Pretty Birds: 18 Simple Projects to Sew and Love

by Virginia Lindsay

Overview

Create colorful peacocks, cheerful canaries, and adorable penguins with these simple, beautiful projects to sew and love. With pattern templates included and step-by-step instructions, you can creatively put together pretty bird crafts for your friends, and even more for yourself! The birds you create are not just unique and cute decorations but also little critters than can double as plushies, pillows, and more. Before you know it you'll have dozens of unique birds decorating your home. Pretty Birds is a must-have for avid bird lovers and crafters alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762456444
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	03/03/2015
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	16 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

US-based pattern-designer and sewer Virginia Lindsay is the creator of Gingercake Patterns and the author of the blog Gingercake. A sewing addict with a passion for fabrics, Virginia creates and sells her own patterns for a whole range of items, from cute plushies and pillows to bags and notebook slipcovers. She lives with her husband and three kids in Freeport, PA.

Editorial Reviews

01/19/2015
A flock of sweet birds will soon roost at home of the sewist who picks up this small but pleasing book by Lindsay, who blogs as Gingercake, a name many sewing enthusiasts will recognize. She presents 18 stuffed birds, from owl to swan, sewn in a patchwork style that takes advantage of the scraps of fabric most crafters save. Accompanied by lots of sketches and photographs, the designs have a pleasing, homespun quality, such as a small blue Fairy Wren and terry cloth–tummied Penguin. Lindsay provides two functional variations for each bird to show how, for example, the robin can become a potpourri sachet or the kookaburra a car air-freshener. The book allows for hand or machine sewing and assumes basic knowledge of how to download, cut out, and use patterns, as well as how to employ basic embroidery stitches. Though nothing seems very difficult—the “simple” of the title is accurate—this isn’t for novice sewists. Those who’d like to create a sweet flying friend or fashion a unique gift will enjoy this book very much. Full-color photographs. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

“A flock of sweet birds will soon roost at home of the sewist who picks up this small but pleasing book by Lindsay, who blogs as Gingercake, a name many sewing enthusiasts will recognize.”
–Publishers Weekly

“Profusely illustrated throughout, each project features informative commentaries and complete 'sewer friendly' step-by-step instructions. Enjoyable, fun and entertaining, "Pretty Birds" is very highly recommended for personal and community library Needlecraft instructional guide collections.”
–Midwest Book Review

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