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Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.46041
EAN: 9781584796343
ISBN: 1584796340
Label: Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2007-09-02
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
Studio: Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
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Editorial Reviews:
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More than half of the projects in this book can be completed in less than 8 hours
In an age of mass-produced, look-alike merchandise, there’s no greater pleasure than to receive—or to give—a handmade gift. To make gifts for family and friends testifies to your esteem for them and to your loving dedication of precious energy and time.
And there’s the rub. These days, few people have time to create elaborate hand-fashioned gifts. Understanding the demands on contemporary crafters’ schedules—but understanding, too, their wish to express their love and care in this very personal way—led Joelle Hoverson to write Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. Now, in the follow-up to that extremely successful 2004 volume—with nearly 80,000 copies in print—Hoverson and photographer Anna Williams present Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts.
The book—designed for use by both first-time and longtime quilters—features 30 patchwork and quilted projects organized according to the amount of time it takes to complete them: less than 2 hours, 2 to 4 hours, 4 to 8 hours, 8 to 12 hours, and 12 hours or more. The gifts are inspired by Amish, Appalachian, and Japanese quilting traditions, among others, and range from easy pillowcases and covered scrapbooks to simplified (but heirloom-worthy) log cabin and crazy quilts. Hoverson also shares an overview of her approach to color as well as the tools and techniques she used to complete the projects in the book.
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Summary: A variety of projects, but a lot of "ditch-stiching"
Comment: This book has many different projects to choose from. Many of the projects are simple quilts. These gifts are generally traditional, not very "trendy", though there are a few unique ideas. (I love the color wheel quilt and a sailboat wall hanging!)
This book does not include assembly diagrams. The instructions are pretty clear, but if you are a visual person, this may be a little difficult.
***If you are a serious quilter, and dislike "stitching-in-the-ditch", this book is probably not for you! Most of her quilted projects call for this practice. I think stitching in the ditch is sloppy, but I will use these patterns and come up with an alternative way to quilt the projects.
If you are considering other popular sewing books, here are some thoughts:
Amy Butler's In-Stitches or Lotta Jansdotter's Simple sewing are other alternatives. They offer ideas for gift projects that are are more modern. The projects are not quilted, and they are more everyday objects. You will find patterns for placemats, napkins, bedside organizers, potholders, pet pillows, various bags and totes. Both books have a project or two that are impractical, but generally good ideas.
All good books. Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts is great for a beginner who wants some simple quilt ideas but nothing too flashy.
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Summary: sewing lately
Comment: I have enjoyed reading through this book and I love the technical information provided. I would like for there to have been more quick sewing projects but overall I love the book and I am glad that I purchased it.
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Summary: Beautiful book, but instructions are not very clear.
Comment: This is a beautiful book with wonderful photography and some really great sewing projects for beginner/intermediate sewers. I really love how the book is divided up into time based sections. The only problem I had was with the instructions. A lot of them aren't very clear or are missing key points. Others need to be read several times over to be understood. I was able to work the projects I've tried so far out fine, but I feel that diagrams should've been included for each step to make things easiers to follow. Even so, I feel that this book is a good edition to any sewer's library, especially if you're good at working out projects on your own.
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Summary: Fantastic book with fabulous projects!
Comment: I ordered this book after seeing the "Color Wheel Quilt" on Purl's website and only for that one pattern. I'm so happy I did because it has tons of great projects. I highly recommend ordering the Color Wheel fabric bundle from Purl [...], which comes with all the colors you need in stunning fabrics. Gorgeous results which were much easier than I had anticipated. You will definitely need sewing experience to have positive results and will want to throughly read all instructions before beginning. Everyone is getting quilt gifts from me for Christmas based on this book. Enjoy
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Summary: Nice projects, beautiful images
Comment: It's the first time I buy a book from Joelle Hoverson and Anna Willians and I loved it. The projects are simple but elegant. A nice option to personal gift. The combination of the fabrics colors are amazing too! Worth it!
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