Felt Me a Smile: Heart-made Projects to Make and Give [Paperback]

Toyoko Sugiwaka (Author)

Book Description

Release date: March 2, 2010

Cute, quirky, huggable, & lovable animal-inspired projects for crafters of every skill level!

 These 16 simple, useful, and wonderfully whimsical animal-inspired projects are guaranteed to elicit smiles all around. They use felting, embroidery, crochet, and fabric-painting techniques  and are suitable for crafters of all levels and interests thanks to the step-by-step photographs, templates, and stitch-by-stitch instructions. Fans of today's popular Japanese crafts as well as animal-lovers everywhere, will find these ideas totally irresistible—from the twinkle-toed poodle baby booties to the adorable pair of hugging bears.

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About the Author

Toyoko Sugiwaka was born in Osaka, Japan, and studied graphic design at the Osaka College of Design. She comes from a family of craftspeople—as a small girl, Toyoko, with her sister, spent many hours learning craft techniques from her aunt, a skilled expert in crochet. In 1993 she moved to Australia as the art director for a printing company and later became a freelance graphic designer. Toyoko received training in felting techniques from internationally renowned South Australian artist, felter, and dyer India Flint, with whom she co-wrote Handmade Style: Felt.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft; Original edition (March 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307586499
• ISBN-13: 978-0307586490
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.4 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #597,036 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Pretty to look at but directions are pretty bad. December 7, 2011

By Amy

Format:Paperback

I was excited about this book and sucked in by the beautiful photography.

But the directions are seriously lacking--I am of at least average intelligence--a graphic designer who is used to teaching myself things from books--and after reading through the directions I am stumped as to how these things are made.

For example--the birdhouse on the front? How in the h*ll do you get a rounded, hollow, egg shape from that flat little template? There is obviously a floor to the egg/house structure and I don't see how a flat egg template shape will turn into that. And again, the reason that I don't understand it mostly because it is not illustrated or explained.

Even the easier needle felting projects are difficult to understand.

In any case, I recommend paging through this for inspiration but not to expect to be able to make the projects--particularly if you are a beginner (like myself).

2.0 out of 5 stars Quite disappointed March 3, 2013

By Coquikokee

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

There are only a few cute projects in the whole book. So I don't thing it is worth the money.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Handmaking gifts and keepsakes September 5, 2010

By Claudia Feher

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

That's a wonderful book with precious projects, not to mention that the book itself is a work of art.