Sew What You Love: The Easiest, Prettiest Projects Ever [Paperback]

Tanya Whelan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2011

30 surprisingly simple—yet delightfully charming—sewing projects
 
Grand Revival designer Tanya Whelan’s vintage modern aesthetic has made her fabrics and sewing patterns some of the most admired by sewers and quilters everywhere. In her first book, she presents a stylish collection of 30 easy-to-make sewing projects that are achievable by sewers of every skill level. Ranging from a pretty pleated clutch to a flirty French-inspired day dress and super-cute soft baby toys to a mistake-proof design-as-you-go quilt, each project comes with step-by-step instructions and illustrations, inspiring photographs, and helpful tips. These projects and patterns for children, adults, and the home are guaranteed to work well and produce a beautiful end result. Included are 3 pattern sheets enclosed in a handy pocket, providing everything you need to start stitching something you are sure to love.
 
With Tanya’s passion for sewing featured on every page, you’ll soon discover just how gratifying sewing can be. 
 

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About the Author

Designer Tanya Whelan is well known for her fresh, vintage modern style. Her bestselling fabrics and sewing patterns are distributed around the world by Free Spirit Fabrics, a subsidiary of Coats and Clark. Her home wares collection is available throughout the country. She currently lives in Belgium with her husband and three children. Visit Tanya at www.grandrevivaldesign.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft; Spi edition (December 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307586731
• ISBN-13: 978-0307586735
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and simple projects!, December 28, 2011

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This review is from: Sew What You Love: The Easiest, Prettiest Projects Ever (Paperback)

Sew What You Love has a wonderful, romantic feel to it and is just a beautifully made book. I've sewn my whole life and the patterns often came with confusing or complex instructions that I had a hard time deciphering. I really appreciated the clear wording and illustrations in Sew What You Love, all of which made perfect sense and enabled me to easily understand them.

The main thing that I noticed about Sew What You Love is that all of the sewing creations look like they came from a high end shop, rather than being "homemade". Tanya's fresh and gorgeous fabrics from her own line at Grand Revival Design certainly helped with that, but also the clean lines and beautiful style of each of the projects made them into something that anyone would be proud to wear or have in their home.

Sew What You Love has four chapters of lovely suggestions: Handmade Handbags, Sewing for Little Ones, Home Style, and Personal Style. All of the creations are quite simple and even beginners could accomplish them. It also comes with full size patterns in a rose covered pouch in the back of the book, so you can get started sewing right away! I just loved the delightful Ruffled Skirt for little ones and the La Dolce Vita Peasant blouse for teens, in addition to pincushions, apron, quilts, purses, baby toys and more.

Sew What You Love really made me motivated to get out my sewing machine with all of its simple, yet beautiful ideas. I know I'll be using it for many years to come!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not enough variety, January 13, 2012

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The author does a fantastic job outlining projects in this book. The instructions are very clear and the patterns included are fantastic. I really loved the bags and sewing for yourself sections of this book. I gave it three stars because I felt that a large portion of this book was devoted to clothing for little girls and baby toys. Those of us with older children end up with a lot of projects that will never be attempted. Great for someone with a baby or toddler girl, those of us with boys are kinda left out though.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Easy Project Book!, January 8, 2012

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This review is from: Sew What You Love: The Easiest, Prettiest Projects Ever (Paperback)

I really love this book. Beautiful photography, easy to understand directions and listing of all the supplies you will need. Lovely author, you can tell through the book that she enjoys sharing her projects and wants the reader to get as much enjoyment out of it as she does.
I am not a great sewer but feel that all the projects are with in my ablity and some will push me to become better.