Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes: 8 Great Designs-Unlimited Possibilities [Paperback]

Linda Johansen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

8 basic box designs and 13 projects offer unlimited creative options. Finalist in the USA Book News Best Book Awards.

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About the Author

Linda Johansen is an award-winning quilt artist and teacher. She has uncovered a whole new "dimension" with her fused, 3-D fabric bowl and box creations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing; 1st edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571202854
• ISBN-13: 978-1571202857
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #474,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

When Linda was seven years old, her mother sat her down at a treadle sewing machine and taught her how to sew. By the time she was in junior high school, she was making all her own clothes. She loves to stretch her creativity with every innovative fabric technique she can find, from dyeing, painting, and stamping, to making bowls and boxes. And as of this writing, she has created over 200 bowls! Linda teaches workshops on beginning, traditional, and contemporary quiltmaking; color and design; dyeing and stamping. Of course, her very popular classes on making fabric bowls and fabric boxes are always filled. Under the company name Johansen Dyeworks, Linda hand-dyes fabric, specializing in color gradations and variegated, one-of-a-kind pieces. This fabric, along with commissioned art quilts and fabric bowls and boxes, are sold through several shops around the Northwest. Although her two sons have grown up and left the nest, Linda still has the company of two border collie mix dogs. She and her husband live in Corvallis, Oregon. Visit Linda's web site at www.lindajohansen.com

Customer Reviews

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71 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps not the best place to begin, January 8, 2005

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AlaskaCrafter (Fairbanks, Alaska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes: 8 Great Designs-Unlimited Possibilities (Paperback)

I waited weeks for this book to be available and was very energized to make fabric boxes--thought this would be my Christmas present for everyone. But perhaps one needs the experience of making fabric bowls first because I was not successful.

One has to navigate through a lot of narrative to establish a shopping list. I had many false starts because the book is not clear enough on the specific products one MUST use. In many cases the photos do not match the adjacent narrative and at times photos show processes that are not described at all. Oh, I wish I had the same experience as the the positive reviewer. Unfortunately, after investing 6 hours, plus hours of shopping time, I still do not have a completed quality product. I am not a beginner sewer or crafter and yet, find this book does not stand alone to instruct someone new to this type of project.

62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars vague & confusing, February 6, 2005

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Renaissance Gal (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes: 8 Great Designs-Unlimited Possibilities (Paperback)

As a sewer with 30 years of experience I was able to figure out the instructions in spite of those in the book. A beginner would have great difficulty. Side bars thruought state "EASY", "FAST", "FUN"... none of which I experienced. The chinese take-out box I made is very nice, but having to zig-zag stitch around the edge of the box 2 or 3 times proved VERY tedious. After you've made one, they are relatively easy, but not FAST and certainly not FUN.

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun to give!, February 23, 2005

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lssnlan "lssnlan" (Boone, IA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes: 8 Great Designs-Unlimited Possibilities (Paperback)

I really like making these boxes. The book is very poorly organized. You have to jump between so many pages to find your instructions, but once you know how the book is, it helps. All the instructions are there but confusing to find. It sure could of been better organized. I want instructions for each project with each project. But in spite of this, I like making these boxes to give away...people really enjoy them!