Buttermilk Basin's Ornament Extravaganza


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Embellish wool appliqué with hand-embroidery stitches, buttons, and trims to add vintage flair to your holiday decor. Traditional Christmas designs, including snowmen, stockings, and Santas, join farm animals, mugs of hot cocoa, and ugly sweaters to round out the mix of lovely little fusible appliqué motifs that will bring joy to any home. Complete with tips for wool appliqué and embroidery basics, the 45 fast-to-finish ornaments are a delight to make, gift, and display.




Buttermilk Basin's Ornament Extravaganza II


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Deck the halls, trim the tree, spruce up your packages . . . the options for displaying the 45 wool ornaments in this book are just about limitless! Author and designer Stacy West reveals a multitude of inspiring ideas that you can use to arrange your finished ornaments. Sure, they're great hanging on the Christmas tree, but don't stop there! You can tuck these fun-to-sew pieces into your holiday decor all around your house, give them as gifts, and use them to adorn packages. With this eagerly awaited sequel to Buttermilk Basin's Ornament Extravaganza, you'll be on your way to stitching a cookie tin full of festive ornaments in no time. All you need are some bits of wool, small buttons, and embroidery floss or pearl cotton, and you can re-create Stacy's vintage look in your home. And since these tiny treasures are quick and easy, you'll probably want to whip up a batch to give as gifts. Secret Santa recipients, teachers, friends, and family members will all be delighted to receive them!




Ornament Extravaganza


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Grab your brushes and get ready to paint a year's worth of decorations. Twenty-eight beautiful ornaments are featured with complete instructions, step-by-step worksheets and patterns. Ornaments are painted by 26 of today's finest decorative painters.




The Ultimate Guide to Celebrating Kids


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A collection of poems, quotes and titles to celebrate the younger child on cards, scrapbooks, and creative projects.







SYMPHONY IN A FLAT TIRE: THE SLIGHTLY EMBELLISHED AUTOBIOGRAPHY


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I recall seeing a snake that had been run over by a car in front of my grandmother's house. The tires had sliced the snake in half, so that a toad that had just been swallowed could hop out. ""Escaping the belly of a beast sure makes an old toad laugh."".










Brush and Pencil


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The Ornamentation of Baroque Music


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Everything you want to know about embellishing Music of the Baroque Era is taught systematically and well-founded here: from the different "essential ornaments" such as trill, mordent, appoggiatura, slide, etc. up to the free melodic ornaments, cadenzas and improvised grounds. In addition, you will find valuable information, tips, constructive exercises, historical examples and much more. Exclusively you get a live recorded harpsichord-basso continuo accompaniment for all exercises, which supports you harmonically and rhythmically. For pupils, students, amateurs and professional musicians