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    • French General: Handmade Soires

    Simple Projects for Special Occasions

    By Kaari Meng,Photographs by Jon Zabala

    9-1/2 x 8-3/4 in; 168 pp;
    80 color photographs, 20 patterns,15 color illustrations
    Hardcover
    Published in September, 2009
    ISBN 9780811868334
    ISBN10 0811868338

    SKU# 9780811868334

    1 Review(s)
    $29.95
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    With Handmade Soires, every hostess can add French charm to her next meal with family and friends. Entertaining becomes effortlessly chic with these 24 table and decorating projects from tastemaker Kaari Meng. Organza chair covers dress up a sum...

    French General: Handmade Soires

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    French General: Handmade Soires

    With Handmade Soires, every hostess can add French charm to her next meal with family and friends. Entertaining becomes effortlessly chic with these 24 table and decorating projects from tastemaker Kaari Meng. Organza chair covers dress up a summer fte; fabric wine totes and roll-out place mats make picnics practical; and all of these projects make guests feel cherished. Plus, Kaari shares the secrets of hosting, including how to set an elegant table, collect and care for vintage dishes and textiles, arrange flowers, and much more. The patterns, how-to illustrations, and step-by-step instructions ensure that beginning and seasoned crafters alike will find it trs simple to achieve polished results. With an exquisitely scalloped cloth spine and 80 dream-worthy photographs, Handmade Soires is as pretty as the projects it proffers.

     

    Kaari Meng is a world-renowned purveyor of French living and owner of French General. She sells vintage and new textiles and products in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Kaari and her husband, photographer Jon Zabala, live in Southern California.

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    ... french fabulosity ...

    10/11/11| Ina Braun
    ... if you can't be in france every day ... here's a fabulous book to inspire the french spirit and joie de vivre ... absolutely lovely ... doable projects and endlessly inspirational ... merci kari ...