Patchwork USA

24 Projects For Your Handmade Journey

By: Heidi Staples

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Paperback | 28 May 2019

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128 Pages

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23.5 x 21.8 x 1.5

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Patchwork USA includes 24 road?trip inspired patchwork projects created just for you! Organized by projects that are designed to be completed in a day (daytrips), a couple of days (weekend getaways), or larger projects to be completed over a leisurely summer vacation, these colorful patchwork projects will inspire you to put on some favorite tunes (suggestions included!) and put your sewing pedal to the metal!

Because anticipation is sometimes the best part, experienced author Heidi Staples gets your creative engines running by first showing you a series of no-fail fabric combinations, explaining what types of fabric designs and color combinations work well for her adorable projects and why. Her tips and checklists are guaranteed to help you minimize the amount of time spent agonizing over the right fabric pull, and get stitching!

There is something for everyone and all of her smaller projects are perfect for sewing swaps, making handmade gifts for friends and family and, of course, perfect for taking along on a real road-trip or retreat too!

Daytrips: Small projects including a Bookmobile Sleeve, Road Trip Pillow, Snapshot Needlebook, Sewing Bee Pincushion and Coffee Shop Coasters.

Weekend Getaways: Bigger projects including a Patio Pillow, Beachcomber Pouch, Laundromat Coin Pouch, Kitchenette Set, Scout’s Honor Pouch and a Color Book.

Finally, Summer Vacations: Extended projects including a Big Bear Cabin Quilt, Palm Springs Bag, and three more quilts.

No matter which you decide to make first, each page is packed with perfectly pretty and undeniably useful patchwork projects with ideas for customizing each one, advice for sewing with friends, and tips for using the book to pack up and hit the road on a real getaway! There are even a few favorite roadside diner recipes from Heidi for when you need to pull over and take a break.

So whether you are sewing solo at home, with friends on a sew-day, or packing up for a real retreat, this is one roadside companion you don't want to be without!

About the Author

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.

Industry Reviews

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 *

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 *

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