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Challenge yourself to learn dozens of embroidery stitches and use
them to create 30 simple projects that are ready to display. If
you’ve always wanted to learn embroidery but haven’t known
where to start, The 30-Day Embroidery Challenge is the perfect way
to jump-start your creativity and get stitching. Even if you’ve
never picked up a needle, you will quickly learn everything you
need to know to master embroidery. After an overview of embroidery
basics, author Jessica Anderson shows you how to create—each day
for 30 days—one new stitch and one embroidery design that
features that stitch. The easy-to-follow projects include a variety
of popular modern motifs such as flowers, birds, houseplants,
rainbows, and more, and only take an hour or two, or less, to
complete. As the book progresses, you will strengthen your skills
with designs that combine multiple stitches. You can do one project
per day in order or follow your own schedule and pick and choose.
By the time you’ve stitched your way through the book, you will
have an amazing collection of embroidery designs to hang up and
display your skill and creativity. This complete course in
embroidery includes: Â Everything you need to know to gather
supplies, set up your hoops, and prep your threads and needles 30
essential and more-unusual embroidery stitches clearly shown in
step-by-step illustrations 30 simple modern embroidery designs you
can complete in an hour or two Easy-to-transfer templates of all
the designs are printed in the book and downloadable Tips for
finishing and showing off your hoops Ideas for embellishing tote
bags, jewelry, and more with the embroidery designs Two bonus
challenge projects to stretch your newfound skills Embroidery is
one of the most popular and versatile crafts and is ideal for
beginners. It’s affordable, can be done almost anywhere, and
doesn’t require years of practice to achieve great results. If
you’re new to embroidery or want to learn new stitches and expand
your repertoire, The 30-Day Embroidery Challenge will give you the
inspiration and know-how you need to take joy in this lifelong
skill and creative endeavor.
Every knitter loves to make baby items-for their own family and to
give as gifts-and the cuter the better! This book offers patterns
for 26 of the most adorable baby rompers you will ever see, in
characters and animals including a giraffe, elephant, pumpkin, and
ballerina, as well as everyday colorful and striped designs. These
designs are also comfortable and practical (easy to take on and
off) for the busy parent. Presented in an easy-to-follow format to
build your knitting skills, you can start with a basic romper and
then learn to add stripes, bum pockets, and hoods. Take it to the
next level and add ears, tails, and other embellishments for a
variety of animal designs. All instructions are clear and concise,
so even a novice knitter can complete these rompers with ease. The
only question is, which one will you knit first?
One of Australia's most celebrated novels: one woman's journey from
Australia to London
Nora Porteous, a witty, ambitious woman from Brisbane, returns to
her childhood home at age seventy. Her life has taken her from a
failed marriage in Sydney to freedom in London; she forged a modest
career as a seamstress and lived with two dear friends through the
happiest years of her adult life.
At home, the neighborhood children she remembers have grown into
compassionate adults. They help to nurse her back from pneumonia,
and slowly let her in on the dark secrets of the neighborhood in
the years that have lapsed.
With grace and humor, Nora recounts her desire to escape, the way
her marriage went wrong, the vanity that drove her to get a
facelift, and one romantic sea voyage that has kept her afloat
during her dark years. Her memory is imperfect, but the strength
and resilience she shows over the years is nothing short of
extraordinary. A book about the sweetness of escape, and the mix of
pain and acceptance that comes with returning home.
An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths,
including a useful collection of historical documents, detailing
myths as they live and change in China today. Compiled from ancient
and scattered texts and based on revelatory new research, Handbook
of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language
work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese
perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges
across the full ethnic spectrum of ancient and modern China,
showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick
reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods,
as well as important places (Kunlun Mountain), mythical animals and
plants (the crow with three feet; Fusang tree), and appurtenances
(Xirang—a kind of mythical soil; Bu Si Yao—mythical medicine
for long life). No other work captures so well what Chinese
mythology means to the people who lived and continue to live their
lives by it.
The Impersonators portrays the breakdown of family relationships
and the endurance of love in a materialistic age sensitively,
perceptively and humorously. When Sylvia Foley returns to Australia
after twenty years, she finds her father, Jack Cornock, ill. This
and his obstinate silence provoke speculation about his will among
the families of his two marriages. Sylvia becomes enmeshed in the
webs of their alliances and disaffections. The Impersonators
received the Miles Franklin Award in 1980, and the NSW Premier's
Literary Award for Fiction in 1981.
Every year, at the Wa Huang Gong temple in Hebei Province, China,
people gather to worship the great mother, Nuwa, the oldest deity
in Chinese myth, praising her for bringing them a happy life. It is
a vivid demonstration of both the ancient reach and the continuing
relevance of mythology in the lives of the Chinese people.
Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on
groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the
most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever
written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses
on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of
ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved
over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities,
spirits, and demigods, as well as important places (Kunlun
Mountain), mythical animals and plants (the crow with three feet;
Fusang tree), and related items (Xirang-a kind of mythical soil; Bu
Si Yao-mythical medicine for long life). No other work captures so
well what Chinese mythology means to the people who lived and
continue to live their lives by it.
With more than 40 illustrations and photographs, fresh
translations of primary sources, and insight based on the authors'
own field research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology offers an
illuminating account of a fascinating corner of the world of myth.
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