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One hundred fast and simple projects help you decorate with fabric. Sew and no-sew shortcut techniques for table toppers, window treatments, bed covers, slipcovers, pillows and cushions, wall coverings and accessories. An excellent resource book for beginning sewers and anyone who likes shortcuts. Makes extensive use of unfinished hems and rubber bands, yet still gets beautiful decorator-style results. |
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| | ISBN: 0932086330 Date Published on 1/1/1993 |
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| The authors make reupholstering easy for anyone with basic sewing skills and a chair or sofa in need of a makeover. Easy-to-follow text describes how to assemble tools, make patterns, avoid common mistakes (or repair them) and much more. Exquisite, original watercolor illustrations from designer Michelle Ball are featured throughout the book. |
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| | ISBN: 0688114334 Date Published on 11/1/1992 |
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| Upholstering methods is designed to provide a broad experience for the beginner who wants to master the basics of reupholstery. It will provide a sold foundation in all upholstery processes, through the use of tools, materials and techniques that are basic to this important area. Special attention has been given to the selection of the upholstery covering.
After the various processes have been mastered through the easy to follow step-by-step detailed instruction of the text, which are supplemented by numerous photographs and diagrams, the user will have the opportunity to try out newly acquired skills on a small scale. A section of this book is devoted to the building and upholstering of a small furniture piece. Thus, if a larger project might seem over whelming, the smaller one will provide a meaningful experience and assure success. |
| | ISBN: 0870069594 Date Published on 6/1/1992 |
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| "You'll be amazed at what fabric can do!...make one-of-a-kind decorator accessories....This handsome volume will help you bring radiant color, style and individuality to every room in your home."— Country Decorating Ideas. "Instructions are straightforward and easy to follow; templates are full-size...."— Booklist. 160 pages (136 in color), 50 b/w illus., 8 1/2 X 11. With lots of full-color photos and plenty of pattern diagrams, Country Decorating provides full directions for more than 80 projects that can, according to the subtitle, Add Country Style, Charm & Color to Every Room in Your Home. Curtains, pillows, blankets, lampshades, frames, shelf edging, tablecloths, decorative accessories, and many other articles can be found here. Refreshingly, most projects avoid the "cute" country look in favor of cozy elegance. (There's even a striking set of items done in Hungarian applique, a sophisticated combination of white on black.) Many of the projects require little or no sewing. Others require more extensive use of the sewing machine, but a decent introductory section reviews all the basics and offers tips for professional-looking finishing touches. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. |
| | ISBN: 0806983809 Date Published on 5/1/1992 |
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| This is a revised and expanded edition of a highly successful reupholstering book that has sold thousands of copies. It gives step-by-step instructions with 350 clear and detailed photographs to show how to rebuild that dilapidated chair or sofa to look like new. The author explains what tools and materials you will need, and offers expert advice about which types of fabric are best for your needs. The author then leads your through specific steps with text, photographs and captions to reupholster your chair, couch, or hassock. The result is furniture you are proud to own for years to come, and you did it all yourself! Although a book could never substitute seeing first hand, how upholstery is done, this book provides very detailed information. The photos are dated, but the process of the work is not and very clearly explained. Definitely a good reference book to have for anyone learning upholstery who might need additional information. This book is well written, concise, and easy to follow. It is especially good for first-timers as the authors take you through many steps most beginners do not consider.
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| | ISBN: 088740376X Date Published on 3/1/1992 |
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| Actual title is "Furnish With Fabric: Over 25 Beautiful Ideas For Decorating Your Home." Photographs are by David Montgomery.
Tricia Guild, a talented interior designer, has created this guidebook of home projects with three requirements in mind: Each one should be quick, easy, and stunningly stylish! Windows, beds, tables, sofas, and chairs are covered (no pun intended) here!
Some of these projects don't need any sewing at all! A great read for home crafters, as a gift item, or a "coffee table" book for discussion and entertaining party guests.
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| | ISBN: 0517583593 Date Published on 4/3/1991 |
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| | First published in hardcover in 1990, Living with Lace is a beautifully illustrated celebration of one of the world's most romantic fabrics.
For centuries, lace has been desired for its beauty, and Bo Niles captures all of its inherent elegance in this stunning book. Decorating ideas for every room in the house are set against a backdrop of historical information and useful tips on caring for lace. A completely updated resource list locates suppliers of both antique and new lace, and lacemaking suppliers.
Lace is one of the worlds romantic fabrics. And Living with Lace offers hundreds of ideas for decorating the home with this versa tile and beautiful textile. Illustrated throughout with full-color photographs, this volume covers all aspects of the frabric, from how to clean lace to a list of suppliers. Full-color photographs. THIS BOOK WILL GIVE YOU IDEAS FOR THE HOME - YOUR ART- YOUR STYLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I RECEIVED THIS AS A GIFT AND IT NOT ONLY MAKES ME REFLECT HAPPILY UPON THE GIFT BUT IT INSTANTLY IMPROVES YOUR MOOD WHEN PERUSING THE PAGES. I AM QUITE CRITICAL ON MOST DECORATING BOOKS AND THIS IS ONE I WOULD CONSIDER A STAPLE IN A DECORATING LIBRARY.
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| | ISBN: 155670156X Date Published on 9/1/1990 |
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| | Contemporary bathroom design transforms a strictly functional area into a colorful and exciting part of the home. This book presents a wealth of bathroom design ideas for all types of homes and families. Chapters on organizing the project and construction techniques help the do-it-yourselfer. |
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| | ISBN: 0897212150 Date Published on 6/1/1990 |
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| This revised edition of one of the most successful volumes in the Magic series offers the most up-to-date and practical information needed to decora te stylishly without a decorator. The practical techniques presented here, traditional and innovative, are easy to carry out and offer various ways of putting your personal stamp on everything. Color photos.
The best-selling guide to decorating with fabric, revised and updated with new photographs and techniques, including:
Transforming fabrics by layering, joining, pleating, stitching, adding edgings, and inserting borders.
Coloring fabrics by painting, patting, daubing, spattering, stenciling, tie-dye, and wax-resist.
Making roller, Roman, Austrian, and inverted-pleat shades.
Making lined and interlined curtains using pencil pleat, French pleat, box pleat, gathered, bunch, slot, scalloped, and goblet headings.
Draping and dressing sheers and curtains with swags and tails, tie-bands, cornices, and valances.
Making bed linen for a wide range of bed styles -- duvets, pillowcases, dust ruffles, and bedspreads.
Covering screens.
Making box, throw, and "hamburger" cushions.
Making table cloths.
Basic sewing techniques, from mitering corners to inserting zippers. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Fabric, declares the author, is "the most exciting element" in decorating a room. Leaf through her attractive book and you'll see why. A wide range of styles is embodied here, from the opulence of a Renaissance-style hallway adorned in red silk to the lushness of creamy cotton drapes puddled on the floor to the contemporary lines of smartly striped Roman blinds to the rustic charm of gingham curtains. Melanie Paine explains how to choose, combine, manipulate, and paint on fabrics, as well as how to choose a style for window dressing, beds and bedding, and fabric coverings for walls and furnishings and ceilings. Although step-by-step directions are provided throughout for many of the items (such as various types of blinds, curtains, and bed covers), this is not a basic instructional how-to book. The New Fabric Magic is most successful and appealing as an idea book, filled with wonderful ways to use fabric to make rooms come alive. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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| | ISBN: 0679725989 Date Published on 8/19/1989 |
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