Modern Vintage Gifts: Over 20 pretty and nostalgic projects to sew and give

Description

Sew a little love and give the gift of handmade! The long-awaited follow-up to Helen Philipps' bestsellers Simple Sewn Gifts and Pretty Patchwork Gifts, Modern Vintage Gifts is a bright modern collection of over 20 patchwork and sewn projects, designed to make you smile and have fun with fabric. Helen Philipps' trademark style and skill with design is translated into a stunning collection of highly 'giftable' projects for home accessories, toys and gifts. The projects are all simple enough for beginners yet desirable enough for more experienced sewers, exploring a wide range of sewing techniques including patchwork, quilting, paper piecing, applique, colour play, embroidery and embellishment. Projects include small quilts, dolls, bags, pillows, hearts, puppies, flowers, stars, angels and more all in a gorgeous coordinating colour palette, with charming hand-drawn illustrations and exquisite styled photography.|Modern Vintage Gifts is a bright collection of over 20 patchwork and sewn projects from popular designer Helen Philipps. Projects include small quilts, dolls, bags, pillows, hearts, puppies, flowers, stars and angels, and explore techniques including patchwork, quilting, paper piecing, applique, embroidery and embellishment.

Helen Philipps studied printed textiles and embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University and then taught drawing and design before becoming a freelance designer. After working in the greetings card industry, Helen's love of needlecraft led her to create original designs for stitching magazines and books. Her work features regularly in many stitch and craft magazines and she also writes a popular craft blog, which has had over a million views. http://helenphilipps.blogspot.co.uk/

"As quilters we understand the investment of time that goes into any handmade gift, so it's a really positive thing that many of these projects can be made in an afternoon or so." --McCall's Quilting