::A BOOK REVIEW::

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I hope everyone is having a wonderful day wherever you are.  A big shout out to anyone living out in the midwest.  Hear they are having some awful storms out that way.  Y'all stay safe.

If you have never sewed before or have minimal experience and would love to learn more.  Than Deborah Moebes book is for you.  Sorry, the pick is not clickable.  It is the only pic I could find of the cover from Amazon.

This is the best well done begining sewer book I have ever seen hands down.  She covers everything from the basics of sewing to why we should prewash our fabric before we sew.  Each of the projects in the book is photographed every step of the way with welll written clear directions.  Ladies, this is a first for me to see in a sewig book with this many projects in it.  She starts with very small beginning projects and has you work up to harder things like sewing zippers, etc.

This is a must have for your sewing library if you don't already own it.  I am planning on buying the book next week.  I have also contacted Deborah in hopes of her possibly giving a signed copy away here on my blog.  So, hopefully that will pan out.  So keep your eyes peeled for that. 

Additionally, I have been chatting with someone from CSN and I will definitley be doing a giveaway here.  Just not sure when.  Hopefully soon though as it sure would come in handy to a lucky winner for Christmas gifts, wouldn't it?

I am working on a tutorial to share with you all.  It is of  a sewing/quilty nature. 

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Book Review...

Sewing in no time by Emma Hardy is another one of those wonderful books to have in your home sewing library. It's chock full of a variety of projects. Something for every room in the house as well as outside too.

The directions are well written and the step-by-step pictures to go with them are done in the same style as the Romantic Home Sewing book I did a review on a while back.

This gal shows a new way...well, a new way to me on how to put a zipper in a throw pillow. It looks so stinking easy, that I am going to attempt to make them for my family room sofa. I just need to find some nice fabric first. I already have my Joann's coupon. There is also a very cool picnic quilt/blanket to make as well. I was very excited to see this as it very much resembles the ones that SouleMama made last summer. There is even a project in there on how to make those cute fabric liners for the baskets we all love that Pottery Barn and so many other stores sell. There are 59 projects in this book and I have only talked about a few I would like to do. If you are a beginner sewer and you can do a straight stitch then I think you would enjoy this book. After doing a few of the easier ones, you will feel confident to do more.

Happy Sewing!

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Book Reviews and a wish list

This new book by Heather Ross is out. While I was at Joann fabrics I had the pleasure of looking through it. I like to be able to look through sewing books before I buy them. I am a very visual learner and I like to make sure there are good written directions and lots of diagrams and or patterns. Heather has good directions and diagrams that were hand drawn by her. There are even paper patterns as well. Since I was reading through this in the store, I couldn't open up the patterns to see them. Lots of blogs have been doing giveaways of this book and I haven't won one so far. So, it will have to go on my wish list for Mom's day or my birthday.

Click the link below to see some of the great projects in the book. My fave is the ole wrap around skirt. That is Heather on the front of the book wearing a wrap around skirt made from the pattern in the book. She also has directions and a pattern for an everyday bag in there. Love it! Great size for when I am traveling or antiquing and I love the style of it. Maybe it's because their is some binding involved. Love that. When you click the link on the very last page there is a collage of some of the patterns in the book and that bag is one of them.

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I actually have this book and have made a couple of things from it. Amy Karol is the wonderful writer of Bend the Rules Sewing. It's like having your best friend sitting next to you sewing. She gives great directions as well as patterns in the back of her book as well. She also has a nice section on the basics of sewing. So, this a great book for a beginning sewer. Like the Weekend Sewing book, Amy provides patterns of all kinds. Not just patterns to decorate with , but there are patterns for baby, kitchen related items, etc. It's been out for a while, but if you don't have it in your sewing library, it's a keeper.

Romantic Home Sewing by Christina Strutt I mostly love for the beautiful photography and the yummy fabrics. Although, I have to admit , the patterns and directions in this book are wonderful. Once I get through my stash, I plan to make several of the home dec patterns. She has taken the mystery out of making bed skirts, rolled pillows and even aprons for me. I have this book as well and it's also a keeper to have in your sewing library.

So, here is my wish list of sewing books:

Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross

Sew What! bags by Lexia Barnes

Seams to Me by Anna Maria Horner

Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing

Will be busy today, so hope to post pics of more sewing to gift before I send them out in the mail.

Enjoy your day and have a great weekend.

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