Sewing the Seasons

Sandi Henderson

Description

23 seasonal sewing and craft projects

Sandi Henderson's readers love her look, her patterns, and her descriptions of home, family life, and holidays. Her fans respond equally enthusiastically to her anecdotes of picking cherries with her family as they do to her new fabric collections or her recipe for Creme Brulee French toast. This brand-new offering gives readers the best of what they crave from Sandi—and builds on the excitement of both her first book and her work as a fabric designer.

Sewing the Seasons is a collection of 23 sewing patterns for adult and children's wear, home decor, and accessories, all beautifully paired with the ideal season for use. From a vintage cloche to a scallop scarf, from a farmers' market tote to a poinsettia stocking, the sewing and craft projects presented here celebrate the best of nature's seasons and the holidays. In addition to gorgeous project to sew, Sandi offers up her favorite recipes for each season and beautiful photography that captures the essence of each passing season.

• Complemented with full-color photos and a beautiful interior design
• Full patterns are conveniently located online, where they can be printed as needed and will never be lost
• Sandi offers up the best of the season around her with gorgeous lifestyle photos of her and her family as they celebrate the seasons, seasonally appropriate favorite recipes, and anecdotes
• Includes low-sew/no-sew crafts that add a special sparkle to each season

Beginning to intermediate seamstresses and fans of Sandi's fabric and pattern lines will be drawn to this year-round collection of patterns, recipes, and inspiration.

Sujets

• Loisirs
• Loisirs créatifs et artistiques
• Couture et Tricot
• Sewing
• Crafts
• Hobbies

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 25 mars 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781118261538
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

Extrait

Sewing the Seasons
23 Projects to Celebrate All Year
Sandi Henderson
Copyright 2013 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Senior Editor
Roxane Cerda
Acquisitions Editor
Pam Mourouzis
Acquisitions Coordinator
Julie Hummel
Senior Project Editor
Donna Wright
Editorial Manager
Christina Stambaugh
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Interior Design
Erin Zeltner
Cover Design
Wendy Mount
Photography
Sandi Henderson,
with Brian Johnson
Illustrations
Sandi Henderson
Laura Campbell
Ronda David-Burroughs
Noah Hart
Rashell Smith
To my beautiful friends who read my blog- thank you for your support and friendship.
Acknowledgments
Thank you Dustin, Eliza, and Ethan for the support you have provided over the last year-Wow!
Thank you to Donna and Roxane, for working tirelessly on this project with me to bring it to life.
Thank you to Leisel Potter for her tireless help over the course of creating this book. I couldn t have done it without you.
And many thanks to the women who helped test the projects; your critiques were extremely helpful: Val Campbell, Cherie Case, Angela Condon, Lindsay Conner, Amorette Drexler, Lindsay LeFevre, Annabelle Gardner, Carrie Hare, Melissa Haworth, Simone Howell, Mary Jo Larson, Jennifer Latourette, the Long ladies, Tiffin Mills, Elizabeth Phillips, Kristy Smith, Garilyn Sponseller, Marcella Spruce, Katie Swindler, and Sara Wilburn.
Patterns
All of the pattern pieces you need (expect for the patterns that are cut to specific dimensions) are conveniently located online at www.wiley.com/go/sewingtheseasons . And, the embroidery designs used on the chapter opener pages are also located online. Simply navigate to the site, select the name of the project you want, and print the pattern pieces onto letter-sized paper. Overlap the printed sheets as indicated and tape or glue together. You can print each pattern as many times as you need.
For multi-sized patterns, a different patterned line represents each size. The corresponding sizes are clearly marked beside the lines. Any patterns with edges that should be placed on folds are labeled as well. When you cut out a pattern piece, make sure you cut out any notches. Also, you should transfer any marks that are shown on the pattern pieces to your fabric.
Table of Contents

Seasons Change

Spring
Rain or Shine Umbrella
Patchwork Easter Dress
Two Sizes Tie
Wind Rider Kite
Peeka Bloomers
Vintage Cloche
Petticoat Sass
Mandarin Orange Almond Salad
Cucumber, Basil, and Heirloom Tomato Salad

Summer
Ruffle Lounge Pants
Ice Cream Sundress or Top
Farmers Market Tote
Tee Pee Tent
Lunchtime Laminate Quilt
Lemonade Swing Top or Dress
Strawberry Shortcake
Berry Lemonade

Fall
Sassy and Sweet Reversible Apron
Shabby Pumpkins
Monster Trick or Treat Bag
Apple Lunch Sack
Reversible Pencil and Storage Bags
Wassail
Sour Cream Apple Pie

Winter
Quilted Scallop Scarf
Twice-as-Nice Poinsettia Stocking
Christmas Eve PJs
Velvet Gift Wrap
Easy Fingerless Gloves
Perfect Hot Chocolate
Peppermint Marshmallows
Appendix
Index
Seasons Change
I thrive on the changing of seasons. I am lucky to live in a place where we experience the full four seasons. Each season is not just a measure of time, but a tangible clock by which we share experiences that forever shape our memories. With every birthday, holiday, and anniversary, I find that my sewing projects change with the seasons as well, which is how the idea of a seasonal sewing book came to be. I love looking at a year in review, seeing everything we ve done together as a family, from planting a garden to baking cookies.
When I started planning content for this book, I knew that I had to include recipes. I am thrilled to share some of my favorites and encourage you to tweak the recipes to fit your family s likes and tastes. For my family, food is a huge part of the change of seasons. We do not eat the same thing year-round. There is such a push in our culture to make everything available at any time, which to a certain extent we have achieved through scientific means and harvests from far-away countries. Since I am a self-proclaimed foodie, I don t care to partake in availability of un-fresh food. We do not eat fresh tomatoes in January. Rather, we prefer to pull out a jar of spaghetti sauce that we prepared in August with truly fresh tomatoes. Basil doesn t touch my mouth unless I picked it myself or bought it at the farmers market. In the winter, I turn to dried herbs. The taste and nutrition of fresh ingredients cannot be forced. How would you feel if you were halfway through a quilt-enjoying the process of creating-and then completion was demanded right now! I think our food probably is the same way, and you won t have beautiful food unless you allow it to finish growing in its own good time.
When I think of the seasons, spring is always first. Bursting with new life, spring has allowed my family to witness the birth of new fawns in our Montana backyard. We have enjoyed the sights and smells of the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. We jump for joy when the tulips and daffodils start to creep up with the warming of the ground. We start clearing our yards and gardens after the slumber of winter. When Easter arrives, I sew dresses for the girls and ties for the boys. We dye eggs, eat candy, and celebrate the holiday. We plan out the garden, seeds start showing up in the stores, and when we walk outside, the smell of freshly mown grass greets us. I like to incorporate fresh cheese, warm bread, and produce from the earliest farmers market as well as my own garden into our diet throughout spring.

Summer arrives with a breath of warm air on our skin. School lets out, the pools open, and sunscreen is constantly on the counter. Our garden starts to take shape, and we gradually begin to harvest lettuce and sweet peas. There isn t a lot that I find more satisfying than eating fresh food harvested from my own garden. Summe