Burnt toast, soggy sandwiches, and charred roasts are soon to become a thing of the past with this handy book! From home-style favorites to new and creative dishes, kitchens all across the country are about to change forever.
The I Don't Know How to Cook Book bring ease and fun to any kitchen, with more than 300 fantastic recipes and surefire instructions for making perfect meals every time. The easygoing "you can do it" tone is certain to bolster confidence and reveal hidden culinary talents among even the most inexperienced novices. Anyone who can boil water can learn to make the quickie breakfasts, grab 'n go lunches, elegant dinners, and decadent desserts featured in this cookbook.
“A mutt is couture—it’s the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.”
Customer Reviews:
Celebrate the Mutt!.......2007-04-09
The Underdog is a delightful read especially for all of us who find our special dogs of mysterious ancestry and take them into our homes and our hearts!
Great read full of useful info and lots of hilarious dog pictures!.......2007-02-02
This book is a must for dog lovers. It's full of information about adoption (the ethical choice for bringing a dog into your life as opposed to puppy mill dogs from the pet shop) and tells you exactly how to do it, where to go, what you need, and how to handle the new dog once he is brought home. It really is THE step by step book on the shelter adoption process.
The celebration of mutts in this book is infectious. The pictures are hilarious and one can't help but laugh while learning all kinds of interesting trivia about these lovable mutts.
The author does a terrific job of helping you figure out what kind of mutt is sharing your life. Extremely well researched, this book is a great read because you can pick it up anywhere and enjoy.
A wonderful gift book for dog lovers and for people who are thinking of sharing their life with the greatest friends on the planet! Timeless.
Sets the record straight on many mutt myths.......2006-08-02
What a fun book! Szabo does a great job organizing her book into fun-to-read segments interspersed with news articles, editorials, and pictures of cutie-pie pups. I thought I knew almost everything about mutts after adopting them (through a shelter and off the street) and after spending significant time at our local humane society. Nope -- Szabo taught me the cons of "no-kill" shelters and changed my personal definition of what constitutes a "Mutt." Furthermore, she brings to light several little-known, important facts about the "designer" dogs (such as the doodles).
This book is also a wonderful guide for anyone considering adopting a mutt, pure breed, or "designer" dog.
Remember: Spay and Neuter your pets! There is no reason you should have an intact animal unless you are a certified breeder.
The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts.......2006-07-10
What a wonderful book on dogs who have mixed lineage. I have a wonderful mutt and what the book says about having the good qualities of the breeds is very right. At times, though the qualities that aren't so great come up. The book is very well written and is a must for anyone who has ever had a loveable mutt. Those who have never had a "mixed breed" should think about it. There are many at the local shelters to be adopted.
You who are thinking of getting a dog this is a must read.
Those of you who are buying the book.....Enjoy!!!
A truly wonderful and entertaining book!.......2006-01-10
Finally mutts get the respect that they deserve! A wonderful book packed with both useful and fun information. Be sure to check out the "Mutt Family Tree" section. I have three mutts and always enjoy trying to figure out "the mystery of the mix".
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- Going, Going Great!
- 50 short essays on obsolete elements of American life
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Going Going Gone: Vanishing Ame
S. Jonas , and
M. Nissenson
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Going, Going Great!.......1999-12-09
My husband got Going, Going Gone out of the library and read it, I read it, my Dad read it, we all liked it. This book catalogs many of those things our moms, dads and grandparents used or did in daily life that are vanishing through changes in society or technology: carbon paper, rotary phone, garter belts, or mending socks for example. The book describes the things that lead to the phasing out of the old products and methods. The photocopier killed carbon paper for example. The only down side I can see is that the book is too short. My Dad thought it was written from a slightly feminist point of view, but I didn't really notice it. I am writing this review before buying 2 copies for Christmas presents.
50 short essays on obsolete elements of American life.......1997-04-17
The authors provide two to three page essays with a touch of nostalgiaon fifty specific elements of American life in years gone by. Subjects range from the highly tangible (drive-in movies, manual typewriters) to activities (hitchhiking, bridge parties) to abstract social norms (formal dating, parietal rules on college campuses). The strength of the book may well lie in its myriad of photographs that complement each essay extraordinarily well. The topics covered reinforce the fact that the authors are female (feminine hygiene products, white gloves, and mending, to name a few), and the reader will no doubt frequently ask himself or herself "why didn't they include this idea?"
Book Description
Cover to cover Judy Martin covers it all in The Creative Pattern Book. You'll get 27 complete and guaranteed accurate patterns from the world's foremost quilt pattern designer. From the first idea to the last quilting stitch, everything you need is right there in front of you in this colorful volume. Each pattern gives you a big color photo, yardage AND fat quarters, color-coded rotary instructions, at-a-glance quilt requirements, whole quilt diagrams, quilting diagrams, exploded block diagrams, full-size quilting motifs, cutting icons, cross references, pattern ratings, style and color discussion, and clearly written directions.
As if all that is not enough, Judy discusses her sources of inspiration and offers practical tips for each quilt. She points out the best ideas to be gleaned from each quilt so you can begin to take your own quilts to the next level.
Imagine a great quilt book. Now crank that up a notch, and you will come close to The Creative Pattern Book. It is definitely not your ordinary quilt book. It has more pages, more color, more bed-size quilts, more ideas, more fun, more how-tos, and more thorough patterns than the usual quilt book. In short, it has more of everything you want in a quilt pattern book.
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This is it!.......2000-09-21
Finally, a quilt book that makes perfect sense! Of all the quilt books I've bought, this is the first one I sat down & actually read cover to cover. Judy Martin wrote this book in plain English & all of the questions I had were answered & understandable. This book has changed the way I quilt!
This is it!.......2000-09-21
Finally, a quilt book that makes perfect sense! Of all the quilt books I've bought, this is the first one I sat down & actually read cover to cover. Judy Martin wrote this book in plain English & all of the questions I had were answered & understandable. This book has changed the way I quilt!
This is it!.......2000-09-21
Finally, a quilt book that makes perfect sense! Of all the quilt books I've bought, this is the first one I sat down & actually read cover to cover. Judy Martin wrote this book in plain English & all of the questions I had were answered & understandable. This book has changed the way I quilt!
Best I've Read........2000-06-09
I've been a sewer for years and have just begun quilting. I've purchased several "how to" and pattern books by different authors in order to get a feel for the quilting and design process. Judy's book is THE BEST. It is very readable and all instructions are clearly written. Her tips on cutting and sewing pieces THAT FIT TOGETHER are easy and logical and make the piecing process foolproof. Her approach truly does empower a quilter. Hats off!
The Creative Pattern Book is Marvelous!.......2000-04-25
The text in Judy Martin's Creative Pattern book is extremely well written and is very easy to understand. Every quilter should read the 7 Secrets of Sewing Success in this book. Judy's book inspires the quilter to have the confidence and knowledge to create a quilt. The Creative Pattern Book is a well organized book with lovely color and includes 12 patterns of quilts. Each of the 12 patterns have several variations showing details of the fabric, color and quilting. This book is one that you will use often as it has everything you want in a quilt book.
Book Description
Choose from dozens of options. Riding home from work on the train? Take along a portable potholder to quilt. Stuck at home until the kids are school age? Select a beautiful Virginia Star quilt to relax with during precious down time. You’ll master every stage of the quilting process, from preparing fabric to developing a color scheme, tracing the design and constructing the top to stitching the design and adding finishing touches.
Book Description
Fascinating introduction to a unique form of needlecraft distinguished by bright horizontal patterns and created by sewing, cutting, and rearranging strips of multicolored bands. Simply written, profusely illustrated volume includes a glossary of important terms and displays varied patchwork patterns along with instructions for reading assembly diagrams.
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colorful.......2007-09-21
Simply Seminole : Techniques & Designs in Quilt MakingThe Complete Book of Seminole Patchwork (Dover Needlework Series)
Both books are easy to understand and the patterns are colorful!
Must-have for your patchwork library.......2006-08-18
While the construction methods given are old-fashioned, this book is full of marvleous examples and ideas for creating your own Seminole Patchwork designs. Beverly Rush gives easy-to-understand instructions, plenty of background material, and a super foundation for taking this technique in many different directions. The photos of her work are very inspiring - I bought it because of the inside back cover illustrations, but now it's my favorite book on the subject. Definitely a must-have for anyone interested in the topic.
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- Patchwork, quilting & applique made easy
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The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting & Applique
Linda Seward , and
Mitchell Beazley
Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley
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Binding: Library Binding
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Book Description
The clearest, most comprehensive guide available to all the techniques of patchwork, quilting, and applique, with a wealth of photos, patterns, and templates and over 1,000 step-by-step instructions. The Complete Book of Patchwork, Quilting and Applique is the first fully comprehensive guide to all the techniques of these three popular crafts, now revised to show the latest trends in both design and technique. Heirloom-quality work, shown in full color, is accompanied by hundreds of clear, captioned two-color drawings that illustrate all the techniques of each craft, enabling anyone to solve any problem quickly and effectively. In addition to instructions on how to make numerous styles of quilts, as well as other projects, the book features scores of traditional patterns and basic templates. An absolutely essential manual for all quilters at every level of expertise. Linda Seward's many books include Country Quilts, Quilts Around the Year, and Country Quilter's Companion. 184 pp 10 1/2 x 10 38 color photos, two-color patterns & illustrations throughout
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Patchwork, quilting & applique made easy.......2000-05-08
A beautifully illustrated and very comprehensive book. Easy to follow instructions and everything you need to know about patchwork, quilting and applique. A wonderful resource for creating great pieces of work.
Customer Reviews:
Quilting.......2007-05-12
Book is smaller than original one and the print is very small. Other than that, the book has a lot of great ideas.
A little disappointed..........2005-04-30
I was hoping to find a quilting book with good projects for a beginner quilter. The projects are cute and appear to be easy. After attempting a couple of projects, I realized that there are holes in the directions, and assumptions that the person doing the project will "just know" what to do to fill in the gaps. The pictures aren't actually a guide, as you can't tell what's being done in them. I guess I'll just have to keep looking for a book that is actually good for a beginner!
Truly an awesome quilting book!.......2003-04-24
I was looking for a good all-around book on quilting, that had basic tips and guidelines as well as a variety of projects. This book most definitely fits the bill!
It contains detailed sections on historical background, fabrics, techniques, tips, and has lots of full-color photographs that are very clear and easy to follow (not to mention gorgeously done).
The projects included are beautiful and unique, not your regular log cabin/flying geese quilt block fare. There are a number of different quilting styles explored that create some truly stunning items: clothing, home decorating, accessories, toys, linens, and more.
Many of the fun items are perfect for gift-giving (if you can bear to give them away and not keep them for yourself!). The book delves into the use of lots of other fabrics for quilting from silks to batiks, even PVC, so it's not just your granny's 100% cotton calicos any more!
I guarantee that just flipping through the book you'll find at least five projects that you'll want to get started with.
Best of all, it approaches all the projects with a very simple yet casual attitude, demystifying what appear to be impossible techniques and fabric usage, making "advanced" quilting accessible to crafters of all skill levels.
The book itself is not all that large, it's a smaller format overall and the pages are very sturdy and thick high-quality paper. However, despite its size, the sheer amount of information packed within it is truly enough to get anyone started or keep anyone interested. I like the size as it's easy to take with me and it fits well in the hand.
I own a lot of quilting books, some of them the size of a coffee-table book, and I have to say that this book is the one I constantly go back to, to look up information, get quick instructions on "how do I do this again?", find a project for a rainy day (or weekend, or week), or sometimes just to page through and wish I had an unlimited fabric budget.
If you get this book you will not be disappointed!
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American Needlework Book of Patterns and Instructions a Complete Manual, with Step-By-step Instructions for Recreating 176 early American Designs in Embroidery, Crewel Work, Cross-Stitch, Needlepoint, Patchwork, Applique, Quilting, Hooking, Knitting, Etc
Editors of Woman's Day
Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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Binding: Paperback
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The Complete Book of Quiltmaking
Michele Walker
Manufacturer: Knopf
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Release Date: 1986-03-12 |
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The Complete Quilt Book
Martini Nel
Manufacturer: Human & Rousseau
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- Anthology of Cyberfeminist Art and Theory
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Desire By Design: Body, Territories and New Technologies
Manufacturer: I. B. Tauris
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Book Description
Desire by Design is a celebration and analysis of the possibilities offered by emerging new technologies to cut across conventional disciplinary boundaries and to challenge received ideas about gender, identity, the body, subjectivism and space. The book brings together original writings and images from varied fields and practices which together develop a wide perspective on three key areas: designing bodies, territories of information, and spatial perceptions. Contributions by critics, designers and theorists are presented alongside images by artists working in the UK, North America and Europe.
Customer Reviews:
Anthology of Cyberfeminist Art and Theory.......2000-05-29
Sixteen essays bring together digital media artists, software and graphic designers, feminist theorists and historians of space, architecture and science, with cyberfeminists (see especially essay by "Technowhores"), to consider multiple issues concerned with "women and design." Contributors critically and creatively celebrate and interrogate cybertechnologies, and consider how these (material, conceptual and virtual) processes and practices challenge (and reify) contemporary ideas of gender, the body, nature, identity, space, diaspora, and difference.
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- A valuable insight into Lakota lifeways.
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My Indian Boyhood, New Edition
Luther Standing Bear
Manufacturer: Bison Books
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Although the traditional Sioux nation was in its last days when Luther Standing Bear was born in the 1860s, he was raised in the ancestral manner to be a successful hunter and warrior and a respectful and productive member of Sioux society. Known as Plenty Kill, young Standing Bear belonged to the Western Sioux tribe that inhabited present-day North and South Dakota. In My Indian Boyhood he describes the home life and education of Indian children. Like other boys, he played with toy bows and arrows in the tipi before learning to make and use them and became schooled in the ways of animals and in the properties of plants and herbs. His life would be very different from that of his ancestors, but he was not denied the excitement of killing his first buffalo before leaving to attend the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
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A valuable insight into Lakota lifeways........2004-04-11
Being written for young people, Standing Bear's account of his Lakota childhood is necessarily sanitized and romanticized. Its focus is on the domestic life of his people. Mention is often made of the courage of the warriors but there is no description of any military action. An incident is related of an enemy warrior stumbling into the village. We are told that he was well treated and quickly released. It is hard to believe that that was typical treatment of an enemy. Similarly, the more adult themes of courtship and sexuality are largely ignored. What we are left with is a treasure trove of homely detail: how cooking was accomplished in the absence of metal pots, how the boys caught turtles in the creek, what games they played. This is the very warp and weft of everyday life that gets left out of the broad-sweep histories that concentrate on great battles and famous lives.
Standing Bear may not always be totally reliable, any more than any other commentator - for example, his account of leather tanning, which was strictly women's work, did not quite ring true for me. (Not that I have ever tanned a buffalo hide - I just doubt it can be done in quite the way he describes). All the same this remains an essential work, packed full as it is of fascinating detail, for anyone interested in understanding the lifestyle of the Sioux, and is a perfect gift for a youngster who expresses an interest in American Indians.
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Squawtown;: My boyhood among the last Miami Indians,
Will M Hundley
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- Death in Springtime (Marshal Guarnaccia Investigation)
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