning
Автор: Weldon Owen
Издательство: Weldon Owen
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 217 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Quick and Easy Home Cleaning gives you everything you need to know on how to establish practical cleaning routines, create daily upkeep schedules, and make DIY green-cleaning solutions to help keep every area of your home neat, safe, and, most importantly, spotless. Learn how to tackle the most difficult stains, how often to deep clean upholstery, and how to maintain cleanliness throughout all 365 days of the year. Complete with step-by-step instructions and handy checklists to make cleaning and organizing your home easier than you ever thought possible, learn the secrets to implementing a proven cleaning system to keep up with daily, weekly, and monthly chores for a spotless home. Whether you’re new to home keeping or a seasoned cleaner, you’ll find that cleanliness is achievable all year long, one day at a time.

Название: Узоры разнотравья
Автор: Федотов Г.Я.
Издательство: Просвещение
Год: 1992
Страниц: 201
Формат: pdf
Размер: 23 mb

Эта книга посвящена травам. Свою тайну и поэтическую историю поведают полынь, крапива и все российское разнотравье, воспетое в живописи, графике, архитектуре, фольклоре, литературе и музыке. Книга расскажет и об истории возникновения многих, в том числе малоизвестных, видов художественной обработки трав.
Впервые излагается технология изготовления декоративных панно и скульптуры из пустырных трав и многое другое.

Название: Beaded Jewelry with Found Objects: Incorporate Anything from Buttons to Shells
Автор: Carole Rodgers
Издательство: Krause Publications
Год: 2004
Формат: PDF
Размер: 36 Мб
Язык: английский / English

With the more than 30 original projects featured in Beaded Jewelry with Found Objects, and the inspiration to create more, readers are able to match designer jewelry?reflective of their impeccable taste?with each outfit they own! Professional designer and self-proclaimed ?Beadaholic,? Carole Rodgers enthusiastically shares a striking new approach to the age-old hobby of beading?transforming easily obtainable household objects into distinctive, one-of-a-kind wearable jewelry designs. Using items that can be found in hardware stores, fishing tackle stores, flea markets, glass items, game pieces, cabochons, and other natural objects, readers of all skill levels will be beading gifts as individual as themselves. Projects, such as the Amethyst Crystal Necklace?made with a pie-shaped slice of amethyst crystal on a chain of amethyst and lavender seed beads, are photographed and accompanied by clear instructions. Basic skills, such as stitches, making neck straps and fringes, and beading around the objects used in the projects, are also explained with detailed, step-by-step instructions.

Название: DIY Bookbinding
Автор: Brian Sawyer
Издательство: O'Reilly Media
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Размер: 30 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Bookbinding may well be a dying art in this digital age, but you can still learn how to do it yourself with this easy-to-follow ebook. In fact, you can reverse the course of evolution and convert this particular digital specimen into a durable, hand-stitched book that will last for generations. When you’re finished, this ebook will truly be "hands-on." O'Reilly Senior Editor Brian Sawyer takes you through the process with step-by-step instructions and scores of instructive photographs. All you need to bring to the table are a few simple materials—including magazines you'd like to preserve. Discover how simple, unmessy, fun, and satisfying binding books by hand can be.

Название: Ловля на мягкие приманки
Автор: Смирнов С.Г.
Издательство: М.: Рыбацкая Академия
Год: 2003
Cтраниц: 32
Формат: pdf
Размер: 11 мб
Язык: русский

Любители ловли на мягкие приманки порой не могут найти ответа на простой вопрос: что уловистей -— поролоновая «рыбка» или силиконовая приманка? Есть ли вообще принципиальная разница между ними, а если есть, то в чем она выражается и как из нее извлечь практическую пользу?

Название: Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration: In the Studio and Behind the Scenes with Extraordinary Women
Автор: Jo Packham, Jenny Doh
Издательство: Lark Crafts
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Размер: 113 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The Where Women Create brand—including the first book and a national magazine—has proven hugely popular, and this inspiring volume builds on that success. Showcasing the studios and work styles of both famous and well-worth discovering artists, Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration is a backstage pass to the insights, muses, and artistic practices of some of today's most notable creative women. It features gorgeous photos, tips, activities, and exercises, all presented in a warm and friendly voice designed to make readers feel welcome. The imaginative women introduced on these colorful pages work in a wide variety of media, including fashion design, photography, quilting, book art, doll making, jewelry, art journals, and assemblage, and they explain how they got started; how they combat artistic ruts; and generously offer their advice and secrets to those who wish to blaze their own creative path.

Название: Hooked on Wool: Rugs, Quilts, and More
Автор: Martingale & Company
Издательство: Martingale & Company
Год: 2006
Формат: PDF
Размер: 89 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Ranging from folk-art accents to fashion and home accessories, a collection of hooked and appliquéd projects features detailed, step-by-step instructions for everything from a picnic basket lid and footstool to appliqué table mats and a game board, accompanied by an introduction to the popular new craft of needle felting.

Название: Beaded Flowers, Bouquets, & Garlands
Автор: S. McNeill
Издательство: Design Originals
Год: 2001
Размер: 13 mb
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 36
Язык: Английский

Книга по бисероплетению. Узнайте, как создавать свои собственные потрясающие букеты цветов из бисера, броши, ожерелья и декоративные акценты! Создавайте красивые цветы, включая розы, лилии, ирисы, азалии, маргаритки, львиный зев, снежные колокольчики и многое другое. Полезные советы, готовые фотографии для каждого проекта и иллюстрации помогут вам в творчестве.