From Library Journal
These two books cover several aspects of working with greeting cards. Sienkiewicz, author of several books on applique for quilters (Applique 12 Easy Ways!, C & T, 1991), provides instructions for handmade cards containing cloth cutouts "appliqued" to paper with fusible plastic bonding. Her projects take the form of "lessons" of increasing complexity with full-size patterns and instructions. Each lesson includes a gallery of photos of similar finished cards made by artists. The cards are in "country" style with a very professional finish, and are certain to become keepsakes. Lawrence takes a different approach to greeting cards, using them as raw material for making and decorating household items of all kinds. This book is crammed with projects, several to a page, with very small color illustrations. The quality of the material really deserves a larger format. However the instructions are good, and the book is full of ideas for dealing with those accumulations of cards that are just too nice to throw away.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
