Homemade cheese : recipes for 50 cheeses from artisan cheesemakers

Making cheese at home is one of the joys of a self-sufficient lifestyle, along with gardening, canning, and raising chickens. Author Janet Hurst is a twenty-year-veteran home cheesemaker, who shows you how to easily craft your own cheddar, feta, chèvre, mozzarella, and 50 more cheeses. Included are profiles of 20 artisan cheesemakers—from Cypress Grove, Vermont Butter and Cheese, Shelburne Farms, Does Leap, Pure Luck, and more—and their favorite recipes. Fleece is soft, warm, easy to work with, and simple to sew-requiring no lining or edge-finishing. Even brand-new sewers can make the perfect gift in a weekend, or less! New in paperback, this book provides easy step-by-step instruction to make a range of cuddly fleece creatures to keep or give away-in a variety of colors, textures, and patterns. Each of the 20 animals is featured in a full-size photograph, along with a variation in one or more colors or sizes. There are easy-to-follow line drawings and step-by-step text instruction for construction and assembly of each one. Linda, the author, adds her own creative touches to each of the simple shapes-decorative trims, bright appliques, and quick, secure closures. Full-size tissue patterns and templates are included for each of the projects. Fleece fabric is easy to find, and the selection of colors, patterns, and textures is increasing in stores like Jo-Ann and Michaels and in traditional fabric outlets

Fleece is soft, warm, easy to work with, and simple to sew-requiring no lining or edge-finishing. Even brand-new sewers can make the perfect gift in a weekend, or less! New in paperback, this book provides easy step-by-step instruction to make a range of cuddly fleece creatures to keep or give away-in a variety of colors, textures, and patterns. From Simon Snake and Peter Panda to Hanna Horse and Cindy Centipede, each of the 20 animals is featured in a full-size photograph, along with a variation in one or more colors or sizes. There are easy-to-follow line drawings and step-by-step text instruction for construction and assembly of each one. Linda Carr adds her own creative touches to each of the simple shapes-decorative trims, bright appliques, and quick, secure closures. Full patterns and templates are included for each of the projects on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Follow easy step-by-step instructions to make a range of cuddly fleece creatures to keep or give away. A link to the patterns and templates is included in the book. Fleece is soft, warm, easy to work with, and simple to sew-requiring no lining or edge-finishing. Even brand-new sewers can make the perfect gift in a weekend, or less! From Simon Snake and Peter Panda to Hanna Horse and Cindy Centipede, each of the 20 animals is featured in a full-size photograph, along with a variation in one or more colors or sizes. There are easy-to-follow line drawings and step-by-step text instruction for construction and assembly of each one. Linda adds her own creative touches to each of the simple shapes-decorative trims, bright appliques, and quick, secure closures. Making cheese at home is one of the joys of a self-sufficient lifestyle, along with gardening, canning, and raising chickens. Author Janet Hurst is a twenty-year-veteran home cheesemaker, who shows you how to easily craft your own cheddar, feta, chevre, mozzarella, and 50 more cheeses. Included are profiles of 20 artisan cheesemakers—from Cypress Grove, Vermont Butter and Cheese, Shelburne Farms, Does Leap, Pure Luck, and more—and their favorite recipes. "Expert advice from experienced cheesemakers includes easy and basic recipes for butter, yogurt, mozzarella, and chèvre as well as adanced, step-by-step, how-to advice on the use of molds and aging your cheeses--from cheddar and brie to feta, blue cheese, and more artisanal cheeses. And there are directions for crafting cheese with cow's, goat's, or sheep's milk."--P. [4] of cover. "Expert advice from experienced cheesemakers includes easy and basic recipes for butter, yogurt, mozzarella, and chèvre as well as adanced, step-by-step, how-to advice on the use of molds and aging your cheeses--from cheddar and brie to feta, blue cheese, and more artisanal cheeses. And there are directions for crafting cheese with cow's, goat's, or sheep's milk."--Page 4 of cover These cuddly critters are perfect projects for first-time sewers. They're terrific projects for kids to sew too. The step-by-step instructions and illustrations are easy to follow, and each of the 20 animals has a full-size digital pattern (PDF) that appears on the enclosed CD-ROM. The patterns are designed to be printed on 11x17" paper Making cheese at home is one of the joys of a self-sufficient lifestyle. This book will show you how to easily craft your own cheddar, feta, mozzarella, and more Understanding cheese -- Milk: the cheesemaker's palette -- Culture and rennet -- Molds, molds, and molds -- Aging cheese -- Appreciation and education.