My Handmade World--Book Review

After proofreading and testing Sew Snappy  (the English version of Zo Geknipt), I was thrilled when Meteoor Books contacted me again to test and proofread My Handmade World.

I had no idea what pattern I would be sent and was super excited to be sent the cute Hedgehog Doorstop! 

It's a relatively easy sew--I would say intermediate or adventurous beginner as you need to be comfortable sewing faux leather, sewing curves, working with poly-fill, and hand sewing. 

I was pretty thrilled when I got the actual book in the mail so I could review it--it is gorgeous!

The photography is superb and the projects look like so much fun. 

Here is a picture of the Table of Contents.

There are some really cute projects that would be perfect for gift-giving! 

This is on my 'want-to-sew' list. 

Maybe I'll get to it for a baby gift...

And, because I always like to see what the inside and back of a book looks like, here is a picture of an example of instruction photos: 

And, the back cover:

It is available for pre-order from Amazon! 

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Kitchen Gifts

Friends of ours were recently married, so I thought I'd make the wedding gift.

 

 

It's a pretty basic set, and it's the first time I used Insul-brite which I bought from Stay Home Fabrics.

The other fabrics are from Canadian National Fabrics.  

They are from the Country Touch line.

 

For the apron pattern, I traced my apron and 'made' a pattern that way.

The oven mitts are a free pattern from YouCanMakeThis.com

 

A gift for myself was that my dishwasher was finally ripped out after never using it in over 7 years.

And, we put some shelving in to hide store the kids' crayons and coloring books, school books, and some other stuff.

A curtain was in order to keep things looking tidy.

 

 

Again I used some fabric from the Country Touch line.

It fits in quite good with my kitchen!