Wabi-Sabi Sewing: 20 sewing patterns for perfectly imperfect projects

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! Wanting to move in a new direction, creatively, I came upon Karen's book. It was the inspiration I needed! The projects are fun and beautiful! Instructions are very understandable, too! I made a couple of the handtowels and brought them, along with the book to my quilt group, and 3 women loved the project and ordered the book! Since then we've been exchanging stash fabrics and ordering linen together! In sharing my creative inspiration with Karen's book, I was able to inspire others - what a gift!

THe pictures were colorful and the ideas were fresh.

Bought the book for one of the quilt patterns.Lots of other projects to get the creative juices flowing too.

I bought this because I loved the look of the quilt on the cover. I enjoy crumb quilting, using up my stash, and the freeing feeling that comes from a scrappy, wabi sabi approach to sewing. If that appeals to you or if you're looking for something that might help you regain your sewing/creative mojo and, perhaps, help you see your stash differently, this would be a good addition to your quilting, sewing, creatively-focused resources.

I haven't made anything from this book yet but it has great ideas. It probably seems silly but I am going to make some blankets for my cats!

And this is one of my favorites. Gets me out of precision quilting and let’s me just flow and get creative. Mistakes? Incorporation. Use them. This book has re inspired me. Love it. Not the same usual quilt drivel. Exactly what I needed.

Wabi-Sabi Sewing by Karen Lewis is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late July.These are designs for stitched works with their own names/title, rather than an indication on what they are or can be used for (most turn out to be pillows, coasters, runners, totes, scarves, potholders, purses, clutches, towels, blankets, jean mending, and aprons). The instructions are fairly minimalist and show stitch diagrams and photography that makes the finished projects pop in soft relief.

I needed new inspiration for a quilt and the cover of this book grabbed me. I’ve already got 10 blocks made.

Este libro me encanta, sobre todo por el énfasis que pone en las imperfecciones como algo válido e incluso bello. Aún no coso ninguno de los proyectos que incluye, pero tengo varios en mente.

I love this book, the patterns are awesome, I just want to make them all. I first bought the kindle edition and once I read it online, knew that I wanted the hardcover copy to add to my quilting library.

Me ha encantado el libro, está bien explicado

Wunderbares Nähbuch. Die Lieferung kam schnell und die ersten Projekte sind schon geplant.

Not only is this book lovely to look at, but its clean layout makes it straightforward to follow. I wanted to get some ideas on visible mending and immediately used the ideas on patching jeans decoratively.I primarily machine sew but in the evening I'll hand sew in front of the tv, so I surprised myself by making the English Paper Pieced cushion. The author demystifies what had previously been a seemingly over-complicated patchwork method, I think she takes it back to first principles, without the need for expensive templates and lots of fiddly cutting. I loved quilting it by hand with sashiko thread.To say I've had this book only a few weeks and have already done two projects from it should give you an idea of its practicality and enjoyability. It hasn't even made it on to the bookshelf yet, so isn't sitting with many other lovely to look at books that I've never used. Heartily recommended this book.