Welcome to the Fanciful Stitches Blog Tour Book Review
and
GIVEAWAY!
1- You want this book because it's a fun read.Laura Wasilowski's wit and personality shine through in her writing as well as her whimsical artwork. Instead of a dry academic tome from CSOF's dean, I found myself chuckling at titles such as "Couching Thread/ Hidden Needle." It's not all fluff though. When Laura talks about creating a stitch plan she mentions design elements and principles in a lighthearted and easily understood way. She explains what a focal point is and helps you see where you might want to add pattern, texture with your stitches.
2- The instructions are clear and well illustrated.
If you are a newcomer to fused quilts or to embroidery, have no fear. Laura walks you through each step with photos and explanations. In fact - when it comes to showing you how to make the actual embroidery stitches, the pictures do ALL the talking. Illustrations of each step of the stitch are paired with Laura's wonderful artwork so that you can see the stitches in action.
3- Patterns, Patterns, Patterns!
Each of the wonderful and whimsical quiltlets that illustrate Laura's stitches is fully laid out in with pattern and instructions so you can make your own little neighborhood of stitched wonderfun!
Now for the fun part
Leave a comment here telling me what you love about hand work. Personally, I love it's portability, it's improvisational nature (I don't plan ahead much) and spending so much time touching pretty things. On Friday I'll pick a winner from all the comments left on THIS POST. Make sure you leave a way for me to get in touch with you. Oh - and (I'm really sorry about this) this is sadly only for North American residents at the publisher's request.
Make sure to visit each of the other blogs on the tour and leave a comment on their specific tour date. That's a lot of chances to win!
April 19 - Annie Smith http://simplearts.com/blogs/
April 24 - Jane Moxey http://moxeymusings.blogspot.com/
April 26 - Judy Coates Perez http://judyperez.blogspot.com/
April 29 - Jane LaFazio http://janeville.blogspot.com/
May 3 - Frieda Anderson http://friestyle.blogspot.com/
May 4 - Connecting Threads http://quiltwithus.connectingthreads.com/
