Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching

By Simon J. Ortiz

Book Overview

More than just a pair of days, a weekend is also a state of mind--a feeling of relaxation and freedom to immerse ourselves fully in a favorite activity. In Weekend Sewing, designer Heather Ross presents creative projects for clothing, accessories, and home items that can be made in a weekend or less. Some, like the Quick Garden Gloves and Ruby's Bloomers, take a few hours; others, like the Weekend-Away Travel Bag and Trapeze Sundress, require a day or two--but all of them capture that weekend feeling. And because weekends are often the most fun when they're social, Ross features ideas that encourage us to share our stitching and our time, such as a recipe for soup to simmer while sewing, then serve to guests later in the day, and tips for transporting a sewing machine to a friend's house for an afternoon of social stitching. The sewing instructions are beautifully illustrated, and patterns for the projects are included on pullout sheets.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584796758
• ISBN13: 9781584796756
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

no patterns included

this book may have been great if the patterns were included and without them it is USELESS

Projects I Might Actually Make!

I was pleasantly surprised by this one! It’s got some cool projects and I like the way it’s formatted.

happily surprised

I am so happy to have found this wonderful book. My 7 year daughter loves to sew and I was on the search for a book that would give us patterns to sew together. This book is delicious! We both sat and fingered through the beautful photos, read some fun personal stories generously provided by the author and started our first project, a trapeze dress. So fun, fast and pretty!!! Heather Ross makes you feel comfortable and...

Perfect!

I had not touched my sewing machine for 10 years until this book inspired me to put my foot back on the pedal. Illustrations are beautiful and informative. Projects are fun, practical, and easy to follow!

I did my homework

Before purchasing this darling little book, I read all the reviews and found a few common themes - the book is beautiful, the projects are smart and creative, and there are bugs in some of the patterns. After reading the 20+ reviews, I realized that all the fuss stemmed from a grand total of 6 of the 40 patterns... not a lot, but enough to make me keep digging before buying. I then followed the trail of the more helpful reviews...