Patchwork USA: 24 Projects for the Perfect Sewing Getaway: Daytrips, Weekend Retreats and Long Summer Vacations

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Planning a sewing getaway? Heidi Staples of sewing blog Fabric Mutt presents everything needed to have a successful trip, including helpful packing and organizing tips. Each section of this fun, colorful book is organized with travel in mind, offering small, medium, and large projects to be achieved while on the perfect sewing retreat: -Daytrips: Small projects include a Bookmobile Sleeve, Road Trip Pillow, Snapshot Needlebook, Sewing Bee Pincushion, and Coffee Shop Coasters -Weekend Retreats: Bigger projects include a Patio Pillow, Beachcomber Pouch, Kitchenette Set, Scout's Honor Pouch, and a Color Book -Summer Vacations: Extended projects include a Big Bear Cabin Quilt and Palm Springs Bag Get ready to have a fabulous sewing retreat!

Heidi Staples published her first book, Sew Organized for the Busy Girl, in 2015. She is a fabric designer for Penny Rose Fabrics/Riley Blake Designs and lives in Texas hill country, where she sews, designs, and enjoys making beautiful things.

The subtitle 'Projects for your Handmade Jourrney' gives a false impression. They are not all hand sewn even the smallest items are machine sewn. The simple shapes, squares, hexagons and Half Square Triangles are small 'fussy cut' busy prints. Much attention is given to choosing the fabrics, presumably the numerous pieces are cut before the journey. The day trip projects are small pincushions and needle cases etc. The weekend section has pouches for Kindles and purses with zips. The summer vacation includes, quilts, a mini quilt 22 1/2" square, another 46" square and a third 66" square. There are some interesting ideas for small gifts. The subtitle 'Projects for your Handmade Jourrney' gives a false impression. They are not all hand sewn even the smallest items are machine sewn. The simple shapes, squares, hexagons and Half Square Triangles are small 'fussy cut' busy prints. Much attention is given to choosing the fabrics, presumably the numerous pieces are cut before the journey. The day trip projects are small pincushions and needle cases etc. The weekend section has pouches for Kindles and purses with zips. The summer vacation includes, quilts, a mini quilt 22 1/2" square, another 46" square and a third 66" square. There are some interesting ideas for small gifts. * British Patchwork & Quilting * Set in three sections Patchwork USA is a project book with something for sewists of all skill levels. The 'Day Trips' section are simple projects, Pincushions, Pillows and I absolutely loved the Postcard Kit project. All these are easy projects everyone can enjoy making and each one takes a small amount of time. The Weekend Getaways and the Summer Vacation projects take a little longer to complete and are larger... Bags, zipper pouches and even a quilt are included. What is great about this book, is the enormous wealth of sewing information given. Advice on fabric choices and cutting, colour scheme help and a handy tool kit guide are invaluable to every stitcher. I adored the Share the Journey section. It gives ideas on different ways to gift your projects and other ways that they can be used. There are a couple of recipes and a music playlist to help make your sewing 'vacation' a pleasant and fun experience. I will be using this book to enjoy a fun afternoon sewing with my God-Daughter. The projects are fun and for a crafty day of sewing and developing new skills it is just perfect. -- Tracy Shephard * Postcard Reviews *