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“Amanda Blake Soule makes me want to run to my sewing basket and pull out needle and thread.”—Barbara Mahany, Chicago Tribune
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For many of us, our home is the center of our life. It is the place where our families meet and mingle, where we share our meals and share our dreams. So much more than just a space to live, our homes offer us a place of comfort, nourishment, and love for us and for our children.
In Handmade Home, Amanda Blake Soule, author of The Creative Family and the blog SouleMama.com, offers simple sewing and craft projects for the home that reflect the needs, activities, and personalities of today’s families. As Amanda writes in the introduction, “As a crafter, I’m always looking for the next thing I want to make. As a mama, I’m always looking for the next thing we need—to do, to have, to use—as a family. The coming together of these parts is where the heart of Handmade Home lies.”
Filled with thirty-three projects made by reusing and repurposing materials, all of the items here offer a practical use in the home. From picnic blankets made out of repurposed bed sheets to curtains made out of vintage handkerchiefs, these projects express the sense of making something new out of something old as a way to live a more financially pared-down and simple life; lessen our impact on the earth; connect to the past and preserve a more traditional way of life; and place value on the work of the hands. Also included are projects that children can help with, allowing them to make their own special contribution to the family home.
More than just a collection of projects for handmade items, this book offers the tools to create a life—and home—full of beauty, integrity, and joy.
Projects include:
• Papa’s Healing Cozy: This hot water bottle cover becomes a simple way to offer comfort to a sick child
• Baby Sling: A simple pattern for an object that offers so much to a small child—refuge from the world and a place to lay their head next to a parent’s heart
• Beach Blanket To-Go: Repurpose old sheets to create the perfect picnic blanket for special outdoor meals
• Cozy Wall Pockets: A creative solution for storing a child’s small treasures
In Handmade Home, Amanda Blake Soule, author of The Creative Family and the blog SouleMama.com, offers simple sewing and craft projects for the home that reflect the needs, activities, and personalities of today’s families. As Amanda writes in the introduction, “As a crafter, I’m always looking for the next thing I want to make. As a mama, I’m always looking for the next thing we need—to do, to have, to use—as a family. The coming together of these parts is where the heart of Handmade Home lies.”
Filled with thirty-three projects made by reusing and repurposing materials, all of the items here offer a practical use in the home. From picnic blankets made out of repurposed bed sheets to curtains made out of vintage handkerchiefs, these projects express the sense of making something new out of something old as a way to live a more financially pared-down and simple life; lessen our impact on the earth; connect to the past and preserve a more traditional way of life; and place value on the work of the hands. Also included are projects that children can help with, allowing them to make their own special contribution to the family home.
More than just a collection of projects for handmade items, this book offers the tools to create a life—and home—full of beauty, integrity, and joy.
Projects include:
• Papa’s Healing Cozy: This hot water bottle cover becomes a simple way to offer comfort to a sick child
• Baby Sling: A simple pattern for an object that offers so much to a small child—refuge from the world and a place to lay their head next to a parent’s heart
• Beach Blanket To-Go: Repurpose old sheets to create the perfect picnic blanket for special outdoor meals
• Cozy Wall Pockets: A creative solution for storing a child’s small treasures
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than The Creative Family and that's Saying A lot!,
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This review is from: Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures (Paperback)
Handmade Home really couldn't have come out at a better time given the recession and everything. This book, Amanda's second, is going to appeal to a wider range of people because it isn't a "parenting" book. It's just as family-centred, but her projects will inspire everyone from older children, to teens, to college students working at making their parent's castoffs their own, to indy crafters, and well everyone trying to escape the big box retailers idea of "decor".Amanda encourages using thrifted and repurposed materials, so you won't feel left out if you can't afford or find (as is often the case in small communities) the current vogue in fabric prints or fibres. Really fabulous! If you aren't into enlarging pattern pieces, visit the book's website and you can print out full size pattern pieces from there.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Offers more than just projects - Offers inspiration.,
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This review is from: Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures (Paperback)
I really enjoyed looking through Handmade Home when I brought it home from the library, and I quickly found 4 or 5 projects that I'd like to complete for my own home. I especially loved the wall hanging with pockets made from an old wool blanket, and the children's hats made from old sweaters. The baby girl dress made from a flowered pillow case is adorable--I do have a similar looking flowered pillowcase in my closet, but too bad I don't have a baby girl!True, the instructions are not highly detailed, and there are little or no illustrations to explain the process. But if you come to this book looking for very detailed instructions, you are missing the point. I believe these projects are intended as a jumping off point--they are intended to inspire. After looking through the projects, and seeing how Amanda has taken old towels, pillowcases, sheets, blankets, and doilies and turned them into such amazing creations, I am full of ideas for similar projects I can make myself. When I look at my linen closet now, I don't think "Hmmm, I'll never use that old sheet again," but instead "Hmmm, what could I make from that?" In these days of financial hardship for so many, we could all benefit from learning to reuse old materials in our homes rather than always going to the store and buying something new. Our grandmothers did it, and we can do it too, if we have a little creativity. I highly recommend this book, not so much for the projects themselves, as for the inspiration they offer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book!,
This review is from: Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures (Paperback)
This is an excellent book! There are so many projects. I can't wait to make all of them. So far, I've made two picnic blankets as wedding gifts. They were a big hit. I've also made the potholders. I love using vintage fabric, old sheets or fabric that would otherwise be thrown out. Next, I will be making tote bags out of old tablecloths. I hope Amanada Soule comes out with another project book soon, because I will be first in line to buy it.
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