Professional advice on planning, planting, care and maintenance.

Five exquisite baby blankets from master crochet designer Patricia Kristoffersen. Made with worsted weight yarn.

A beautiful border adds the perfect finishing touch to your hand-stitched pieces. A knitted scarf, a crocheted baby blanket, even a store-bought tank top --- they're all elevated by the texture and color of crocheted edgings. Complete with detailed instructions for executing the 90-degree corner turns, Edie Eckman's 150 border designs add pop and whimsy to everything they embellish. "An irresistible book of cute crocheted borders...expands the options for adding a little flair to knit, crocheted, and even sewn projects."---Debbie Stoller author of the Stitch `n Bitch books

The key elements to creating exciting scrapbooks are page borders, corner designs, and photo frames. Whether you are an experienced scrapbook enthusiast or just getting started, this book offers fantastic design ideas for enhancing your pages. With 40 complete page designs, step-by-step instructions, and free templates, Perfect Borders, Corners, and Frames for Scrapbooks offers beautiful and unique enhancements for your pages. You will be able to use these ideas and templates over and over for inspiration!

Theres always a challenge in quilting, and this book guarantees that quilters can rise to that challenge. Quilting and Color Made Easy provides all the basic techniques needed for cutting, piecing, and appliqu; includes shortcuts for sets, borders, and bindings; gives a straightforward explanation of the color wheel and how to use it specifically for quilting; and provides detailed charts for quilters to analyze and organize their fabric stash. Filled with beautiful photographs and written by two well-known professional quilters, this book appeals not only to the beginner but also to intermediate quilters who want to expand their basic knowledge.