Home ec for everyone : practical life skills in 118 projects / Sharon & David Bowers ; illustrations by Sophia Nicolay.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Workman Publishing, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 228 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781523512379
- 1523512377
- Home economics for everyone : practical life skills in one hundred eighteen projects
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Adult Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 640 B786 | Checked out | 05/19/2024 | 33111009807716 | |||
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Main Library | NonFiction | 640 B786 | Available | 33111010508485 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Did you remember your scissors?Discover the tremendous pleasure of learning how to do it yourself how to cook, sew, clean, and more, the way it used to be taught in Home Ec class. With illustrated step by step instructions, plus relevant charts, lists, and handy graphics, Home Ec for everyone offers a crash course in learning 118 practical life skills-everything from frosting the perfect birthday cake to fixing a zipper to whitening a dingy T-shirt to packing a suitcase (the right way). It's all made clear in plain, nontechnical language for any level of DIYer, and it comes with a guarantee: No matter how simple the task, doing it with your own two hands provides a feeling of accomplishment that no app or device will ever give you.
Includes index.
Cooking -- Sewing -- Laundry & clothing -- Domestic arts -- Life skills -- Conversion tables.
"Discover the sublime pleasure and endless rewards of being self-sufficient. In two smartly designed and straightforward encyclopedias of DIY, Home Ec for Everyone and Shop Class for Everyone (previously published together as The Useful Book), here's everything you need to know to fix it, cook it, make it, clean it, build it, and sew it yourself. Each title features dozens of essential skills, practical how-tos, and projects, each explained and illustrated with step-by-step instructions, plus relevant charts, sidebars, lists, and handy toolboxes. Home Ec covers what used to be called the domestic arts, including everything from chopping an onion to hemming a pair of pants to folding a fitted sheet to writing a great thank-you note."-- Provided by publisher.