Amazon.com Review
Experienced stitchers with new babies on their gift lists will find a wealth of classy projects in Handmade Baby Gifts. Inspired by vintage clothing, antique handiwork, and architectural details, skilled designer Teresa Layman has assembled more than two dozen lovely items that babies and their sophisticated parents will love. Adorable woolly sheep adorn a quilt, crib bumpers, mobile, and lampshade for baby's room. Wearables include hats, bibs, and booties. For playtime, there's a sock bunny doll and a bear rattle, and every bath time will be much more pleasant with the fish-appliquéd hooded towel, starfish and sailboat sponges, and terrycloth wall organizer. If you're looking to create a real heirloom, try the elaborate pleated christening gown, keepsake cross-stitch picture, or handkerchief birth record. Layman's directions are excellent, and she provides complete patterns as well. Every creation is sure to be treasured. --Amy Handy
From the Publisher
From Teresa Layman, creator of Abrams' popular how-to books Gingerbread: Things to Make and Bake and Gingerbread for All Seasons, comes an irresistible collection of original designs for distinctive baby gifts. From a simple baby cap to a christening gown that will become a family heirloom, the projects in this handsome and innovative book are suitable for all levels of ability. Enterprising crafters can use the full-size patterns and clear, step-by-step instructions to create more than 25 terrific gifts: decorations for baby's room, clothes for baby to wear, and items to amuse baby at playtime and bathtime. From an appliqud bib to a precious keepsake box, these projects are perfect for doting relatives and friends looking to indulge a special baby. 43 photographs in full color, 35 pages of actual-size patterns, 163 diagrams, 811/4 x 11" Teresa Layman, how-to author and designer of children's clothing and crafts for the Vogue and Butterick pattern companies, teaches classes in smocking and heirloom sewing, quilting, and crafts in and around her home in Connecticut. She has made many appearances on In Food Today, a television show on the Food Network. RANDY O'ROURKE is a highly regarded photographer whose credits include the pictures for Teresa Layman's previous Abrams books on gingerbread.
