Retro Mama Scrap Happy Sewing : 18 Easy Sewing Projects for DIY Gifts and Toys from Fabric Remnants

Retro Mama Scrap Happy Sewing : 18 Easy Sewing Projects for DIY Gifts and Toys from Fabric Remnants
ISBN: 9781446305218
Publication Date: 24 April 2015

Cute and clever stash-busting sewing projects from the Retro Mama! Super-talented designer Kim Kruzich - aka Retro Mama - showcases her unique style and skill with colour in this contemporary collection of simple sewing projects made from scrap fabrics. The 18 adorable handmade projects in Retro Mama Scrap Happy Sewing combine sewing, patchwork, applique and embroidery and are all brilliantly designed to use up leftover fabrics... Genius!

With over 10,000 happy customers in her Etsy pattern store, Kim's trademark easy-to-follow visual instructions and full-size templates make these projects super accessible and achievable, meaning even beginners will be sewing gifts and toys in next to no time, with the minimum of outlay on materials.

In the book you will find designs for bags, cushions and pillows, quilts, baby bibs, soft toys, organizers, bookends, hotpads, mats and more, all using Kim's charming motifs including owls, dolls, birds, clouds, fruit and bears. Gorgeous full-colour photography will inspire you to get sewing to use up your stash and brighten up your home Retro Mama style!

About the Author

Kim Kruzich is a sewing pattern designer and blogger under the moniker Retro Mama. She has published 15 patterns, as well as several other free patterns on her blog and as a guest blogger. She has provided finished samples of her patterns for Blend Fabrics at several Quilt Markets, and her shop and/or patterns have appeared in magazines including Make It Yourself, Mollie Makes and Crafts Beautiful. She contributed to the book Zakka Style, published by Stash Books. This is her first solo book. She lives in Indiana, USA.