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your garden with practical and fun items using a range of
craft skills such as woodwork, mosaic, painting, sewing and
more. This will appeal to anybody with a taste for DIY and
the tools to go with it; due to the wide range of different
crafts featured. The book is divided into sections for different
garden areas such as the patio, walls, al fresco dining, paths
and my own favorite attracting wildlife. Bird feeders, wind
spinners, wreaths, decorated glassware, wind chimes, stepping
stones and more use various objects that can be easily sourced
or recycled. Some of these include pipes, garden stakes, leftover
house paint, tree bark, old picture frame, garden twine, pebbles
and more. Each project is handsomely illustrated with color
photos showing many stages and a large picture of the item
in situ. There are panels about some of the materials used,
a list of both supplies and equipment needed and a handy shot
of the materials and tools. This is obviously not a book for
beginners as it does not teach woodwork or other core skills
although not too much experience is needed to tackle the projects,
just the basics. Other craft skills are described in more
detail if they are simpler to master such as the decoupage
chairs or macramé pot holder. If you want to add the
finishing touch to your garden and impress guests with your
talents then this is a good book covering a subject not often
featured. |
