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"One dress. Four women. An amazing destiny. Charlotte Malone is getting married. Yet all is not settled in the heart of Birmingham's chic bridal boutique owner. Charlotte can dress any bride to perfection-except herself. When she discovers a vintage mint-condition wedding gown in a battered old trunk, Charlotte embarks on a passionate journey to discover the women who wore the gown before her. Emily in 1912. Mary in 1939. And Hillary in 1968. Each...
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2017.
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Cosplayers rejoice!The Hero's Closet is the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes
This essential handbook offers detailed, step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing guides) to help even the most novice sewists create the costumes of their dreams. A skilled crafter and avid cosplayer, Gillian Conahan walks readers through
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"After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago. Praying that her niece and nephew will be more hospitable than her brother had been, she arrives with nothing but the clothes she stands in, at a loss as to how to rebuild her business from a quaint country village. Her niece, Violet Westcott, is thrilled that her famous...
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IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Lola lives an extraordinary life in San Francisco with her two dads and beloved dog, but when the Bells return to the house next door Lola recalls both the friendship-ending fight with Calliope and the crush she had on Cricket.
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MIRA
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English
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"The First Man You Meet... Shelly Hansen was horrified when her great-aunt's wedding dress arrived--because, according to family legend, she was destined to marry the next man she met. So when she tripped on an escalator and fell into Mark Brady's arms, she told him--and herself--that she wasn't interested in marriage. But then she started seeing him everywhere.... Coincidence?... is The Man You'll Marry. After her own wedding, Shelly sends her best...
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"London, 1947: Besieged by the harshest winter in living memory, burdened by onerous shortages and rationing, the people of postwar Britain are enduring lives of quiet desperation in spite of their nation's recent victory. Among them are Ann Hughes and Miriam Dassin, embroiderers in the famed Mayfair fashion house of Norman Hartnell. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, but their bond, along with their nascent hopes for a brighter future, are...
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Classroom 13 volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Tired of being left out of everything, Classroom 13 itself puts out a bowl of cursed candy on Halloween that changes everyone into the costume he or she is wearing.
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Oxbow Books
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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New research into the techniques of tablet weaving, sprang, braiding, knotting and lace is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume written by leading specialists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and USA. Drawing inspiration from the pioneering work of Peter Collingwood, this publication explores aspects of these craft skills in the prehistoric, Roman, and medieval world through scientific, object-based...
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Ladybug Girl volume 7
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"It is Halloween and Lulu doesn't know if she should dress as Ladybug Girl or find a different costume for the special day"--
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Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Extend the life of well-worn, beloved pieces using these creative techniques.
Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping and a little crochet to worn pieces of clothing or household items. Instead of stowing or throwing away damaged pieces that hold happy memories, you can employ these beautiful and sustainable ideas to give them a new life.
With this book, you'll learn how to:
• Repair knitted and...
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Cardboard kingdom volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Follows the adventures of a group of neighborhood children who make costumes from cardboard and use their imagination to create adventures with knights, robots, and monsters."--Provided by publisher.
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Weldon Owen
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English
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From the brightly colored pebbles of Lake McDonald in Montana's Glacier National Park to the regal granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome in California's Yosemite Valley, the US National Parks contain some of the most recognizable and iconic natural landmarks in the world. Capture the majesty each national park offers with original beanie patterns created by knitting designer and outdoor enthusiast Nancy Bates. Beanies range from simple beanie...
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Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Mend, rethink, transform, recreate!
Mending your favorite fabric items—from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers—becomes a true art form in Creative Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques—from embroidery and patching to darning and felting—that are just challenging enough for experienced menders.
Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair...
Mending your favorite fabric items—from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers—becomes a true art form in Creative Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques—from embroidery and patching to darning and felting—that are just challenging enough for experienced menders.
Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair...
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