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Not Your Mama's Stitching: The Cool and Creative Way to Stitch It To 'Em

Welsh, Kate Shoup

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Forget the fair young maiden painstakingly embroidering pillowcases for her hope chest. Picture a liberated lass (that would be you) creating chic fashions and accessories while sipping a glass of whatever and saving the planet. Not Your Mama's Stitching lets you choose from more than twenty projects to make or embellish home décor items, garments, accessories, gifts, and more.

It covers:

The tools and materials that no stitcher should be without
Basic stitching skills such as starting a thread, tying off, and finishing your piece
A myriad of embroidery, cross stitch, and needlepoint stitches
Projects ranging from a tattooed tank top to cheeky stitched sayings and from a Gucci-inspired wallet to a drinks recipe box
Variations and ideas for customizing every project

Make everyday items one-of-a-kind, or whip up your own creations from scratch. With a savvy, sassy attitude and fun, funky projects, Not Your Mama's Stitching will have you in stitches in no time.

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Title of ebook: Not Your Mama's Stitching: The Cool and Creative Way to Stitch It To 'Em
ISBN: 9780470136966
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Internet download file size: 65376 kb
Pages: 264
Released online for download: 03-15-2007
Author of eBook: Welsh, Kate Shoup

Not Your Mama's Stitching

The Cool and Creative Way to Stitch It To 'Em

Chapter One

Back Stitch to the Future

Pop quiz: What Upper Paleolithic invention arguably enabled humans to conquer the earth?

A. The monkey-operated traffic signal

B. The mastodon-powered vacuum cleaner

C. The triceratops juicer

D. String

If you answered D, String, you're correct-although I think we can all agree that the triceratops juicer also played a pivotal role (at least, it did on The Flintstones). While old-school anthropologists have generally cited the invention of stone and metal tools in the evolutionary success of knuckle-draggers-indeed, the word "Paleolithic" is really just smart-people speak for "Old Stone Age"-recent scholarship indicates that theory may be as much hooey as the urban legend about eating ... read full excerpt from Not Your Mama's Stitching: The Cool and Creative Way to Stitch It To 'Em ebook