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100 Thimbles in a Box

Author : Debbi Kent

Publisher : Seoul Selection Guides

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 33,71 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN : 9781624120268

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Korean handicrafts are often overshadowed by those of China and Japan, preventing them from being recognized for their unique charm and cultural value. Frustrated with this widespread ignorance of Korean crafts, two American authors set out to write 100 Thimbles in a Box: The Spirit and Beauty of Korean Handicrafts, hoping that an English-language book on the topic would help bring some deserving global attention to Korea s strong crafting history. The book s title draws from a tradition dating back to the Joseon Dynasty in which a bride would present handmade thimbles to her husband s female relatives to wish them good fortune and a long life. The stunning beauty of 44 of Korea s traditional crafts sorted into ceramics, fiber arts, paper, inlay, metal, wood, and painting is presented in detail with over 400 pictures found in the book. While other publications have focused on one or two of these handicraft categories, this is the first English-language guide that brings these diverse genres together in a single volume.



The Borrowers

Author : Mary Norton

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 43,44 MB

Release : 1953

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780152047375

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The story of a family of miniature people who live in a quiet, out-of-the-way country house and who tried never to be seen by human beings.



Foolproof Crazy Quilting

Author : Jennifer Clouston

Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 23,97 MB

Release : 2014-01-01

Category : Crafts & Hobbies

ISBN : 1607057182

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“[The author] presents her fabulous crazy quilt composed of colorful fabrics cut in hexagons [and] describes how to take each stitch.” —Publishers Weekly Nothing shows off beautiful stitching and embellishments like the blank canvas of a crazy quilt. Jenny Clouston’s gorgeously illustrated primer shows you how to make your own heirloom crazy quilts. Learn: which fabrics, threads, and needles to use how to piece crazy quilt blocks how to embroider with thread, ribbons, beads, and other embellishments how to assemble your blocks into a finished quilt, and more Included are complete instructions for over 100 embroidery, beading, and embellishment stitches; links to full-size patterns for nine hexagonal crazy quilt blocks; and 25 stitch keys showing proper stitch placement and thread and needle selection for 25 different blocks.



A Gentleman in Moscow

Author : Amor Towles

Publisher : Random House

Page : 547 pages

File Size : 10,90 MB

Release : 2017-01-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1448135508

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The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers Soon to be a Showtime/Paramount+ series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov From the number one New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel 'A wonderful book' - Tana French 'This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. Don't miss it' - Chris Cleave 'No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original' - Sunday Times, Books of the Year '[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.' - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year 'Charming ... shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism' - The Times, Books of the Year On 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval. Can a life without luxury be the richest of all? A BOOK OF THE DECADE, 2010-2020 (INDEPENDENT) THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 ONE OF BILL GATES'S SUMMER READS OF 2019 NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK AWARD



Old-time Tools and Toys of Needlework

Author : Gertrude Whiting

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 38,19 MB

Release : 1971-01-01

Category : Crafts & Hobbies

ISBN : 9780486225173

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Book Description

Describes the forms and uses of winders, bobbins, hoops, frames, bodkins, and other sewing implements used in various world cultures



I Bite the Bad Guys

Author : Maryjo P Glover

Publisher : Mascot Books

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 15,58 MB

Release : 2019-01-08

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781643072555

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Does Horangi, the Korean tiger and proud protector of the village, dare take an afternoon off? He lets his friend Kkachi, the magpie, talk him into it, but he just can't shake the feeling that something isn't right. Could there be bad guys around? If there are, Horangi will bite themƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚]ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚] 'cause that's what tigers do!



Bojagi - Korean Textile Art

Author : Sara Cook

Publisher : Rizzoli Publications

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 47,74 MB

Release : 2019-08-22

Category : Crafts & Hobbies

ISBN : 1849945217

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An exploration of traditional Koran textile art techniques. Bojagi, sometimes called Pojagi, is a traditional Korean textile art. Centuries old, it was originally textiles made for every day living with scraps of left-over fabrics artfully put together. They often resemble works of modern artists such as Mondrian and Klee. Today, the technique now produces beautiful textiles that are fast influencing textile art in the West, particularly amongst quilters. Using her own work and the work of other artists, leading expert on the subject Sara Cook demonstrates the techniques and how modern textilers can interpret the principles of Bojagi creatively in exciting new work. The book covers a brief history and understanding of Bojagi in Korean culture, then covers: Fabrics and sewing equipment (incl. silk, hemp and ramie); Obanseak – technique and designs of bojagi colours and symbolism; Colour Seams and Embellishments; and Jagokbo – textiles pieced from tiny scraps. A beautiful book that offers textile artists and quilters a range of ideas to use i their own work. As with the obsession with Shibori, this technique brings one of the East's most creative textiles to a Western audience for the first time.



Birds in Toyland

Author : Becky Goldsmith

Publisher : C&T Publishing

Page : 80 pages

File Size : 50,96 MB

Release : 2022-05-25

Category :

ISBN : 9781644031599

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Appliqué a whimsical Christmas quilt, pillow, and wall hanging with Piece O' Cake Designs! Choose colorful cotton fabric or felted wool and sew a project in two merry colorways. Includes detailed instructions for wool appliqué and needle turn appliqué.



Fahrenheit 451

Author : Ray Bradbury

Publisher :

Page : 147 pages

File Size : 48,79 MB

Release : 1968

Category : Book burning

ISBN : 9780671872298

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Book Description

A fireman in charge of burning books meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Depicts a future world in which all printed reading material is burned.



Needlework Tools and Accessories

Author : Kay Sullivan

Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist

Page : 236 pages

File Size : 39,27 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN :

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Book Description

The first comprehensive study of needlework tools and accessories mad in Holland between 1400 and the 20th century.