Escape to the sea with your scroll saw! Seaside Intarsia Projects is a best-of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts collection of eight beautiful, ocean- and beach-themed designs, from a simple starfish to a more challenging seahorse. These fun, nautical projects are sure to build your intarsia skills as you channel summer skies and salty air! Featuring step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, full-size patterns, painting and finishing tips, and expert guidance, also included are helpful opening sections on materials, safety, tools, and techniques. Scroll saw seashells, fish, hermit crabs, pelicans, tranquil scenes, and more with this must-have project booklet! Original designs are by leading scroll saw artists, including Janette Square, Brad and Hazel Eklund, Kathy Wise, Judy Gale Roberts, and others.

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Nothing is cuter than a baby, but this book comes close with 18 simple and adorable sewing projects that are almost as cute as your little one! Step-by-step instructions, how-to photographs and approachable patterns show you how to add sweetness to the nursery with darling baby clothes, stuffed animal plushies and practical accessories.

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Pillows are one of the easiest items to sew, and one of the most affordable ways to add a splash of color and personality to a room. With twelve cute and cuddly animal pillows to make, and easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, seamstresses of all skill levels will enjoy making them. It is so easy to create these adorable pet pillows - all that's needed is a sewing machine, some inexpensive fabric, and a few basic sewing tools. The hardest part will be deciding which pillow to make first!

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Create adorable scrap blocks like you’ve never seen! This one-of-a-kind book features more than 60 fresh and modern patchwork character patterns organized by season, holiday, or specific category – including baby animals and even cat yoga poses! Easy-to-follow projects are achieved with a combination of both machine and hand stitching and are decorated with paint, applique, and embroidery, so there is something exciting to try. With gridded templates and helpful reference photos and diagrams, Sewing Scrap Blocks with Character provides endless inspiration so you can make the most of your scrap fabric collection. Author and artist Olesya Lebedenko’s modern style brings a breath of fresh air to the quilting world with her charismatic animal designs that are completely original and unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, making this project guide a must-have for passionate quilters and hobbyists!

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Dive into the sea and get a close-up look at ferocious sharks, poisonous fish, and other awesome sea creatures in this adventurous coloring book for kids! Featuring 40 line art designs of teeth-baring great white sharks, creepy eels, ill-tempered octopuses, stealthy stingrays, and so much more, Sharks and Ocean Creatures Coloring Book is the perfect outlet for kids to express their creativity with tons of incredible ocean animals! Interesting facts complement each illustration for children to learn about each creature -- from gargantuan whale sharks and hunting bull sharks to pointy pufferfish and venomous red lionfish -- adding an extra element of fascinating fun! Designs are printed on a single side of high-quality paper with perforated edges for easy removal and display of completed designs.

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Enter a world full of teeth-baring sharks, creepy eels, ill-tempered octopuses, stealthy stingrays, and so many more awesome ocean animals! This adventurous coloring book is the perfect personalized gift for someone special in your life. Make it unique by filling out the form on this webpage to add the recipient’s name to the front cover, as well as a small message from you that will be printed on inside front cover dedication page. Featuring more than 20 super cool designs to color using markers, gel pens, watercolors, or colored pencils, kids will love bringing this custom ocean coloring book to life. • A personalized coloring book that features the recipient’s name on the front cover, as well as a special message from you on the inside dedication page • Coloring book includes more than 20 designs of super cool ocean animals, from sharks and sea turtles to eels, stingrays, and more • Designs are printed on a single side of high-quality, extra-thick paper to resist bleed through

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Hobby farmer Sue Weaver provides a perfect primer in Sheep, ideal for novice or experienced sheep keepers looking to expand their hobby farm with a flock of wooly wonders. Illustrated with instructive and beautiful color photographs and loaded with charts and sidebars, this Hobby Farms title will make even newcomers feel comfortable choosing, caring for, and even sheering and milking their own sheep. Weaver begins, “Be they pets or profit makers, sheep should be part of every small-farm scene. They are inexpensive to buy and keep, easy to care for, and relatively long lived, making them great investments.” While sheep dotting a green meadow add beauty—and a possible tax write-off—to any pastoral setting, hobby farmers can choose whether their sheep will be sold as pets, used as providers of milk, cheese, or wool, or raised as livestock for their much sought-after mutton. As a subject, sheep have a fascinating history to tell, as Weaver does in the opening chapter “Sheep from the Beginning,” but once we get through the mythology, biology, and anatomical lessons, the farming begins. Sheep will assist the reader in buying the right sheep for his or her farm or land, based on availability, conformation, health, and so forth. The book offers practical advice, including how to move sheep from one locale to another (with a “ewe haul”). Sheep farming involves the housing, feeding, and guarding of the sheep, all detailed in the book. Weave discusses the use of fences, shelters, pens, and stalls as well as the purchase of the right hay. She also addresses the use of working dogs to control and guard the flock. Understanding sheep behavior is the subject of the chapter “Sheepish Behavior and Safe Handling,” in which the author discusses flocking dynamics, fleeing instinct, and sheep body and vocal language, leading to practical advice about how to handle and move sheep safely and with minimal fuss. The old adage “A sick sheep is a dead sheep” may not hold completely true in modern times, but it does underscore how important the health of a flock is to a responsible sheep keeper. The chapter “Health, Maladies, and Hooves” (and the appendix “A Glance at Sheep Afflictions”) offers farmers vital information about vaccinations, parasites, and hoof care to be proactive in the flock’s health. For hobby farmers interested in expanding their flocks, the chapter “The Importance of Proper Breeding” is a mini course in breeding and lambing, including bottle feeding, tail banding, and more. All of the joys of wool are captured in the chapter “Fleece: Shearing, Selling, Spinning,” in which the author discusses the tools, skills, and fees required to fleece the flock. The chapter also discusses spinning your own wool and selling the fleece. The final chapter, “Mutton or Milk?” discusses the advantages and desirability of sheep’s milk and the possible markets for milk, cheese, and meat. A glossary of over 100 terms, an extensive resources section (sheep-pertinent organizations, websites, and publications), and an index complete the volume.

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Celebrating one of the East’s most beautiful and highly prized companion dogs, the Shih Tzu, this Smart Owner’s Guide, created by the editors at Dog Fancy magazine, offers the most up-to-date and accurate information every dog owner needs to become a well-informed caregiver for his dog. Illustrated with color photographs of adorable puppies and handsome adults, this easy-to-read primer is designed in a modern, lively manner that readers will find user-friendly and entertaining.Each Smart Owner’s Guide offers a description of the breed’s character and physical conformation, historical overview, and its attributes as a companion dog. The reader will find informative chapters on everything he or she needs to know about acquiring, raising, and training this remarkable purebred dog, including: finding a breeder and selecting a healthy, sound puppy; preparing for the puppy’s homecoming, shopping for supplies, and puppy-proofing the home; house-training; veterinary and home health maintenance; feeding and nutrition; and grooming. Obedience training for basic cues (sit, stay, heel, come, etc.) and solving potential problem behaviors (barking, chewing, aggression, jumping up, etc.) are addressed in separate chapters, as are activities to enjoy with the dog, including showing, agility, therapy work, and more.Entertaining tidbits and smart advice fill up colorful sidebars in every chapter, which the editors call ?It’s a Fact,” ?Smart Tip,” ?Notable & Quotable,” and ?Did You Know?” Real-life heroes and rescue stories are retold in full-page features called ?Pop Pups” and ?True Tails.” Recipes, training, and care tips are highlighted in the ?Try This” feature pages.The Smart Owner’s Guide series is the only series that offers readers an online component in which dog owners can join a breed-specific online club hosted by dogchannel.com. At Club Shih Tzu, owners of the breed can find forums, blogs, and profiles to connect with other breed owners, as well as charts and checklists that can be downloaded. More than just 20,000 pages of solid information, there’s a host of fun to be had at the club in the form of downloadable breed-specific e-cards, screensavers, games, and quizzes.The Resources section of the book includes contact information for breed-related organizations and rescues, as well as practical guidance on traveling with dogs, identification, and locating qualified professionals to assist the dog owner, such as pet sitters, trainers, and boarding facilities. This information-packed Smart Owner’s Guide is fully indexed.

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The experts at Kennel Club Books present the world's largest series of breed-specific canine care books. Each critically acclaimed Comprehensive Owner's Guide covers everything from breed standards to behavior, from training to health and nutrition. With nearly 200 titles in print, this series is sure to please the fancier the fancier of even the rarest of breed!

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Dedicated to the Siberian Husky, the world’s consummate sledding dog, beloved for his affectionate, people-loving personality as well as his endurance on the race, this Smart Owner’s Guide, created by the editors at Dog Fancy magazine, offers the most up-to-date and accurate information every dog owner needs to become a well-informed caregiver for his dog. Illustrated with color photographs of adorable puppies and handsome adults, this easy-to-read primer is designed in a modern, lively manner that readers will find user-friendly and entertaining.Each Smart Owner’s Guide offers a description of the breed’s character and physical conformation, historical overview, and its attributes as a companion dog. The reader will find informative chapters on everything he or she needs to know about acquiring, raising, and training this remarkable purebred dog, including: finding a breeder and selecting a healthy, sound puppy; preparing for the puppy’s homecoming, shopping for supplies, and puppy-proofing the home; house-training; veterinary and home health maintenance; feeding and nutrition; and grooming. Obedience training for basic cues (sit, stay, heel, come, etc.) and solving potential problem behaviors (barking, chewing, aggression, jumping up, etc.) are addressed in separate chapters, as are activities to enjoy with the dog, including showing, agility, therapy work, and more.Entertaining tidbits and smart advice fill up colorful sidebars in every chapter, which the editors call ?It’s a Fact,” ?Smart Tip,” ?Notable & Quotable,” and ?Did You Know?” Real-life heroes and rescue stories are retold in full-page features called ?Pop Pups” and ?True Tails.” Recipes, training, and care tips are highlighted in the ?Try This” feature pages.The Smart Owner’s Guide series is the only series that offers readers an online component in which dog owners can join a breed-specific online club hosted by dogchannel.com. At Club Husky, owners of the breed can find forums, blogs, and profiles to connect with other breed owners, as well as charts and checklists that can be downloaded. More than just 20,000 pages of solid information, there’s a host of fun to be had at the club in the form of downloadable breed-specific e-cards, screensavers, games, and quizzes.The Resources section of the book includes contact information for breed-related organizations and rescues, as well as practical guidance on traveling with dogs, identification, and locating qualified professionals to assist the dog owner, such as pet sitters, trainers, and boarding facilities. This information-packed Smart Owner’s Guide is fully indexed.

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The experts at Kennel Club Books present the world's largest series of breed-specific canine care books. Each critically acclaimed Comprehensive Owner's Guide covers everything from breed standards to behavior, from training to health and nutrition. WIth nearly 200 titles in print, this series is sure to please the fancier of even the rarest breed!

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