Sew & Stow: 31 Fun Sewing Projects to Carry, Hold, and Organize Your Stuff, Your Home, and Yourself!

by Betty Oppenheimer

Book Overview

Indulge your passion for sewing as you clear your life of clutter. Whatever your experience and wherever the mess, you can sew up a cloth sack or organizer to fit your needs. Gardening tools, groceries, shoes, toys, jewelry, and more will find new homes in these colorful and reusable handmade alternatives to mass-produced products. With Betty Oppenheimer's easy-to-follow instructions for 31 fun and functional projects, you'll be inspired to break out your needles and create a more organized, bright, and eco-friendly home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603420274
• ISBN13: 9781603420273
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

wonderful book

Incredibly informative book. Helps to learn the basics of sewing and make really cool projects at the same time.

sew and stow

I was very pleased with my purchase. I received exactly what I thought I was purching

eedlework libraries will find this a fun addition

Sew bags, purses, totes and more with over thirty projects suitable for all skills, from beginners to neo-pro sewers. The whole idea goes beyond purses to bags to tote and store household and travel items: SEW & STOW offers the basic techniques for cutting, sewing and finishing along with pink sidebars of information and plenty of illustration. Needlework libraries will find this a fun addition.

Simple and Clever

I love this book. It is fresh and fun and has extremely well thought out plans. I am a novice seamstress so the techniques and tools section is very helpful.

Great Ideas

I really like the patterns in this book. They solve problems in a practical way. I had been wanting to make grocery totes and had an idea of what I wanted to do - Betty did it for me!