Strutt Christina. Romantic Home Sewing. Cottage-Style Projects to Stitch for the Home

Potter Craft, 2006. — 145 p.If you long to give your rooms a vintage air and country-cottage appeal, you will love the retro floral prints and timeless designs ofRomantic Home Sewing, the perfect guide to creating a handmade, easy elegance in your home. The book offers simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat you’ve always wanted.In this step-by-step guide, Christina Strutt, owner of the popular Cabbages & Roses fabric company, shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen and bathroom, sunroom, and bedroom — and for gift giving, as well. A skilled stylist and designer, Strutt demonstrates how to create a look that is personal and unique, but not at all labor intensive. Reusing old fabrics and accessories in new ways allows the vintage and the modern to mingle beautifully — and also saves money and time.The charming projects highlighted in this delightful illustrated book include crisp linen chair covers, a chic fabric headboard, pretty flower aprons, dreamy voile bed curtains, and soothing scented herbal pillows.Even if you’ve never sewn a stitch before,Romantic Home Sewingwill guide you through each technique for polished results.If you desire a home filled with hand-finished, personal objects, let Christina Strutt be your guide. The result will be an oasis of comfort, whimsy, and true romanticism.From the creative talent behind Britain’s beloved Cabbages & Roses vintage-style fabric company,Romantic Home Sewingincludes thirty easy-to-sew projects that will transform your home into a warm, lovely tableau of hand-crafted detail. From pillows to aprons, duvet covers to lamp shades, Romantic Home Sewing is the ultimate guide to creating the inviting, charming home you crave — all with your own two hands.Living room.
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