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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled Christmas Crafting in No Time about Marks, amp, Spencer with the genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Crafts & Hobbies? End with the sentence ' Clare's other books include Papercrafting in No Time,Scandinavian Needlecraft, Find It, Make It, and The Perfect Handmade Bag, all available from CICO Books.'.
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conversations.value: Since childhood, the author has loved making beautiful handcrafted objects. She studied graphic design and went on to work in packaging for a number of high street stores, including Marks &amp; Spencer and House of Fraser. Clare has since worked in illustration and book jacket design before deciding to turn her attentions to craft full time. Clare's other books include Papercrafting in No Time,Scandinavian Needlecraft, Find It, Make It, and The Perfect Handmade Bag, all available from CICO Books.
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conversations.value: What is the first five paragraphs for this book?
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conversations.value: Christmas Crafting in No Time
  There is no better time to get creative than at Christmas. Trimming the tree, decking the hall, setting the Christmas dinner table—all present wonderful opportunities to get crafty and create a sparkling, warm, and welcoming festive home.
  There is something magical about the festive season. Unpacking the decorations evokes memories of Christmases past and stirs all the feelings of wonder and excitement that we felt as children. It is a time to take a break from our hectic lifestyles and enjoy the simpler things in life, like spending time with our friends and family.
  Making decorations together is all part of that special time. Children love to be involved with the preparations, whether transforming the home into a winter wonderland or helping out in the kitchen in the days leading up to Christmas. You'll find several projects in the following pages that you can sit and make together, and many that will be loved and treasured as gifts for them to discover under the tree or spilling from hand-stitched stockings.
  It is thoroughly enjoyable spending time making gorgeous gifts for loved ones. Gift wrap, greetings cards, sumptuous and stylish table settings with individual place names and handmade crackers, are all personal touches that your friends and family will really appreciate, too, and you will have the immense satisfaction of having created something stunningly beautiful with your own hands.
  So get the children involved, put on some Christmas music, get stuck in, and create a truly individual and totally gorgeous homemade Christmas!
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conversations.value: Add another sentence about Christmas, created, dragged, festooned, created.
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conversations.value: Christmas Crafting in No Time
  There is no better time to get creative than at Christmas. Trimming the tree, decking the hall, setting the Christmas dinner table—all present wonderful opportunities to get crafty and create a sparkling, warm, and welcoming festive home. 
  There is something magical about the festive season. Unpacking the decorations evokes memories of Christmases past and stirs all the feelings of wonder and excitement that we felt as children. It is a time to take a break from our hectic lifestyles and enjoy the simpler things in life, like spending time with our friends and family. 
  Making decorations together is all part of that special time. One of my family's prettiest trees was created in a Christmas away from home, with a tree made from twigs and leaves dragged from the woods and festooned with homemade decorations created from paper, twigs, and ribbons. Children love to be involved with the preparations, whether transforming the home into a winter wonderland or helping out in the kitchen in the days leading up to Christmas. You'll find several projects in the following pages that you can sit and make together, and many that will be loved and treasured as gifts for them to discover under the tree or spilling from hand-stitched stockings. 
  It is thoroughly enjoyable spending time making gorgeous gifts for loved ones. Gift wrap, greetings cards, sumptuous and stylish table settings with individual place names and handmade crackers, are all personal touches that your friends and family will really appreciate, too, and you will have the immense satisfaction of having created something stunningly beautiful with your own hands. 
  So get the children involved, put on some Christmas music, get stuck in, and create a truly individual and totally gorgeous homemade Christmas!
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conversations.value: What is five more paragraphs? End with the sentence ' You may be lucky enough to know someone with a quince tree in their garden, who would be happy for you to transform their fruit into something delectable in return for a jar of jelly.'.
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conversations.value: I love using layers of tissue paper in my designs. The overlapping colors make wonderful abstract shapes in rich and vibrant shades. You can follow the template or experiment with your own shapes. Don't worry about getting the tissue down in exactly the right position—you get beautiful and varied results if you position the tissue shapes in different ways.
  There is a real homespun charm about edible things hung on the Christmas tree. Decorated with white icing and edible silver balls, these little ginger cookies are very pretty in a simple and elegant way. They're best eaten with a couple of days—that's if they last even that long!
  Ginger and mixed spices are traditional Christmas flavors; however, you can easily adapt this recipe to make cookies in different flavors. For lemon cookies, add the grated zest of a lemon in place of the ground ginger. Or you could add a handful of chocolate chips or chopped nuts to the mixture instead.
  Cupcakes are lovely at any time of year, but these sparkly Christmas creations are very special. Using the same idea, you could make different toppers—little cut-out bells or stars would work well. It is best to keep the shape simple, as complicated shapes may be difficult to cut out. I have sprinkled some edible silver stars on my cupcakes for some extra festive glamour, but you could also use edible silver balls.
  Quinces are a bit of a forgotten fruit. Inedible in their raw state, they are totally transformed when cooked into beautiful jewel-like amber and red preserves. They are highly aromatic, and a bowlful in your kitchen will give off a wonderful honeyed scent. You may be lucky enough to know someone with a quince tree in their garden, who would be happy for you to transform their fruit into something delectable in return for a jar of jelly.
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conversations.value: What is the last three paragraphs?
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conversations.value: This stitch can be used to close openings and to appliqué one piece of fabric to another. Work from right to left. Slide the needle between two pieces of fabric, and come up on the edge of the top fabric. Pick up one or two threads on the base fabric and bring the needle up a short distance along, on the edge of the top fabric. Pull through and repeat to the end.
  Knot the end of the thread and bring the needle out at the edge of the fabric. Take the needle back through the fabric a short distance in from the edge and loop the thread under the needle. Pull the needle through. Make another stitch to the right, looping the thread under the needle. Continue to work along the fabric, securing with a few small stitches on the underside to finish.
  Wrap yarn 25–30 times around your fingers. Slip the yarn from your fingers, tie a longer piece of yarn around the middle of the wound yarn, and secure with a tight knot. Snip the loops on both sides and trim to the required diameter. Fluff up the fibers and keep snipping to form a neat ball.