Wabi-Sabi Sewing: 20 sewing patterns for perfectly imperfect projects Kindle Edition

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! Wanting to move in a new direction, creatively, I came upon Karen's book. It was the inspiration I needed! The projects are fun and beautiful! Instructions are very understandable, too! I made a couple of the handtowels and brought them, along with the book to my quilt group, and 3 women loved the project and ordered the book! Since then we've been exchanging stash fabrics and ordering linen together! In sharing my creative inspiration with Karen's book, I was able to inspire others - what a gift!

Many creative ideas. Plan to sew several of them up.

Awesome book. Great ideas

Bought the book for one of the quilt patterns.Lots of other projects to get the creative juices flowing too.

I haven't made anything from this book yet but it has great ideas. It probably seems silly but I am going to make some blankets for my cats!

I think this book is a bit of bait and switch. It is only a quilt craft book, and not even a particularly good one. There is nothing Japanese about it. Rather it is an explanation of how expert quilter Karen Lewis uses up odd bits of spare fabric by making items that look nice without being formal and uniform. Calling it Wabi-Sabi is just being fancy.The projects for aprons, potholders, cushions, and the like are nothing special and can be seen anywhere. I found the instructions, especially the drawings, too meager for a beginner.I receive a review copy of "Wabi-Sabi Sewing: 20 Sewing Patterns for Perfectly Imperfect Projects" by Karen Lewis (F+W Media) through NetGalley.com.

I love this book, it gives me permission to not be perfect - and believe you me - if you are a serious patch worker/quilter there is no such state but perfect.This is a book that makes it fun to sew, makes it fun to make do and makes it fun to learn. There are not a lot of project in the book, but all are different from quilt, to pot holders, aprons. a lovely picnic cloth and my favourite - mended jeans in the boro style.The best thing I like about this book is that you can see and feel the effort and love that goes into these handmade items - the fact that they weren't just stuff brought off the shelve, but time and effort was taken, imagination was used, combined with a make do attitude to create some very lovely and simple articles for the home.Great book for a beginner too

I really like this perfectly imperfect approach to sewing. The author explains this approach as embracing natural imperfections; such as using treasured, mismatched scraps, hand stitching and visible mending. It makes me think of a scrap quilt that has now been passed down three generations in my family. My great grandmother pieced scraps of old clothing in various rectangular shapes into a giant collage of memories. The projects in this book are inspiring in the same way; my favorites include an infinity scarf made from stash fabrics (Informal Mixer), a tutorial for mending clothing (Well Worn) and a scrap fabric drawstring bag (Creating Calm). There are also a lot of patterns for pretty quilts (my skills aren’t quite there yet) and a great section at the end on technique. I highly recommend this book.I was given an advance reader copy of this book via netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Not only is this book lovely to look at, but its clean layout makes it straightforward to follow. I wanted to get some ideas on visible mending and immediately used the ideas on patching jeans decoratively.I primarily machine sew but in the evening I'll hand sew in front of the tv, so I surprised myself by making the English Paper Pieced cushion. The author demystifies what had previously been a seemingly over-complicated patchwork method, I think she takes it back to first principles, without the need for expensive templates and lots of fiddly cutting. I loved quilting it by hand with sashiko thread.To say I've had this book only a few weeks and have already done two projects from it should give you an idea of its practicality and enjoyability. It hasn't even made it on to the bookshelf yet, so isn't sitting with many other lovely to look at books that I've never used. Heartily recommended this book.

Although a casual approach to sewing is found here, there are projects for all skill levels. Beginners will find encouraging approaches, while more experienced stitchers will meet projects that could be completed reasonably quickly. Lovely, practical ideas for the home and family heirloom pieces too. Gift opportunities suggested too.

I like the idea of this book Life is not perfect so these pattern ideas suit me

Great book that quite basic but good ideas inside

I love this book. It is inspiring and I love looking through for ideas. I will be busy making! Perfect for lockdown.