Sew Sunny Homestyle [Paperback]

Tone Finnanger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 27, 2009

Sew Sunny Homestyle features a beautiful collection of over 50 delightful projects that blend timeless seaside charm with effortless country elegance. Choose from a stunning variety of home and personal accessories, including chic handbags and espadrilles, pretty cushions, throws and cuddly soft toys. Easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous color photography and delightful illustrations accompany each project, plus techniques such as appliqué and free embroidery enable you to create beautiful items that will bring a little sunshine into your home.

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About the Author

Tone Finnanger has a distinctive style that is popular with crafters of all ages and abilities. Her former titles with D&C include Sew Pretty Homestyle, Sew pretty Christmas Homestyle and Crafting Christmas gifts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles (August 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715333402
• ISBN-13: 978-0715333402
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars nothing new, September 22, 2009

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This review is from: Sew Sunny Homestyle (Paperback)

Tone has done another very visually appealing book. She represents the quintessential Scandinavian style in a way that is hard to rival. This is now her 5th. book and they got better with every book she published.
I am giving it only 3 stars, because after 4 previous books there is nothing new -she is still doing the same projects over and over again- with a bit of a new twist. But I claim to have enough imagination to change her ideas a little to make them new and my own. Every book has dolls, and they essentially are the same in their pattern just with different dresses. One book has a flying pig, the next a flying cow and so on. Her stuffed animals also are done in the same style. In one book her birds hang on the Christmas tree, in the new book she put them on a stick... I did some research and it seems she does entire stationary collections that match her own fabric collections that are available for sale in Europe. That's why in her Sew Pretty Christmas Style book she uses the same fabric as in Sew Pretty Home Style, just in red on white instead of white on red. These are a few examples. She more or less advertises her own products in her last three books. In a very beautiful way.
If you do not own any of her books yet you should buy this book. If you already own her other books my advise would be to order it in the store to be able to look at the projects first and make up your mind if you need it for the projects offered. I was looking for new ideas and was disappointed not to find them in this book.
I hope my review will help.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely, August 3, 2009

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Staci (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sew Sunny Homestyle (Paperback)

This is my favorite of the 3 Tone Finnanger books I have. There are so many different projects inside such as bags, baskets, angels, a sewing kit, slippers, pillows, loads of plush creatures (even a plush sandcastle and shell), I could go on and on. The photography is beautiful and inspiring and the project instructions even have images of the steps in case you get stuck on something. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that loves sewing/crafting.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Lovely Book, October 27, 2009

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Diana Young "Diana" (Warrnambool, Vic, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sew Sunny Homestyle (Paperback)

I found this one to be the best of her series, so if you don't own any of her books, I would choose this one above the others. However, there are only a few really 'new' things, others are alterations or slightly different versions of previous patterns published. I haven't made anything yet, so don't know if the previous problems with confusing instructions are also in this book. They seem to have been translated by a person with little or no knowledge of sewing or crafts - so read the instructions carefully and think them through thoroughly before commencing a project.