Scrap Happy Sewing: 18 Easy Sewing Projects for DIY Gifts and Toys from Fabric Remnants

by Kim Kruzich

Overview

Use leftover fabrics to create amazing crafts—bags, bibs, quilts, toys, and much more!
 
Kim Kruzich—a.k.a. Retro Mama—showcases her unique style and skill with color in this contemporary collection of eighteen simple sewing projects all designed to be made from leftover fabrics.
 
These adorable handmade projects combine sewing, patchwork, applique, and embroidery and include bags, cushions and pillows, quilts, baby bibs, soft toys, organizers, bookends, and mats, all using Kim’s charming motifs of owls, dolls, birds, clouds, fruits, bears, and more. Her trademark easy-to-follow visual instructions and full-size templates make these projects super accessible and achievable, so even beginners will be sewing gifts and toys in no time with a minimum of outlay on materials.
 
In addition, gorgeous full-color photography will inspire you to get sewing, use up your stash, and brighten up your home—Retro Mama style!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781446369425
Publisher:	David & Charles
Publication date:	01/07/2020
Series:	Retro Mama
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

Kim Kruzich is a sewing pattern designer and blogger under the moniker Retro Mama. She has published 15 patterns, as well as several other free patterns on her blog and as a guest blogger. She has provided finished samples of her patterns for Blend Fabrics at several Quilt Markets, and her shop and/or patterns have appeared in magazines including Make It Yourself, Mollie Makes, and Crafts Beautiful. She contributed to the book Zakka Style, published by Stash Books. This is her first solo book. She lives in Indiana, USA. retro-mama.blogspot.com

Editorial Reviews

"The book's design has some lovely touches that make it fun to look at. The pages that divide the chapters are collages of pretty fabric scraps. Fabric scraps are used as decorative elements on the materials lists for each project. The sidebars are outlined in circles that look like wrapped thread. I love these little decorative elements." —While She Naps

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