Sew Small19 Little Bags Stash Your Coins, Keys, Earbuds, Jewelry & More [Paperback]

This is fabulous glossy book with 19 projects to make.With colorful illustrations, ideas and advice on fabric, embellishments and stitching, Jennifer Heynen???s Sew Small is an ideal book to work from. Sew Small comes with a double sided pattern sheet that has all you need for each of the items.I decided to make the ???Whale coin purse??? which in itself is just the cutest thing I have ever seen.This project was fiddly in places, such as inserting the zip. Small sewists would need some help but I thing the projects are ideal for all levels of skill.There are projects for male and females, and each can be made to look more petty or as plain depending on fabric choice. There is a gorgeous Journalling wallet I am going to make and what is lovely is that the projects are perfect for gift ideas or just to make for yourself.Sew Small has missed nothing out. It is easy to follow and each project can be done in a few hours or more.You can have a place for everything when you make the bags in this book. As the subtitle says, you can ???stash your coins, keys, earbuds, jewelry and more??? in the pretty wee bags, which are not only fairly simple to make but are a great way of using up oddments left over from larger projects.All the bags in here are rather special, and many do not even look very bag-like. There is one shaped like a house, another like an ice cream cone, a ladybug, whale, flower, and even my own favorite, a log. As well as plain machine and hand sewing, you can have a go at appliqu??, patchwork and embroidery, plus enjoy working with lots of fun trims. This book is aimed at improvers and up. Anybody who knows their way around a sewing machine and has done some sewing ought to be able to make these projects. At the beginning there are instructions on how to add trims, topstitch to make appliqu?? and so a few embroidery stitches, namely running stitch, backstitch and French knots. It does help to have another embroidery book handy, however (check out the Search l£c