Nancy Cornwell's Polar Magic: New Adventures With Fleece (Paperback)

by Nancy Cornwell (Author)
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Product Description
Join award-winning author Nancy Cornwell on another exciting and educational sewing adventure with fleece—one of today’s hottest fabrics.

Cornwell guides readers in using traditional sewing techniques that are applied in untraditional ways to make functional and fashionable items. Sewers of all skill levels will love the versatility and new twist put on fleece with the step-by-step instructions for 15 projects such as quilts, pillows, a jacket, vests and much more. Also includes 15 different templates for stitch patterns used to embellish garments. Readers are kept up-to-date with the latest ideas, notions, fabrics and techniques such as chenille, trapunto, stamping and embossing.

A special addition to this book is a chapter on combining the thrill of an embroidery machine with the popularity of fleece, marrying two of today’s most popular sewing interests.

-Cornwell is the award-winning and best-selling author of Adventures with Polarfleece and More Polarfleece Adventures

-Fleeces featured in the book are readily available, allowing sewers to exactly duplicate the projects

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873492560
• ISBN-13: 978-0873492560
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #695,076 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just another pretty Fleece..., October 22, 2001

By	"dcdes" (Aiea, HI USA) - See all my reviews

Polar Magic, third in the Polarfleece series by Nancy Cornwell, is a not only a great source of ideas, but also is a wealth of information for handling this tricky material.

The first two chapters condense her first book (for those of us who haven't yet bought it) into the bare minimums of successful sewing with fleece. They cover special requirements for stitch lengths, tension, foot pressures, stabilizing, and helpful or necessary notions. These are covered in more detail in "Adventures in Polarfleece," her first book. Okay, I've seen it and borrowed it at the library several times, just haven't bought it yet.

After that, there are ideas and techniques galore! From creating your own matching ribbing (which I thought was a great idea), to trapunto, to reverse and double applique. This fabric is actually becoming fun to work with. After struggling with stretched wavy hems, bulky seams, and ending up with plain, unembellished robes (blanket stitched edges don't count), I've been inspired to sculpt, brand, and fringe to create more interesting effects on my Hawaiian style winterwear.

This book is a welcome addition to my collection. It looks like I will have to order the first one as well. Back to the shopping cart.......

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enticing, January 5, 2009

By	Karen Tiede (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sewing fleece doesn't really fit into my plans, but after checking this book out from the library, I almost wish it did. LOTS of suggestions for embellishing basic fleece garments that are much more refined than I expected when I first picked up the book.

I don't own any of her books, but should my life take me to a climate where fleece-wear was needed outside of December and January, I just might have to get them.