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Ford's legendary Sierra and Escort RS Cosworths changed the face of performance road cars, making them as desirable to keen drivers as they are to classic collectors. This title aims to help buyers select the best car, pay the right price, and avoid the potential pitfalls. It also includes at-a-glance tips, and real-world cost considerations.

Ford's Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts (1967 to 1980) are collectable classics. This guide aims to aid potential buyers or restorers through the purchasing process. It includes at-a-glance tips, illustrated inspection guidance, valuation data, specifications, modifications you should avoid, real-world cost considerations - and even checks for spotting a fake.

Millions follow Mike and Edd's collectable car adventures on Discovery Channel's Wheeler Dealer series, now in its ninth year and shown all around the world. Here's the book to accompany the series.

From elegant tiered lace and floral cakes to amazing jewellery box and sewing machine shaped novelty cakes, 10 incredible cake designs accompanied by two smaller designs for vintage-inspired cupcakes, cookies, fondant fancies and more. Includes all the cake recipes you need, simple step by step instruction for essential cake decorating techniques.

Helps readers capture the essence of fairy land with a variety of fantasy friends and fairytale scenery including characters such as Titania and Tinkerbell. This volume covers techniques of transferring and combining the images to give readers the encouragement and confidence to go on and develop their own ideas.

With the author's experience of training and riding at international level, this guide covers the essentials on handling, breaking and training the young event horse. It shows what to look for when buying, discusses training problems, suggests exercises and advises on preparation for competition.

Readers will get 8 crochet hat patterns from up-and-coming independent pattern designers. Yarn is carried by JoAnn's.

A visual voyage through the world of retro caravans, exploring the exterior and interior design of these classic icons and revealing the resurgence of interest in modern-vintage caravans - whether used for touring or as creative backyard spaces - with practical advice on restoring and styling.

Quilt your own home with this collection of inspiring designs for quilts, wall hangings and cushions. Choose from townhouses to quaint cottages, seaside beach huts, converted barns and even shepherd's huts.

Buying a classic and iconic E30 BMW 3 Series can be just the start of a wonderful adventure. This book explains how these fantastic cars can be modified to suit a vast range of applications, from fast road use to race and rally.

A fantastic selection of knitting patterns for blankets and throws from established designer and best-selling author Claire Crompton, author of The Knitter's Bible and Knitter's Bible project books. Featuring strong blanket and throw designs across a range of styles for the new-to-knitting market.

A fantastic selection of knitting patterns for hats and scarves from established designer and best-selling author Claire Crompton, author of The Knitter's Bible and Knitter's Bible project books. Featuring strong hat and scarf designs across a range of styles for the new-to-knitting market.

A fantastic selection of knitting patterns for cushions from established designer and best-selling author Claire Crompton, author of The Knitter's Bible and Knitter's Bible project books. Featuring strong cushion designs across a range of styles for the new-to-knitting market.

This unique book will show you how to knit all of the most famous New York people and places, as well as some unique accessories inspired by life in the "Big Apple" itself. Created for city chicks who don't like rules but love knitting, the projects are simple enough for beginners, yet bonkers enough to inspire more seasoned knitters.

Anyone thinking of starting their own creative business will find this book an invaluable resource. Doug Richard takes the reader through ten clear steps of shaping and then launching their business, with real-life examples of a huge range of creative start-ups to bring the information to life.

Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert at your side. Benefit from Nigel Thorley's years of Jaguar experience, learn how to spot a bad car quickly, and how to assess a promising one like a true professional. Get the right car at the right price!

A collection of fresh, Spring-themed sewing projects using Tilda fabrics and embellishments. It allows you to choose from a variety of sewing and papercraft designs, including bags, soft toys, fabric boxes and unique decorations. It uses colour palette such as shades of red, pink, white, pale green, azure blue and cyan.

16 gorgeous cake decorating projects that are impressive and stylish, but use small cakes in various sizes to keep the baking elements simple and allow you to really focus in on learning how to decorate a cake. Bridges the gap between decorating cupcakes and cookies and decorating larger tiered cakes for beginner to intermediate decorators.

Learn how to make beautiful quilts with this comprehensive guide to patchwork and quilting for beginners. Covers all aspects of quilting from piecing and patchwork to quilting and binding. Includes quick and clever techniques with step-by-step illustrated instructions. Choose from 16 small and large projects including bed quilts, bags and wall hangings. Features a quilting glossary explaining common quilting and sewing terms.

Following his dismissal from a job he never should have had, the author packs a tent, some snacks, and a suit, and sets out on a two-wheeled adventure across Europe. With no idea where he's going, and only two very large and confusing maps to rely on, he heads out to prove that planning and forethought are the very antithesis of a motorcycle adventure.

Having this book in your pocket is like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from the author's years of Lotus/Caterham 7 experience, learn how to spot a bad car quickly, and how to assess a promising one like a professional. Get the right car at the right price!

Projects that capture the colors and comforts of spring from the popular fabric designer and author of Country Cottage Quilting. A gorgeous collection of spring-themed quilting and stitching designs from top designer Lynette Anderson, including table runners, wall hangings, and larger quilts, as well as smaller, quick-to-stitch gifts, all featuring Lynette's fabric range from Lecien. In a book designed to capture Lynette's heartwarming and quirky style, beautiful fabrics, fresh colors, and cute motifs are used to create such projects as: Birdhouse Blossoms Picture, Garden Delights Table Centre, Dreaming Tree Journal, Hexagon Handbag, Night Owl Purse, Night and Day Charms, Spring Flower Quilt, and Sweet Rabbit Tea Towel.

Create a Christmas to remember with holiday gifts and decorations from the popular fabric designer and author of Country Cottage Quilting. This is a collection of beautiful Christmas crafts from top designer Lynette Anderson. This book features a wide range of ideas for a useful mixture of gifts and keepsakes to create, from quick-to-stitch gifts, including a Christmas Friends Pillow, Santa's Sweet Stockings, and Santa Tea Towel to beautiful decorations, like Star Tree Decorations, festive placemats and napkins, and a stunning wall-hanging quilt. The simple patchwork techniques Lynette uses are a great backdrop for the festive applique and stitchery designs. Beautiful fabrics, festive colors, and cute motifs are enhanced by a book design that captures Lynette's heart-warming, quirky style.

Readers learn how to design and make their own stunning sweet tables, complete with cakes, cookies, cupcakes, cake pops, whoopie pies, macaroons, and many more sweet treats. The book features six gorgeous sweet table themes, with over 40 cake decorating projects, each designed to be colour coordinated and visually stunning.

Break the rules with a sewing style that's all about irresistibly rough edges, uneven stitching and mismatched fabric!

The projects combine simple patchwork and applique, felt and trim embellishments, and decorative stitchery. Each chapter has its own charming motifs and colour theme, the projects cover a range of festive gifts/decorations. Designs are suitable for all abilities, with each chapter offering designs that can be completed in 3 hours, 2 days or a week.

In this comprehensive guide to embroidery, you'll learn the basic stitches and master 8 different embroidery styles, including blackwork, crewelwork, hardanger, pulled thread, goldwork and freestyle. Every stitch has clear step-by-step instructions and is accompanied by coloured diagrams, making it easy to create impressive embroidered designs.

Learn how to create amazing three-dimensional flowers with machine quilting, patchwork and applique techniques.

Presents a showcase of the 12 winning quilt designs from the finalists of the 2010/2011 Jelly Roll Dreams international quilting competition. In this title, each design comes with a full colour styled photograph, comprehensive making instructions and diagrams, and requires just one Jelly Roll to make.

A guide to choosing, assessing and buying the Porsche 987 Boxster or Cayman of your dreams. It is packed with advice from running costs, paperwork, vital statistics, valuation and the Porsche community, right through to whether your Porsche can fit in your garage and indeed, with your lifestyle.