Book Description
Schoolgirl samplers and pictorial needlework are amongst the most fascinating and sought- after textile collectibles, and this book covers the entire range of the subject on both sides of the Atlantic. Covering pieces from the 17th through the 19th century, this book is much more than just a sampler survey or price guide- it is a master class of appraising samplers.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent reference.......2003-07-09
This book is an essential reference not only for those interested in evaluating samplers for purchase but for those who like to stitch reproduction samplers and are interested in capturing an authentic period look.
Book Description
Teach Yourself Quilting is an excellent introduction for beginners and a cornucopia of fresh ideas for experienced quilters. You will learn everything you need to know about various fabric types, cutting, piecing, sets and borders, and much more. Covering both hand and machine methods, the book walks you through an array of projects of varying sophistication, making it easy for you to quickly master progressively more complex techniques. The book's large color format, clear color photographs, and many diagrams make this a highly accessible primer for novices.
Customer Reviews:
helpful.......2005-12-12
I got this book as a present for my mother who has taken up quilting as she has recently become a grandmother. She loves it and said it was an excellent resource. She had been using another book but switched to this one and said it was better than the one she had been using. She was having difficulty with certain stiches and found this book very helpful in that regard. Highly recommended.
Wonderful!.......2001-08-23
I think this book is wonderful for a beginner quilter. I just started quilting about 6 months ago and always refer back to this book for the basics!
A teacher in a book........2001-01-10
Janet Wickell knows how to put the needle and thread in your hand in a book form. What more could you want from the printed word than good directions and positive information? You are walked through the process step by step, with wonderful directions and illustrations. A FIND.
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Teach Yourself Blocks from the Past
Marie Henry
Manufacturer: Leisure Arts
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1574862502 |
Book Description
A must-have for serious quilters, Teach Yourself Blocks From The Past teaches todays newest quilting techniques. Quilt expert Marie Henry shares her favorite methods for accurate piecing and beautiful appliqu with traditional images from bygone days. Includes complete instructions, patterns, and diagrams for 72 six-inch quilt blocks. Quilters can reproduce Maries stunning full-size quilt or mix and match blocks to make their own unique quilted projects.
Book Description
It's amazing what you can do with two pieces of fabric and a layer of batting—the variety of quilts and quilting techniques is staggering. This guide introduces you to the essential skills you need to set off on your own quilting adventures. It walks you through everything from selecting fabrics to assembling blocks to binding the edges. Examples and patterns include both traditional and modern designs and use both hand-stitching and machine quilting so you can create unique quilts and quilted items that reflect your personal style.
Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review
- Each skill or technique is defined and described
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Step-by-step instructions accompany each photo
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Detailed color photos demonstrate each step
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Helpful tips provide additional guidance
Product Description
Have you wanted to learn to quilt or improve your quilting skills? Teach Yourself To Quilt makes learning fun! This 34 page leaflet is arranged in 15 easy and well illustrated lessons with each lesson building on and adding to skills learned in previous lessons. We will walk you through quiltmaking from selecting the fabrics to binding the quilt. By the time you finish Lesson Fifteen, you will have completed a beautiful sampler quilt and learned the basic skills needed for almost any quilting project.
Book Description
Even beginners can learn the speediest and most accurate ways to cut and piece quilts in this collection of quick quilting projects. Step-by-step directions and color diagrams for fast and easy patchwork pillows, wall hangings, and full-size quilts.
Customer Reviews:
Just what I have been looking for........1999-06-14
I want to get started quilting more than 4 patches, & I could not pick a pattern because stars, etc, looked too hard. This book has a block each of several different patterns so now I can find out how to make a star, grandmothers fan, etc, before I tackle a whole quilt of only one kind of block. Easy lessons. Thanks, Ms, Smith.
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The Fate of the English Country House
David Littlejohn
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover
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England's Thousand Best Houses
ASIN: 019508876X |
Book Description
For millions of people in the English-speaking world, the now standard image of the British country house is Brideshead Castle in Wiltshire: the domed and doomed baroque country seat of the Marchmain family seen in the BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel, Brideshead Revisited. In real life, the house used for the television series is Castle Howard, one of the largest and most opulent private homes in England, located on 10,000 acres of gardens, parkland, and woods in North Yorkshire, now visited by more than 200,000 tourists a year. Between 3,500 and 4,000 country houses--large, often elegantly furnished and surrounded by extensive estates--remain more or less intact in England today, although frequently converted to non-residential uses. Whether in public or private hands, the best known of them have become a major magnet for British and foreign tourists, attracting about 20 million paying visitors each year. Country houses, with their furnishings and landscaped settings, have been called England's one important contribution to art history. They figure prominently in the ongoing debate over how much of any "National Heirtage" is worth preserving. In The Fate of the English Country House, David Littlejohn describes the past glories and troubled present condition of "the stately homes of England," both those that continue to serve as private houses, and those that have been turned into museums, tourist attractions, convention centers, hotels, country clubs, schools, apartments, hospitals, even prisons. By means of extensive conversations with their owners and managers (the book contains more than 50 photographs of the houses), the author takes us on a private tour of these remarkable places and evaluates the many proposals that have been put forward for their survival. In the opening chapter we meet three near-neighbors in Oxfordshire, whose personal accounts introduce many of the themes of the book: the 11th Duke of Marlborough, whose family has been living at Blenheim Palace since 1710; the 21st Baron Saye and Sele, whose ancestors built romantic, moated Broughton Castle between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries; and the Honorable Ann Harcourt, mistress of Stanton Harcourt Manor, which has belonged to her family since the twelfth century. Most of the conversations revolve around the financial, legal, and strategic problems of owning and running an immense, archaic estate, designed for an age of unquestioned privilege, grandiose entertaining, and an almost unlimited pool of servants: a time before income, capital gains, or inheritance taxes had to be taken into account, before one had to open one's gates to the hordes of tourists out "Doing the Statelies" between Easter Sunday and the end of October. Littlejohn finds that as government support for privately owned historic houses dries up, more and more of them are being converted to other uses, or left empty to decay, their paintings and furnishings sent to the auction houses to help pay tax and repair bills. As they grow more and more difficult to justify or maintain, English country hoses have become increasingly "endangered species" in today's alien economic and political climate. What is at stake is a major piece of England's architectural and cultural heritage, no easier to defend than superannuated ocean liners or great Victorian hotels. The Fate of the English Country House addresses the immediate future of these homes and allows readers to contemplate the history of great houses that have, in some cases, been owned and occupied by the same families for 200, 400, 600, or even 900 years.
Book Description
When to get help for toddlers to teens and what to do about: thumb-sucking, bed-wetting, separation problems, shyness, hyperactivity, nighttime fears, ADHD, school avoidance, misbehavior, eating problems and much more.
Is It "Just a Phase"? uniquely combines the advice of an expert pediatrician and an expert child and adolescent psychiatrist on the challenges a child faces from toddlerhood through adolescence. Drawing on real-life examples, Doctors Swedo and Leonard give concrete guidelines for determining when a behavior is a common developmental phase and when it is a more serious problem. With the latest medical research on issues that concern every parent,
Is It "Just a Phase"? includes information on:
Excessive activity and ADHD
Picky eating, anorexia, and bulimia
Thumb sucking, other habits, and tic disorders
Shyness and social phobia
Excessive moodiness, depression, and bipolar disorder
Childhood fears and separation anxiety disorder
Customer Reviews:
An excellent resource for any family!.......1999-08-06
This book is extremely well written and is a must have for anyfamily's bookshelves. It details childhood problems and helps parentsdecipher when their child's problems are "more than just a phase". I found it to be a huge help. Not only does this book discuss the symptoms of phases; it also describes how to treat these "phases". I really recommend this book for all parents, with children of any age.
Fantastic! This book was a big help for my family!.......1999-01-26
I especially liked the examples and vignettes given by the author(s). After reading this book, I was able to better recognize and deal with the behaviors my children were exhibiting. Thanks for a tremendous help and guide!
Book Description
-- Adolescence
This comprehensive textbook helps social workers understand and meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. It outlines approaches to a range of everyday problems associated with issues of oppression, family acceptance, shame, identity development, HIV disease, and addiction.
The first of the book's three sections provides an overview of what it means to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and locates the text within the ecological model of social work on individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels of intervention. This section includes definitions of sexual orientation, forms of heterosexism and homophobia, and issues of community among gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. The second section covers life transitions, including childhood, adolescence, and late life, as well as sexual relationships, parenting, and life in the workplace. The last part covers the special issues and challenges of mental health, substance abuse, violence (both "gay bashing" and domestic violence), and HIV disease. The final chapter pulls together the practice concepts introduced in the book and provides a blueprint for knowledge development and dissemination in the field.
Product Description
This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A943333. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This thesis examines the main purpose for establishing the AGCC, and proves that it was not created just as a defensive alliance as it is generally perceived in the West. The AGCC was formed for cooperation in all fields among its Member States. To demonstrate this fact, this thesis discusses the historical events that led to the establishment of this organization and analyzes the cooperation of the member states in area of politics, security, economy, as well as the development of human resources. The analysis indicates that the formation of the Shura Council (Consultative National Councils) was the first step in the right direction in building suitable political institutions. They allow the citizens of the AGCC to participate in the decision making process. Also, the thesis examines the external and the internal threats to the region and the AGCC relations with the West. It finds that the AGCC States must enhance the existing (Gulf) Island Shield Force and maintain its alliance with the West. The Study examines the economies of the AGCC States and shows that the AGCC States are still largely oil-based economies. It suggests additional and aggressive economic diversification programs which are needed and essential to base the economies on sustainable resources. The AGCC State must maximize an use oil returns to diversify their economies away from oil. Additionally, the thesis discusses the human resources development and emphasizes the investment in human capital which should be the objective and the priority of the AGCC States.
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Text in Japanese. Several pages of color illustrations.
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