| Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle: Over 35 Irresistible Projects to Fall in Love with | 
 enlarge | Author: Tone Finnanger
Publisher: David & Charles PLC
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 9973
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 11.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0715329618
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780715329610
ASIN: 0715329618
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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 Modern and original October 11, 2008
I was given this book for my birthday after buying "Sew Pretty Homestyle" for myself. I was equally pleased with both of them. I have very little experience of needlework and am quite young (24), in the past I have only been able to find new books but with really aged projects that have been around for years.
This was very refreshing. Very beautiful projects that seem simple to make and are very "now". I have just bought the equipment needed and can't wait to start the Christmas decorations particularly the little boots.
Downsides? I would say too many of those angels! And for complete beginners it might be useful to mention all the little things that are taken for granted as known, such as what stitch to use for the main work(backstitch?) rather than just "sew". However, this is a very small gripe, all other details are well covered.
 Just more of the same September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you don't have the earlier book, Sew Pretty Homestyle, then this is a great book to have. But the techniques used, though clever in their simplicity, are the same as those in the earlier book. The slippers, dolls, fruit, etc, are more or less identical, just in different fabrics. The Babushka dolls are new and different though and very nice. The author has made the effort to include a section on boys' bedrooms but this is a bit unrealistic: far too pretty and girly for most little boys. This is a beautiful book and worth owning for that alone, but much of the beauty comes from the use of the author's own, specially designed fabrics, wrapping papers and paper cutouts. Would the items look as good made from other (less expensive) materials? Probably not.
Love it, love it, love it - every time I open it! September 4, 2008
I adore the ideas in this book. Every time I open it, I get excited thinking about Christmas! As a bit of a novice, I've found the book to be very thorough, with explanations of how to complete the projects. The pictures are utterly gorgeous, and I find some of the more quirky ideas really inspiring! Can't wait to get started!!
Beautiful book September 3, 2008
Everything about this book is beautiful and the patterns and pictures are wonderful to make from and be inspired by. I really like the fact that a few were gifts ideas rather than just decorations and I loved some of the quirky ideas (flying pig and geese patterns) as these would be easily adapted for other times of the year and not just Christmas which means you will get more use from it.
Not as good as the others in the series August 31, 2008
Unfortunately, I did not find this book as exciting as the others in the series and agree with the first review.
I think I would have prefered more trational christmas items with a twist, rather than the seemingly randon project themes (christmas shoe/boot and flying pig to name two). However, it is redeemed by other projects - the naive bird for the tree, bags & I love the hat!
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