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Sew & Go Baby: A Collection of Practical Baby Gear Projects/With Pattern
29Mar2008 Filed under: gear clothes Author: admin
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Baby items are notoriously expensive, and some of the most practical ones (a carrier sling, for instance) can be difficult to find. So invest a little in Sew & Go Baby instead and find dozens of great ideas and step-by-step instructions for assorted gear, clothes, shower gifts and decorations–even a few things to keep older siblings involved. Much of the sewing is relatively easy, and an envelope at the back of the book contains full-size, instantly usable tissue-paper patterns. You may not even realize how much you need a quilted travel high chair, a baby-bed-in-a-bag, or a play blanket that zips up to become a toy tote until you’ve stitched them up and seen how useful they are–and then you won’t leave home without them! –Amy Handy
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03月 29th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
By A Customer
I loved this book — an absolute five stars…until I tried to use the patterns. They seem to be laid out at random over four large tissue sheets. Some pattern pieces aren’t labeled as to which project they belong to. There’s no index to the pattern pages to tell you where to find the pieces of the pattern you want, and the pieces for a single project could appear on several different pages. To cram more in on one sheet, pattern sections sometimes overlap. The overalls are one of the worst pattern examples. A single pattern piece to be cut on a fold shows cut lines for short and long versions, front and back, and four sizes. That’s 16 different pattern pieces. The intersecting and poorly labeled cut lines make it impossible to find the outlines for the version you need. Or maybe next to impossible. I haven’t given up yet. But for the simpler projects, patterns are clearer, and the ideas in the book really are great.
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03月 29th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
By A. ODonnell “Amyred” (Houston, TX (USA))
I have made so many of the fingertip towel bibs, and everyone loves them. The few who got the baby slings loved them too. I can’t seem to get past the easiest projects, but this is a complete collection of baby gear to start on when the test is positive (and the rabbit is still warm!) I will never be without a great baby shower gift again, thanks to this book.
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03月 29th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
By seiris (Vancouver, WA USA)
I am a very experienced sewer - have tackled some extremely difficult projects but have never seen such sloppy patterns and directions as those contained in this book. It took at least three times as long as it should have to make the Travel High Chair and matching bib.
I was very enthused when I saw this item and decided to make it as a shower gift for the pregnant daughter of a dear friend. I purchased all the listed materials and sat down to cut out the pattern. What a mess! The bib pattern itself is in two pieces which are to be taped together - the problem is they overlap each other so you have to trace them.
Then when I tried to put the pocket on the bib, the bib was over an inch wider than the pocket - I checked the pattern and sure enough, the bib pattern was wider than the pocket pattern. That was only the beginning. There are no indications of seam allowances, the directions instruct you to pin the bias tape around the high chair, then go on to do something else, you are never instructed to sew the bias tape on. As I got further into the high chair, I discovered that I could not finish it because I needed another item that I had to go back to the fabric store for because it was not included in the materials list. I could go on and on but my advice is to find some other book - the instructions for sewing and assembling the projects are so poorly written, it is a complete waste of money and time unless you are happy making just the very simple items.
I will say that the Travel High Chair is a very clever idea and everyone I have shown it to thought it was terrific. I was able to overcome the lack of adequate directions and mistakes and create a very nice gift but I will not go thru the frustration of trying to make anything else from this book. I tried to locate the author but I couldn’t even locate a web page to see if she had posted corrections to her directions. I know this person has written a lot of other books and I have to say I would never buy another of her publications.