Internationally celebrated designer Lotta Jansdotter collects 24 of her most popular sewing patterns into one irresistible collection. Our innovative packaging makes for easy usereusable pattern sheets are neatly tucked into a folder inside this full-color, lay-flat spiral bound book. Lotta has included patterns for handy tote bags, smart aprons, chic bed linens, and much more. Each project is paired with step-by-step instructions, charming photographs, inspiring design ideas, and helpful, hand-drawn how-to illustrationseverything you need to make whimsical pieces for the home and beyond. Best of all, there's nothing complicated about the projects. Never has simplicity looked so sophisticated.
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Scandinavian-born Lotta Jansdotter is a self-taught designer. She works from her studio in Brooklyn, New York, where she sells her products and designs online and to hundreds of stores worldwide.
Meiko Arquillos is a photographer based in San Francisco who grew up in Tokyo.
Meiko Arquillos is a photographer based in San Francisco who grew up in Tokyo.
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94 of 97 people found the following review helpful
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I like many of the items in this book. Lotta has a wonderful eye for design in fabrics and the projects chosen. The problem I have with it is that there are few instructional diagrams. It seems a mistake for a book designed for a beginner to rely on the reader to figure out where everything is going. If you're the type of person that can visualize 3D from written instructions, you'll do fine. However, if you're the type who needs someone to show you how to do something, I'd skip this book.
101 of 106 people found the following review helpful
By Cikk
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I would have given it three or even four as it's very cute, but the instructions are a bit too BRIEF..... I can't see how it's marketed as simple, when I was baffled - and I am in no means a beginning sewer. I've been sewing for 30 years, made my own wedding dress, coats, jackets etc.-.... I love these project books though - when they're good! I bought this book mainly for the inspiration and partly for the hat pattern - I love hats. The brim doesn't fit the crown, and the crown doesn't fit the top. It is impossible to fit them together. Whether the crown is turned with the slightly wider circumference towards the brim or the other way. Furthermore, the whole thing is enormous. Something is very wrong with this pattern, and it ruins the whole book for me. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
Edited to add - there are huge amounts of people out there who have had problems with this hat, as I found out after doing a search on the net. And I am REALLY unimpressed with the author - I wrote to her website early August and a very sweet assistant told me she couldn't help but perhaps I would find a flickr group that could - they couldn't - and that Lotta would issue corrections or contact me after she came back from her holidays - she hasn't!
Edited to add - there are huge amounts of people out there who have had problems with this hat, as I found out after doing a search on the net. And I am REALLY unimpressed with the author - I wrote to her website early August and a very sweet assistant told me she couldn't help but perhaps I would find a flickr group that could - they couldn't - and that Lotta would issue corrections or contact me after she came back from her holidays - she hasn't!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By K. Lloyd
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a relative beginner sewer and started with Simple Sewing with a French Twist: An Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes and Home Accessories with Style - made the shoe bags and found the instructions concise. I bought the Lotta book because of the doorstop pattern but found the end product was HUGE and required alot more than 5# of beans! Naturally, I thought I'd made a mistake but this project had paper patterns so I did not mis-calculate the size.
Another project was a, at first glance, very simple bag - it did work out in the end but after realizing that many details were missing in the directions.
Overall, not enough great projects to warrant the struggle involved in figuring out how to put them together!
Another project was a, at first glance, very simple bag - it did work out in the end but after realizing that many details were missing in the directions.
Overall, not enough great projects to warrant the struggle involved in figuring out how to put them together!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
good
I made three of the projects and they all turned out perfect. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to make a gift. As for me I just have a need to sew.
Published 2 months ago by Lynn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cute and simple!
I love this book! I have enjoyed the style as well as the patterns the book has. It is very easy to use and inspiring. Great for a new sewer.
Published 6 months ago by ClareV
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nice designs, weak instructions and illustrations
There seems to be a real disconnect between the minimal elegance of Lotte's design work and the sloppy, inconsistent illustration style and undetailed instructions. Read more
Published 12 months ago by sewer
2.0 out of 5 stars
Missing very important steps
I don't know if some of this book got lost in translation, but the directions are very difficult to understand and the pictures only provide more confusion for an unexperienced... Read more
Published 19 months ago by kathamafrin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy Fast Projects
This is a fun book for ideas on quick and useful everyday items. There are projects for beginner to intermediate sewers and most can be done in a day or less depending on your... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Kelley Burress
4.0 out of 5 stars
fantastic!
Overall easy read, with clear explanations. The patterns are simple to follow as well as, inspiring! Looking forward to trying other Lotta books.
Published 20 months ago by sanna
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple Sewing
A fun and creative book with lots of simple sewing project ideas. I am getting back into sewing as a beginner and find this book right up my alley for projects. Read more
Published 21 months ago by C. M. Meyer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Simple Patterns for Your Home
There is a nice collection of simple, yet useful, patterns in this book. Great for a beginner trying to make nice things for their home. Read more
Published on March 19, 2011 by Kaitlyn Ockey
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite simple for me but beautiful
I'm a beginning sewer so some of these seemed a bit advanced but they were still beautiful and I can't wait to make them.
Published on May 20, 2010 by Veronica
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for the beginning sewer
I love Lotta's fabric designs and her use of color. The patterns in this book are very simple and most are easy to understand. Read more
Published on April 1, 2010 by A. Sell
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