Hello Sewing Friends!

I’ve been really busy planning, organizing, and making kits for my classes this year! Whew, it’s a big job but totally worth it. I want all my sewing friends to have a wonderful and creative year with me stitching great projects and having fun doing it.

Our first lessons together will be a lesson on basic hand and machine sewing. For some of my friends this will be a review but for others it will be the first time they are learning about sewing. We’ll be using 2 books to help us learn these skills and I wanted to show them to you before our first class.

For hand sewing we will be using “The Amazing Stitching Handbook for Kids” by Kristin Nicholas (C&T Publishing $16.95). Lots of pictures and some great projects which we will stitch several from the book as class projects during the coming year.

For machine sewing we will be using the Second Edition of “The Best Sewing Machine Fun for Kids” by Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith (C&T Publishing $16.95). I have used this book in my classes for the past 12 years. The new edition has been updated with newer pictures and graphics, 37 projects and activities, and a great reference book for my students to learn how to sew.

These books are on my website if you want your own copy of “The Amazing Stitching Handbook for Kids” and/or “The Best of Sewing Machine Fun for Kids” along with lots of other kid friendly Fun Stitch Studio Books. Just go to www.fascinationinfabrics.com. Click on “Shop” and scroll down to either “Children’s Sewing Books” or click the Banner “Cool Stuff for Kids”.

See you soon!

Ms Bobbi

I love books! All kinds of books but especially books about (you guessed it) sewing and the needle arts. I have a huge library in my office with books I have purchased from the time I was a teenager in high school. I love looking through the books in my library to get inspiration for upcoming classes or to answer a sewing question. They fill me with creativity and inspiration and they make me smile. I would not part with any of them but I am constantly looking for new books to fill my already stuffed shelves.

It is because of my love for books and my constant need to learn new sewing disciplines that I carry lots of books on my website. I really am a softie when purchasing books for Fascination in Fabrics and over the years I have gone a little overboard in my purchasing. I want to make way for more books so I am having a Blowout Book Sale on my site effective immediately! Check out the books available for only $6.95. These books are mostly from C&T and were originally $9.95 to $32.95. The sale is limited to stock on hand and can be purchased on a first come, first serve basis. Great values on a great selection of mostly quilting and craft books. Check my website now!

Sewing books can be full of pictures and information that can really teach you a skill if you can’t take a class. They can familiarize a sewer with terminology and techniques in a variety of disciplines and they provide a ready source of information at your fingertips. And even with the web at our 24/7 disposal there is nothing like perusing a good book while sitting on the couch and sipping a drink of choice!

The web may help you find a sewing book that you are looking for or a sewing website like mine that will give you personalized service to help you find a book if they don’t carry it.  Book stores like Barnes and Noble are always adding new books to their collections. Libraries are a good source of finding sewing books and you’d be surprised how often they add to their collections. Whatever you do, always remember that there are all kinds of resources out there for you to take advantage of when you want to learn something new. Books are a great addition to any sewers stash!

Until next time,

Bobbi