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Simply Modern Jewelry: Designs From The Editor Of Stringing Magazine
by Danielle FoxGeared toward the novice beader, this comprehensive introduction to making jewelry begins with "Bead Shopping 101" - a description of basic beads and how to differentiate between bead varieties and colors. Thirty projects are presented in a step-by-step manner with full-color illustrations to simplify techniques such as stringing, crimping, and the proper use of jump rings. All the designs reflect a modern sensibility for creating fashionable, boutique-quality jewelry.
Simply Modern Lace: 20 Knit Projects (Interweave Favorites)
by InterweaveHandpicked knitting projects celebrate a favorite topic for knitters--lace! Lace is a perennial favorite for knitters. Now the latest book from the Interweave Favorites series offers knitters a cornucopia of lace designs. Carefully chosen by Interweave editors, these standout projects featured in Simply Modern Lace will appeal to a broad range of knitters, from seasoned lace enthusiasts to those wanting to try a lace project for the first time. There are easy introductions to lace in the form of simple scarves, shawls, and hats. Readers may choose between easy shawls with just a border of lace or ones where lace takes center stage. Lace serves as a simple accent on feminine cardigans and pullovers or as an all-over design for true lace-lovers. A short primer on knitting lace, information on special cast-ons and bind-offs, and a discussion of how to handle shaping round out the book, making it more than just another "pretty lace." Simply Modern Lace celebrates a much-beloved technique, and readers will easily see why the featured knitting projects are indeed favorites at Interweave.
Simply Modern Patchwork Bags: 10 Bags For Every Occasion
by Janet GoddardThis step-by-step beginner’s guide show you how to make ten stylish bags—from shopping totes to classic clutches—with simply modern patchwork designs.Why have one bag when you can have ten? This easy-to-use guide lets you create fun yet practical bags for all occasions, whether it’s shopping, working, socializing, or celebrating a special occasion. Janet Goddard’s stylish designs feature fresh, bright fabrics with simple, stunning patchwork—a technique that combines multiple fabrics in various shaped pieces to create a unique pattern.With full color photos, step-by-step instructions, and Janet’s tips and techniques, this is an ideal guide for beginners looking to develop their sewing and patchwork skills.
Simply Napkins: Fast Folds, Finishes & Festive Flourishes
by Mary MulariNapkins - As Simple As Can Be No matter what your time, budget, or decor limitations, there's space in your life for these little squares of accessible elegance. Renowned design and sewing experts Gail Brown and Mary Mulari have put their heads together to bring you more than 25 napkin folds and dozens of napkin ideas for your table. Whether you want to sew your own napkins or fold ready-mades, you will find a treasury of ideas for making a personalized statement with your table decor. Create beautiful napkins using easy, popular techniques such as machine embroidery, stamping, stenciling, applique, and serging. Dozens of napkin-making and embellishment ideas - many no-sew More than 25 super-fast, no press napkin folds Instant innovations for using napkins as decor and gifts 300 color photographs and illustrations
Simply Paint Birds: A Complete Watercolour Course For Beginners
by Tom ShepherdUnlock the world of contemporary watercolour bird painting with popular artist and dynamic teacher, Tom Shepherd.Free Daniel Smith paint dot card included to get you started immediately!Painting birds doesn't have to be technical or daunting, even for a complete beginner. Through friendly advice and clear instructions, expert artist and tutor Tom Shepherd will show you how to paint 26 dynamic, colourful birds in 8 steps each, including:EaglesFlamingosOwlsMacaw parrotsRed CardinalsToucansRobins If you’re a complete beginner, simply follow the projects in order to learn how to handle watercolour in achievable, rewarding steps. You will build essential skills while producing impressive results right from the start. Meanwhile, if you’re a confident hobby artist, you can dip in and out wherever you wish.Tom's step-by-step process for each bird is simple and achievable, and uses just a few watercolour paints and a handful of brushes. His style is fresh and contemporary, and his clear instructions will allow you to achieve the same loose, dynamic results.
Simply Redwork: Quilt and Stitch Redwork Embroidery Designs
by Mandy ShawMandy Shaw is well known for her distinctive sewing designs and motifs and in this book she brings her own style to the traditional and increasingly popular technique of redwork embroidery. You will learn how to create two quilts, the first has nine different heart-shaped quilt blocks, each with a different motif and theme, such as polar bears, scissors and honey bees. The second quilt is a variation which includes a nine patch block. Mandy then demonstrates how to use the different motifs to make up 12 simple projects such as pin-cushions, keyrings, hanging hearts and bags - ideal for sewers who don't want to tackle the full quilts. A helpful stitch guide with step illustrations will provide you with all the stitch techniques you will need, in addition, full-size templates for all the motifs are included together with a full alphabet enabling you to personalize your makes. Whether you're an experienced stitcher looking for inspiration or a novice sewer looking for new ideas, this title has something for everyone!
Simply Retro with Camille Roskelle: Fresh Quilts from Classic Blocks
by Camille RoskelleyCraft a modern take on classic-block quilt designs with these 12 fun and easy quilting projects.Camille Roskelley, best-selling author of Simplify with Camille Roskelley, puts a brand-new spin on traditional-block quilting. By exploring modern print combinations and employing innovative techniques such as supersizing blocks, Roskelley offers a fresh interpretation of classic blocks in 12 achievable projects. Simple enough for beginners, all the projects are easy to piece using precuts, yardage, and scrap fabrics. And, as always, Roskelley's fail-proof instructions and expert knowledge will guide and inspire every step of the way.Master a variety of simple techniques such as half-square triangles and easy Flying Geese for a bold, sophisticated styleClassic-block quilting gets a modern makeover with jumbo sizes, fresh prints and colors, and secondary patterns created with color placementBridge the traditional and modern with quilts that have timeless appeal
Simply Sensational Bags: How to Stitch & Embellish Handbags, Totes & Satchels
by Linda McgeheeCreate Fabulous Bags with Simple Techniques Distinctive handbags and totes have long been a passion of renowned designer Linda McGehee. In Simple Sensational Bags, Linda shares her secrets for making and embellishing dozens of innovative new designs without spending hours at the sewing machine. Linda's cleverly embellished creations incorporate many popular techniques including decorative stitching, piecing, applique and trims, pockets, piping, and more. With her easy, friendly style, Linda teaches the basics of bag construction, straps, pockets, and decorative embellishment. The book showcases dozens of extraordinary bags. Projects include a zipper cosmetic bag, lingerie and sweater bag, shoe tote, and a variety of handbags. Simple techniques to transform plain bags into spectacular works of art Easy-to-follow instructions for making and decorating bags Detailed discussions of straps, pockets, and finishing touches
Simply Shetland Lace: 6 Knitted Stitches, 20 Beautiful Projects
by Brooke NicoLearn how to master three classic Shetland lace motifs—just six simple stitches—and build your skills with 20 beautiful and varied projects, too! Explore traditional Shetland lace knitting with expert teacher Brooke Nico! She shows how just three simple motifs—Feather and Fan and Old Shale; Acre and Razor; and Horseshoe and Leaf—can yield a variety of lovely items, from fashion, to accessories, to home décor. Step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow instructions help even beginners grasp each stitch, and the projects grow progressively more difficult as knitters become more comfortable with the techniques.
Simply Silk: 12 Creative Designs for Quilting and Sewing
by Mary Jo HineyThis book uncovers the mystery of silk, and demonstrates techniques for bringing out its cooperative nature, and offers inspirational poetry, prose and spiritual expressions. As silk rapidly gains ground as a creative fabric choice. Simply Silk provides a unique approach to transforming this delicate fabric into an easy-to-use material. In addition, this innovative guide also teaches you how to use fabric transfer, machine-stitched wording, rubber stamps and other techniques to create 20+ projects including slippers, chair covers and picture frames.
Simply Stars: Quilts That Sparkle
by Alex AndersonLearn to make stunning star quilts using squares, rectangles, triangles, and diamonds with this comprehensive guide by the host of The Quilt Show.In Simply Stars, Alex Anderson introduces quilters of all skill levels to the world of star quilts, where pattern possibilities are as vast as the night sky. Alex covers the major types of star patterns, such as Stars Made of Squares and Triangles and Stars Made of Diamonds and Y Seams. Covering them in order of difficulty from beginner to advances, Alex offers several examples of each type. With foolproof techniques, Alex’s student-tested shortcuts, and exciting fabric combinations, you can start making quilts that sparkle.
Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts: 14 Easy Projects to Fuse
by Anna FaustinoThe art quilter and author of Simply Stunning Woven Quilts returns with 14 new wallhanging projects using her exciting and original Outline Design style.Textile artist Anna Faustino never stops experimenting with the creative possibilities of quilting. In Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts, she shares her latest methods using fusible appliqué. With Anna’s step-by-step instructions, you'll gain confidence with a craft knife as you learn a variety of raw-edge finishing techniques. An inspirational gallery of Anna’s work accompanies the 14 projects with easily scalable patterns and tips for designing your own illuminated quilts. Surprisingly simple, Anna's techniques promise stunning results!
Simply Stunning Woven Quilts: 11 Easy Techniques, Great Results
by Anna FaustinoCut, weave, fuse & quilt! A guide to the weaving techniques that will take your art quilts to a whole new level. &“Wow! How did you do that?&” No one will believe how easy it is to make these astonishing quilts. The magic is in the weaving techniques that look difficult but are actually simple to master. Learn to weave straight and curved checkerboards, circles, semicircles, or use weaving to rebuild favorite blocks like Log Cabin—then embellish to create a work of art that amazes everyone. Create dazzling quilts with precut fabric strips and eleven amazingly easy weaving techniques No seams, no corners or points to match! Simple construction methods use easy fusible applique and &“stitching-in-the-ditch&” Learn the basics of fabric weaving in three step-by-step lessons, then move on to eight more techniques for weaving and combining fabrics Full-size patterns for circle weaving technique and cutting diagrams for twenty-six different quilts
Simply Successful Appliqué: Foolproof Techniques For Hand & Machine
by Jeanne SullivanJust 15 minutes to perfection! Learn new appliqué skills and get pinpoint accuracy more easily than ever before in this comprehensive visual guide with a bonus CD of full-size template patterns. Anyone can learn Jeanne's stress-free process and use her simplified, success-oriented methods, even if you've been shy in the past about trying appliqué. Seasoned quilters and sewers will also love using these new techniques for more complex designs. • Learn Jeanne's method for flawless appliqué in just minutes-by hand or machine • Easier and faster techniques for ruching, circles, narrow lines, lettering, Broderie Perse, reverse appliqué, and more • What you see is what you get…work with all your fabrics and templates right side up
Simply Successful Appliqué Handy Pocket Guide: Approachable Steps for Machine & Turn-Free Hand Stitching
by Kim DiehlMachine and hand-appliqué essentials at your fingertips! This convenient pocket guide features Kim Diehl's unique and wonderfully successful technique for invisible appliqué by machine and turn-free appliqué by hand. Discover how to shorten your stitching time, how to finish appliqués that aren't reversed from the original pattern, and how preparation can eliminate the need to anchor seam allowances in place with starch or a fabric glue stick prior to stitching. Learn about Kim’s invisible machine-appliqué techniques that use freezer paper and are infinitely quicker to complete. As a bonus, learn how to machine appliqué with trapunto! Best-selling author Kim Diehl of the popular Simple series returns with a convenient pocket guide to machine and hand appliqué. Appliqué confidently with easy-to-follow techniques, clear how-to photos, and tried-and-true tips. Gain the basic skills and knowledge of appliqué for personalized crafts.
Simply Triangles: 11 Deceptively Easy Quilts Featuring Stars, Daisies & Pinwheels
by Barbara H. ClineTriangle extravaganza! Create unique, dynamic designs within pieced triangles, then combine those triangles with other shapes to make sassy stars, daisies, and pinwheels. Add a hexagonal quilt to your repertoire-perfect for a wallhanging or tabletop centerpiece. Whether your palette preference runs to vivid or more muted hues, you'll discover how your color schemes will add a hint of movement to your quilts. • Create complex-looking designs for any size quilt by combining simple shapes like triangles and diamonds • Learn how to use color and value to make your quilts glow • Try a variety of skill-building techniques from strip piecing to Y-seams
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
by John OrtvedThe Simpsons is one of the most successful shows to ever run on television. From its first moment on air, the series's rich characters, subversive themes, and layered humor resounded deeply with audiences both young and old who wanted more from their entertainment than what was being meted out at the time by the likes of Full House, Growing Pains, and Family Matters. Spawned as an animated short on The Tracy Ullman Show—mere filler on the way to commercial breaks—the series grew from a controversial cult favorite to a mainstream powerhouse, and after nineteen years the residents of Springfield no longer simply hold up a mirror to our way of life: they have ingrained themselves into it. John Ortved's oral history will be the first-ever look behind the scenes at the creation and day-to-day running of The Simpsons, as told by many of the people who made it: among them writers, animators, producers, and network executives. It's an intriguing yet hilarious tale, full of betrayal, ambition, and love. Like the family it depicts, the show's creative forces have been riven by dysfunction from the get-go—outsize egos clashing with studio executives and one another over credit for and control of a pop-culture institution. Contrary to popular belief, The Simpsons did not spring out of one man's brain, fully formed, like a hilarious Athena. Its inception was a process, with many parents, and this book tells the story.
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh! of Homer
by Aeon Skoble Mark Conard William IrwinEssays that use plots, dialogue, and characters' qualities from The Simpsons to illustrate the wisdom of the ages expressed in otherwise highbrow philosophy. The concept makes accessible and relevant to the modern reader timeless ideas that would otherwise require heavy mental lifting to fit into her current context.
The Simpsons, Satire, and American Culture
by Matthew A. HenryHow is The Simpsons a satirical artwork engaged with important social, political, and cultural issues? In time for the twenty-fifth anniversary, Henry offers the first comprehensive understanding of the show as a satire and explores the ways in which The Simpsons participates in the so-called "culture war" debates taking place in American society.
The Simpsons Secret: A Cromulent Guide To How The Simpsons Predicted Everything!
by Lydia Poulteney James HicksHave You Ever Wondered How “The Simpsons” Predict the Future?“Did The Simpsons really, truly predict anything? I predict you’ll have to purchase this book to get the true story.” ―Bill Oakley, Simpsons writer and producer#1 New Release in Animated Movies, Comedy Movies, and Comedy TelevisionThen, The Simpsons Secret is the book for you. Delve into some of the biggest predictions that came true on the show, and just how the Simpsons predict the future.Simpson predictions from three-eyed fish to presidential elections. "The Simpsons" has been predicting major events with scary accuracy for over three decades. From Donald Trump's presidency to Disney buying 20th Century Fox (...years before it happened!). People just can't seem to get enough and are eager to know what they are going to predict next. This book goes behind the scenes of this adored cartoon series, and the family we’ve grown to love. Between Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and the rest of the Simpsons family, the show has stolen our hearts, and also left us amazed at how often the Simpsons predict the future!So how do they do it? Is it a crystal ball? A fountain of knowledge? Have the writers gained the ability to travel through time? As shocking as it may seem, the answer is actually a little simpler than that. The cartoon crew is not in a secret society that can see the future, nor have they mastered the art of time travel.In The Simpsons Secret, learn more about:How The Simpsons are able to predict so many major eventsHow the show writers and producers come up with these ideasAnd so much more about your favorite old-school cartoon familyIf you enjoyed books like Springfield Confidential, The Simpsons Family History, Friends Forever, or The Office, you’ll love The Simpsons Secret.
Simpsonville (Images of America)
by Andrew M. StatonSimpsonville was little more than a stop on the road between Greenville and Laurens, South Carolina, when a man named Peter Simpson moved to the area in the 1840s. Simpson became the postmaster and blacksmith for the area, then known as "Plain" or "Dry Ridge," and streets and churches began to spring up, creating a town. By the time of its incorporation in 1901, Simpsonville was thriving as a small railroad town, with a textile mill drawing more to the area in 1908. Under the leadership of two particularly influential and long-standing mayors, Dr. L.L. Richardson and Ralph Hendricks, Simpsonville grew throughout the 20th century to become the hub of commerce and development that it is today.
Simulating Heterogeneous Crowds with Interactive Behaviors
by Nuria Pelechano, Jan M. Allbeck, Mubbasir Kapadia and Norman I. BadlerThis book provides a deep understanding of state-of-art methods for simulation of heterogeneous crowds in computer graphics. It will cover different aspects that are necessary to achieve plausible crowd behaviors. The book will be a review of the most recent literature in this field that can help professionals and graduate students interested in this field to get up to date with the latest contributions, and open problems for their possible future research. The chapter contributors are well known researchers and practitioners in the field and they include their latest contributions in the different topics required to achieve believable heterogeneous crowd simulation. Provides crowd simulation methodology to populate virtual environments, for video games or any kind of applications that requires believable multi-agent behavior Presents the latest contributions on crowd simulation, animation, planning, rendering and evaluation with detailed algorithms for implementation purposes Includes perspectives of both academic researchers and industrial practitioners with reference to open source solutions and commercial applications, where appropriate
Simulating the Urban Economy: Experiments with input-output techniques
by P. Smith W. I. MorrisonThis book was first published in it's current form in 1974.
Simulation and Gaming for Social Impact: 53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022, Boston, MA, USA, July 11–14, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13622)
by Casper Harteveld Steven Sutherland Giovanni Troiano Heide Lukosch Sebastiaan MeijerThis book constitutes revised selected papers from the 53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022, which took place in Boston, USA, during July 11–14, 2022.The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: education and training; resilience and sustainability; health; and social justice.
Simulation and Synthesis in Medical Imaging: 4th International Workshop, SASHIMI 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, October 13, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11827)
by Ninon Burgos Ali Gooya David SvobodaThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Simulation and Synthesis in Medical Imaging, SASHIMI 2019, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2019, in Shenzhen, China, in October 2019.The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The contributions span the following broad categories in alignment with the initial call-for-papers: methods based on generative models or adversarial learning for MRI/CT/PET/microscopy image synthesis, image super resolution, and several applications of image synthesis and simulation for data augmentation, segmentation or lesion detection.