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 A inpirational and pretty book October 31, 2008
Although being a very pretty book to browse i do no think ill make anything from it. Although a nice book for inspiration.
 Easy Gifts October 16, 2008
I was really excited and pleased to recive this book and am well impresed by the easy to do crafts on offer for christmas. This is truley a book that offers easy and harder projects that can be mixed and matched.I have enjoyed it so much will not be parting with it for many years to come.
just gorgeous October 16, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am glad I read the other reviews after I bought the book. They were a mixed bunch of reviews but the book is just superb! Yes, the style of some of the figures is similar to some of the other books, but the subtle differences in the patterns mean that accumulating all the books and their patterns provides a fantastic resource if you would like to use them as templates and do something very alternative and creative of your own styling. In addition, the ideas for mittens, scarves, poncho and apron as gifts are really lovely - sometimes its the simplest ideas that delight the most. I didn't particularly like the disembodied angel motif but I know people that would like it - so I can only deduce that there is something for everybody in this book. Don't be put off by negative comments: there is enough in this book that even just making one or two of the many items justifies the price that the booksellers on Amazon are charging, especially when compared to the price of toy patterns in dressmaking pattern books.
Modern and original October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was given this book for my birthday after buying "Sew Pretty Homestyle" for myself. I was equally pleased with both of them. I have very little experience of needlework and am quite young (24), in the past I have only been able to find new books but with really aged projects that have been around for years.
This was very refreshing. Very beautiful projects that seem simple to make and are very "now". I have just bought the equipment needed and can't wait to start the Christmas decorations particularly the little boots.
Downsides? I would say too many of those angels! And for complete beginners it might be useful to mention all the little things that are taken for granted as known, such as what stitch to use for the main work(backstitch?) rather than just "sew". However, this is a very small gripe, all other details are well covered.
Just more of the same September 6, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you don't have the earlier book, Sew Pretty Homestyle, then this is a great book to have. But the techniques used, though clever in their simplicity, are the same as those in the earlier book. The slippers, dolls, fruit, etc, are more or less identical, just in different fabrics. The Babushka dolls are new and different though and very nice. The author has made the effort to include a section on boys' bedrooms but this is a bit unrealistic: far too pretty and girly for most little boys. This is a beautiful book and worth owning for that alone, but much of the beauty comes from the use of the author's own, specially designed fabrics, wrapping papers and paper cutouts. Would the items look as good made from other (less expensive) materials? Probably not.
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