Memory Crafting: Beyond the Scrapbook: 130 Projects to Sew, Stitch & Craft [Paperback]

Judi Kauffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1999

Memory book enthusiasts searching for new and worthwhile ways to display memories will find more than 130 innovative projects -- from snow globes and paperweights to jewelry and pillows. Each project offers several options and simple techniques, plus many can be completed in under an hour.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Everyone has an accumulation of memorabilia--e.g., photographs, items of clothing, and children's drawings--not quite suitable for a scrapbook. Using imaginative, step-by-step projects that are easily executed, Kaufmann shows crafters how to incorporate these items into wall hangings, jewelry, or other craft items. Also included is an introduction with basic instructions for needlework techniques. This work is certain to provide new ideas for the growing legion of memory crafters.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087341795X
• ISBN-13: 978-0873417952
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,090,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for every level of expertise!, November 7, 1999

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Jack (pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memory Crafting: Beyond the Scrapbook: 130 Projects to Sew, Stitch & Craft (Paperback)

I marvel at people who can look at a shoebox, a stack of postage stamps, a roll of ribbon, a glue stick and see potential. I am not one of those people and that is why Memory Crafting is such a treasure! With this book someone as craft deficient as me can create beautiful boxes, pillows, pin cushions and even music boxes with my own two hands! Judi Kauffman offers inspiring ideas on how to individualize each project, not to mention exceptionally clear instructions, which is important for a total beginner like myself. In addition to the sheer usefulness of this book (now I won't panic when my niece and nephew visit and the rental movies run out!), I'd like to mention its incredible design. Stunning photographs show us the details that lift the projects from the level of mundane craft to homemade art, and the good-sized charts and diagrams are a welcome relief for middle-aged eyes. Buy this book for your friends, for your scout troop, for your church group. I did!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for jumpstarting stalled creativity, January 4, 2000

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Thomas J. Shea "by way of Hungry Hill" (Western Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memory Crafting: Beyond the Scrapbook: 130 Projects to Sew, Stitch & Craft (Paperback)

"Memory Crafting'' also could be listed under medical books - it's a wonderful antedote for the many of us who once regularly "made stuff'' for the joy of it, and have found that spare time rare and that drive derailed. Most every page I turned, I kept saying "I have to make THAT,'' " I have to make THAT.'' How wonderful to find a book that reawakens that great feeling. I credit the author/artist for her not only assembling a wide variety of ingenious ideas (I'm starting with the "mosaic'' occasional tables), but also suggesting a list of other ways in which each of the methods used can be applied to create totally different items.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As beautiful as it is informative and useful!, October 9, 1999

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Bruce G. Silverman (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memory Crafting: Beyond the Scrapbook: 130 Projects to Sew, Stitch & Craft (Paperback)

Many "how-to" books for crafters are informative... but not exactly something to leave on the living room coffee table. MEMORY CRAFTING is first and foremost chockablock with interesting ideas... and clear direction on how to execute these ideas at home.

But the icing on the cake is that the book itself is beautiful. Ms. Kauffman clearly set out to make her book as much a work of art as the projects outlined in it.