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Girls' Best Book of Knitting, Sewing, and Embroidery
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Product Description
Children are natural do-it-yourselfers, decorating their own rooms, experimenting with arts and crafts, expressing their personalities through all sorts of hands-on activities. Girls’ Best Book of Knitting, Sewing, and Embroidery encourages that creativity while teaching kids the fundamentals of three basic handicrafts. Through colorfully illustrated, step-by-step lessons and simple, engaging projects, this charming book introduces girls to the world of knitting, sewing, and embroidery in a fun and accessible format.
All three crafts are explained in clear, easy-to-understand language, accompanied by vibrant color photographs and illustrations that demonstrate the tools and techniques of each trade. The bright, adorable projects that follow—embroidered T-shirts and patches, knitted flowers and butterflies, sewn bags and hair bands—will inspire kids to try out their new skills.
Throughout the pages are special features such as perforated embroidery cards, patterns for tracing, and—best of all—a sturdy, pop-out cardboard doll, ready to be dressed in clothes made by the young designer following instructions in the book. The perfect combination of play and learning, Girls’ Best Book of Knitting, Sewing, and Embroidery is sure to make a crafter out of every creative girl.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1427684 in Books
- Published on: 2007-03-01
- Format: Bargain Price
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Spiral-bound
- 112 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
VIRGINIE DESMOULINS has written several popular craft books in French, including Tricots pour les bébés (knitting for babies) and Custom’ Tout (customizing store-bought clothing).
Customer Reviews
Wish I'd Had this When I was Little!
This is a GREAT book for children (wish they hadn't put just "girls" in the title!) to learn knitting, sewing and embroidery and has some of the best, most creative projects I've seen in a long time ... my 7 yod LOVES this book. The binding is a good solid spiral with VERY heavy cardstock for the cover, so it should stand up to some use.... the projects are great for kids 6-10 or so and very do-able and fun .... for instance, there are some practice sampler pages in the embroidery section that are printed on card stock and the child can stitch right onto that to make sure they have even stitches ... and the cards would be cute for decorating or using as greeting cards -- very clever!
everything it promised
I really love this book, and can not wait to start projects with my daughter. My expectations where met and exceeded. It is a cleverly crafted, well put together resource for learning to sew, embroider and knit. The best book I have seen of its kind so far.
Girls' Best Book of Knitting, Sewing and Embroidery
A fantastic beginner's guide to fiber arts for young girls. After several months of trying to teach my daughter hand sewing, I bought this book, which arrived in a week. As soon as she read the Sewing chapter, she ran to her room and closed her door. When she emerged, she had created a little 'outfit' for the paperboard doll (attached to the cover). This book has scored high in our home!
