This post took about 18 months to write. Although you still won’t be able to get the book in your hands until the spring, you can now pre-order my book 1,2,3 Sew from Chronicle Books. I’m pretty excited, but it certainly won’t feel real until I walk into a bookstore and see the thing sitting there on a shelf. So I thought I’d share it with you today in case you want to order something for yourself today, forget all about it, then have a surprise come in the mail sometime in April. You certainly don’t have time to learn to sew now so give yourself a few months to mentally prepare.
The book is designed for beginning and intermediate sewers, with 33 useful projects that will help you build on your skills. Projects are organized in groups of three, each building on the techniques from the previous project so that you can learn as you go. For example, in one chapter you’ll make pouches; first a simple fold-over felt pouch, then a zippered coin bag, then finally a lined cosmetic case with a few added features. The book follows the theme that practice makes perfect, which I have certainly found to be true for both sewing and life in general. And of course, you don’t need to sew the projects in order. I assume that those of you with more experience will just want to skip right to your favorite projects. That works too.
I wanted the book to be user-friendly in both content and design. And believe me, I drove the talented folks at Chronicle nuts about the design and layout of the book. My editor deserves a medal for her patience. But I’m so happy with the way it turned out and I hope that you’ll like it too. The photos for the book were taken by my wonderful friend and photographer Laura Malek.
Anyway, I’m sure you’ll be hearing lots more about this in the coming months.
