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 enlarge | Author: Amy Karol
Publisher: Potter Craft
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $13.52
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Avg. Customer Rating:  73 reviews
Sales Rank: 7767
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0307347214
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.2
EAN: 9780307347213
ASIN: 0307347214
Publication Date: June 19, 2007
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Condition: All products brand new. Exactly as Shown at Amazon.com
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great projects and ideas, but some small issues... January 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have made several projects from this book (the simple tote, coasters, quilt, Heidi headband, napkins, and the Pleated Beauty). I love the ideas, they were great for me as a beginner. However, as said by others, I found some of the directions to be difficult to understand, and I believe some key steps/measurements were omitted.
Also, (and this is a big one) on two separate projects, the measurements for a specific piece of fabric in the Materials List was wrong when listed as Inches! I mistakenly bought quilt batting 144" long, when it should have been 44" long. That's a huge difference! I was disappointed at these mistakes because I still love this book!
I do recommend the book for the cute projects and ideas, though. Just be aware and read carefully before doing the projects.
It's okay January 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had high hopes when I bought this book but am a tad disappointed. The photographs are beautiful and I like the way the book is laid out. I also like the beginning section with all the sewing tips and explanations. They would be very helpful with someone new to sewing. However, I found the directions very difficult to follow and the hand drawn patterns very amateur. I have many other sewing books that have similar patterns that are much easier to understand and follow. I'll be keeping the book but I don't know if I would recommend it to others.
Inspiration for making projects all your own January 12, 2008
I would have liked the patterns to be full size and not hand-drawn. But I still find the book (and patterns) very usable. But overall I really like the book. Many good projects that allow you to interject your own interpretation and creativity.
fun ideas, hard directions to follow January 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There are some fun ideas in this book (and some silly ones too i.e. cat tuffet in a basket. seriously.). Some of them I will make (and modify), and some things I wouldn't ever make - the tea cozy being one of them. I would not suggest a beginning sewer buy this book. The projects are VERY simple, but the directions aren't very thorough. You have to have some knowledge of sewing because she leaves a lot of holes in her descriptions. Another slight problem I have - you have to photocopy and enlarge all of the patterns. It would have been nice if she had a little pocket in the book with all of the patterns at the right sizes in there. Unless you have a photocopier that enlarges stuff, then you're probably okay. It's an okay book. It does have good sewing tips.
Great book, missing a few key points January 3, 2008
Overall I love this book. I think the projects are really beautiful, and I hope mine turn out as well as the ones in this book. However, I am a new sewer and there were a couple things I was disappointed in:
1. She doesn't provide the actual fabric yardage needed for projects. This can be confusing to someone who is new to sewing
2. She also doesn't provide instructions for laying the patterns on the fabric to minimize waste.
Although her hand drawn pictures are cute, I would rather have accurately drawn pictures with measurements that show the layout for various patterns.
Overall a great book and well worth purchasing!
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