Little One-Yard Wonders: Irresistible Clothes, Toys, and Accessories You Can Make for Babies and Kids

(Spiral bound)

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Little One-Yard Wonders features 101 inventive projects that can be completed in just a few hours and are sure to delight the little one in your life. Step-by-step illustrated instructions, close-up photographs, and pattern pieces make it easy to create adorable items with just one yard of fun, patterned fabric. Whether you re furnishing your nursery, making new clothes for a growing child, or creating a unique gift for a baby shower, this collection has the perfect project for you.

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December 2014

Little One Yard Wonders manages to fit in an incredible 101 fabulous projects to make for the children in your life, whether they are your own, grandchildren. nieces or nephews or those of good friends. The book is spiral bound which means it sits open easily on the page you want and for the projects which require them, there are six pattern sheets included. From clothing to toys to accessories to home items there really is something for everyone and as the projects are all relatively small, they fit in very well to a tight schedule and budget. Measuring instructions are included as well as guides for fabrics basic techniques and equipment must-haves. The projects are creative an versatile and whether you want to dress your children in home-made clothes or entertain them with unique toys everything you need is in this book.

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Patricia Hoskins is the co-owner of Crafty Planet, a retail fabric and needlework store and craft workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has designed several of the patterns used in Crafty Planet classes. She enjoys knitting, crocheting, spinning, sewing, quilting, embroidery, and cross-stitching and is a graduate of American University, the University of Oregon, and the University of Missouri-Columbia Library Science program. She is the author of How to Make Slipcovers and is a co-author of One-Yard Wonders, Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders, and Little One-Yard Wonders. Rebecca Yaker began sewing at age five. After eight years of designing apparel for two of America s largest retailers, Rebecca started her own design business, creating one-of-a-kind baby and adult apparel and accessory items in her Minneapolis design studio. She knits by hand and machine, sews, crochets, weaves, dabbles in reupholstery, consults on design, and most recently is passionately learning to become a cordwainer (a leather shoe maker). She is the co-author of One-Yard Wonders, Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders, and Little One-Yard Wonders. Learn more about her at www.rebeccayaker.com.