Making Mosaics: Designs, Techniques & Projects
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    		Making Mosaics: Designs, Techniques & Projects
    Leslie Dierks
    Manufacturer: Sterling
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0806948728

    Book Description

    "Of greatest use to beginners here is the description and step-by-step illustrations of four different assembly processes...The dozen projects will introduce first-time mosaicists to the art without...frustration: designed by professionals, each includes elaborate instructions, pattern (if appropriate), color photographs, and artists' tips..."--Booklist. "You'll never look at a shard of glass in the same way again."--Glass Craftsman. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
    Bella Bella Quilts: Stunning Designs from Italian Mosaics
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Not for hand piecers
    • Difficult, but worth it!
    • Woo Hoo!
    • Disappointing
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    		 Bella Bella Quilts: Stunning Designs from Italian Mosaics
    Norah McMeeking
    Manufacturer: C&T Publishing
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 1571203044

    Book Description

    •Step-by-step directions make it easy to create stunning, unusual quilts

    • Photos of Italy's glories add inspiration

    Let the beauty of the Italian Renaissance inspire crafters to create eight magnificent quilts based on classic mosaics. There innovative projects use familiar shapes in new combinations—clearly explained with step-by-step directions, photos, and illustrations—for stunning results. Every quilter will want to travel to Renaissance Italy with Bella Bella Quilts.

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Not for hand piecers.......2007-09-18

    Lovely complex quilts, but not for hand piecers like me. I found that the patches were too small and the amount of templates need to be made too many.

    5 out of 5 stars Difficult, but worth it!.......2007-05-22

    I'll agree that this book takes careful reading, but I think it's worth the effort. The cutting templates are only approximations and easy to make and they save so much cutting time! Best of all, foundations make the patterns easy to sew! I'm nearly finished with one quilt and am planning the next as a graduation gift. My husband is so impressed with what I've done. Since I never went to Italy, I even like the "tourist" photos. I think it's nice to see the actual floors that inspired these designs. I wish there were more books with new ideas like Bella Bella Quilts. And, I agree with another reviewer that the author is incredibly helpful, and very quick to answer her emails.

    5 out of 5 stars Woo Hoo!.......2007-05-09

    I am starting my second quilt in this book, and I LOVE the designs. I found, for my next project, I wanted to alter the design a bit. So I contacted the author via email. She is extraordinarily helpful and responded to my email very quickly. One look inside this book, and you'll want to do them all.

    2 out of 5 stars Disappointing.......2007-02-04

    I am a quilter who has traveled in Italy, where we have family, and I am interested in art history, which was my college major. So naturally, the enticements for _Bella Bella Quilts_ by Norah McMeeking made me drool.

    "Stunning Designs from Italian Mosaics"
    "Photos of Italy and its architecture - a great coffee table book!"
    "If like me, you are inspired by architectural photography, then you too will think this book 'bella bella'."

    I was seriously disappointed when I received my copy in the mail. While the quilt photos are good quality and well-labeled, the photos of Italy are merely tourist quality. Even worse, they are not only unlabeled, but also appear throughout the book without comment or connection to what else is on the page. I can't imagine why anyone would consider poorly lit, unlabeled photos appropriate to a "coffee table book" or what about a book which uses such photos without respect to content to be "inspiring." I have not been inspired to use any of the patterns.

    But I do like to learn from other quilters so am reading the book carefully. And having just struggled to decipher "Sewing a Circle Band into a Square" (pp. 16-17), I had to spout my two-cents' worth. In short, argh and double argh!

    The directions are inadequately illustrated and poorly related to the text and photographs.

    Sewing directions are unnecessarily complicated. E.g., "Anchor stitches to about 1½" shy of where the corner meets the curved band at each end of the partial seam" is clear as mud. "Sew from A to B" would have been much easier, provided an A and B were provided on the illustrations.

    The text uses terms inconsistently and without regard to the labels on the drawings. E.g., the instructions refer to "circle bands" while the drawing only shows a "curved band"; the instructions refer to the "corner piece" which isn't labeled on the drawing; the term "corner unit" is used to refer both to the corner piece attached to the straight bands and to the corner piece attached to the straight bands and to the curved band.

    The in-progress photographs are difficult to decipher, not only because they use poorly contrasted fabrics and thread colors, but also because the finished example shown is made from entirely different fabrics!

    5 out of 5 stars I Dream of Finding Quilt Books like Bella Bella Quilts.......2007-01-10

    The quilts featured in this book are amazing. They look intimidating and complicated to construct, but they are not difficult to make. An intermediate quilter familiar with paper piecing and sewing curved seams could make any of the Bella Bella mosaic quilts. I made the Carnevale quilt featured on page forty-eight. It's now one of my favorite quilts. It is stunning and impresses everyone who sees it (if they only knew how easy it was to piece together!).

    There was a lot of prep work involved. Lots of fabric cutting and preparing paper foundations and templates, nothing unusual. After that, it was like any other piecing project. Just sew in numerical order then press and trim. And so on. You don't need to know anything about geometry. Just be sure your templates and foundations are absolutely accurate when you make them and your quilt will lie flat.

    This book is awesome. In addition to Carnevale, I plan to make other Bella Bella quilts.

    *UPDATE*: I am now tackling Venice Rose on page 42. Gorgeous, gorgeous quilt. I do wish the author would have included templates for the individual fabric pieces that make up this quilt. Though it does contain pullout foundations for the projects, templates for individual fabric pieces are not in the book (nor in the foundations that are sold separately). It has taken me over three hours of tracing, adding half an inch seam allowance to all sides of each piece, and cutting templates for thirty-six pieces. If the author writes another book, and I hope she does, she should consider including pre-measured templates for individual fabric pieces. Quilters really appreciate them, trust me!

    After making Carnevale, I purchased the paper foundations that accompany the book. WOW! I wish I had bought them before making my first Bella Bella quilt. I highly recommend them. They'll save me hours of work on this and future projects.

    America and Its Peoples: A Mosaic in the Making, Volume I (Chapters 1-16) (5th Edition)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    		 America and Its Peoples: A Mosaic in the Making, Volume I (Chapters 1-16) (5th Edition)
    James Kirby Martin , Randy Roberts , Steven Mintz , Linda O. McMurry , and James H. Jones
    Manufacturer: Longman
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0321162137

    Book Description

    America and Its Peoples, Fourth Edition presents American history in an exciting way, with a spirited narrative, vivid character sketches, and colorful anecdotes. The book highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people. Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. MARKET Appropriate for anyone with an interest in American history.

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars What a waste..........2007-03-04

    This text is the worst I've ever read. The narrative is dull, the language antiquated. Worst of all, it's so poorly organized it leaves a student utterly frustrated and confused of dates and events. There are over twenty pages in between when it mentions the Missouri Compromise and who actually engineered it. If you're looking for a good history text this is not it. If you've signed up for a history course that requires this text as its primary reference source, I'd recommend dropping it.

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent service, Fast delivery........2002-10-18

    I received my book very fast and the book is in good condition as described.

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent service.......2002-10-18

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    Stained Glass Pattern Collection -"Our Favorite Patterns"
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Variety of Subjects in this Collection- A True Winner!
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    Paned Expressions Studios
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    5 out of 5 stars Great Variety of Subjects in this Collection- A True Winner!.......2005-09-13

    I use this CD constantly for ideas in patterns. With patterns in so many formats, it's easy to use with so many platforms and applications and no special software needs to be purchased! All patterns can be resized to fit the jobs I have gotten and my clients are always pleased to see such great designs offered to them. Absolutely a winner!
    Making Bits & Pieces Mosaics: Creative Projects for Home and Garden
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    		 Making Bits & Pieces Mosaics: Creative Projects for Home and Garden
    Marlene Hurley Marshall
    Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
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    ASIN: 1580173071

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    Bits and pieces, pique assiette, memoryware -- there are many names for this unique folk art technique that has flourished for centuries around the world. Mosaic art, revered for its intricacy and beauty, can now be made by anyone with the simple methods found in Making Bits & Pieces Mosaics.

    Marshall's easy-to-follow techniques make it fun for readers to transform everyday items into one-of-a-kind works of art by attaching broken dishes, ceramics, jewelry, and glass to a wide range of surfaces. With clear, step-by-step directions and inspiring photographs, crafters can create fabulous projects of their own, including flower pots and vases, lamps, fireplace mantels, bird baths and bird houses, plant stands, garden tables, walkways, and more!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Must have book.......2007-01-07

    Marlene, aside from being a good friend, a wonderful painter, and a beautiful woman, is an inspiration. Buy this book-- making things from broken china is calming, and fun.

    2 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book for inspiration..........2004-04-29

    I wish I hadn't spent the money on this book. While it does give you the basics of doing mosaics, there's maybe 6 pages of it. If you've ever done any tile work, then its useless. The rest of the book is centered on doing specific projects. Frankly, the example pieces in the book were downright ugly. Most of them looked like they were just a smashed plate re-assembled. There's really no color or design patterns. The rest had doll heads all over them, which I found pretty creepy. If you're a beginner, this might give you the basics but there should be better books out there. If you're looking for inspiration, there HAVE to be better books out there than this one.

    3 out of 5 stars Meh.......2003-06-12

    This book has a lot of finished pieces that I found to be almost ugly. The techniques as instructed are not as in depth as I have seen in other books. I recommend you purchase to accompany another mosaic book, but I would not make it my primary instructional book.

    5 out of 5 stars Crafty Saturdays will never be the same!.......2002-01-03

    I love the challenge of creative household projects and bounce back and forth between several different ones, but by far, mosaic tiling is my favorite! I used this book for the ideas & know how. It has great pictures and well thought ideas I had never thought of. I tiled my porch walk way with a wonderful mosaic tile design & I receive complement after complement (even from the mailman!). Everyone wants to know who did it!

    5 out of 5 stars Step aside Martha Stewart!.......2000-12-10

    Marlene Marshall is a gifted artist and writer. From her book, one can easily learn the beginning steps on the road to making unique pieces of art. Her style is straight forward and holds the reader's hand through the process without telling them how to be creative. The photos are wonderful and give the reader many ideas. Thanks to Marlene's book, I decided to tile a exposed heating duct in my dining room and it came out fantastic! It is often the subject of many dinner conversations with friends. This is truely a great gift for any craft person or budding artist. I can't wait for her next book!
    America and Its Peoples: A Mosaic in the Making, Volume II, Study Edition (5th Edition)
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      James Kirby Martin , Randy Roberts , Steven Mintz , Linda McMurry , and James H. Jones
      Manufacturer: Longman
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      ASIN: 0321419979

      Book Description

      · SOCIAL EMPHASIS

      · The Study Edition is loaded with additional features -- like expanded chapter reviews and perforated practice tests for each chapter -- designed specifically to enhance students’ performance, save them time studying, and help them perform better on exams.

      · “The People Speak” documents include a brief headnote that identifies and contextualizes the piece. The documents have been chosen to highlight the book's emphasis on diversity, multiculturalism, and social history.

      · Critical Thinking Review Questions focus on major ideas and broad themes, rather than on incidents or individuals, inviting students to reflect on and think critically about the material covered in the chapter.

      Making Mosaics (Step-by-Step Crafts)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Great book for beginners
      		 Making Mosaics (Step-by-Step Crafts)
      Martin Cheek
      Manufacturer: Creative Publishing international
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      ASIN: 1589230841

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      -Includes 15 attractive projects.

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      5 out of 5 stars Great book for beginners.......2004-01-30

      I just finished the book displayed on the cover. This is a great book for all levels. It contains about 15 mosaics with directions on how to make them. There are also pictures of beautiful mosaics.
      Mosaic Basics: Everything You Need to Know to Start Making Beautiful Mosaics
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        		Mosaic Basics: Everything You Need to Know to Start Making Beautiful Mosaics
        Teresa Mills
        Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
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        Binding: Hardcover

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        ASIN: 0764159615

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        Those who admire the beauty of mosaic art and decoration are often put off at trying their own hand at it. How on earth does a mosaic artist get started? This big, beautifully illustrated book provides the answer. The author, an experienced mosaic artist, instructs in the core techniques of preparing baseboards, cutting and gluing tiles, grouting, and creating designs. She also lists all needed tools and equipment and explains their uses. Finally, she presents 15 projects for budding mosaic artists, allowing them to master the techniques and create beautiful finished pieces as they learn. The projects include everything from a still-life panel suitable for framing to a decorative design to embellish an outdoor path or patio. More than 500 captioned color photos show and explain every aspect of creating mosaic art.
        The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy
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          		The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy
          Ninette Kelley , and Michael J. Trebilcock
          Manufacturer: University of Toronto Press
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          Immigration policy has always been and continues to be a subject of intense political and public debate. This book examines the ideas, interests, institutions, and rhetoric that have shaped Canada's immigration history.

          Beginning their study in the pre-Confederation period, the authors tell of the dramatic transformations that have characterized our attitudes towards immigrants. While, at first, few obstacles were placed in the way of newcomers to Canada, the turn of the century brought policies of increasing selectivity. The massive deportations of the First World War and Depression eras were exceeded in harshness only by the tactics implemented during the Second World War, when nearly all of the Japanese-Canadian population was incarcerated and when Jewish refugees fleeing from mass extermination abroad were turned away from our shores.

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          Making Twig Mosaic Rustic Furniture (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers)
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            		Making Twig Mosaic Rustic Furniture (Schiffer Book for Woodworkers)
            Larry Hawkins
            Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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            ASIN: 0764302426

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            Once confined to backwoods cabins and hunting lodges, rustic furniture is being recognized today for its primitive ingenuity and beauty. Craftspeople around the country are recapturing the techniques and visions of earlier craftsmen who recognized the beauty of natural materials and functionality of common-sense design. They merged the two in styles of furniture that were perfectly suited to their rugged environments. Now these wonderful rustic creations are finding their way into some of the finest homes and most elegant galleries. Larry Hawkins specializes in twig mosaic furniture. Twig mosaic utilizes the great variety of color and texture in the bark of twigs and trees to create wonderful patterns on the surfaces of furniture. The results are fantastic pieces of furniture, destined to take a predominant place in any room setting. Larry takes the reader/craftsman step-by-step through the process of creating a tiered clock. The techniques learned along the way can be applied to any number of furniture forms, many of which are shown in the gallery. Every step is illustrated with a full color photograph and a precise description of the processes involved., 240 color photos, 8 1/2" x 11"

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