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Elizabeth Taylor, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman, and Laura Dern all own her work. Now, in her much-anticipated first book, embroidery pioneer Jenny Hart brings her sublime designs to everyone. Expanding on the offerings of her Stitch-It Kit, Sublime Stitching offers all the instructions, tips, and hip patterns needed to create hundreds of stylish projects. Perfect for stitchers of all experience levels, this charmingly photographed book includes simple directions and inspiring project ideas for stitching up jeans, handbags, neckties, baby bibs, and more. Best of all are the entirely original, ready-to-use iron-on patterns bound in the back. Jenny has included all sorts of delightful designs from cheeky margaritas and maracas to classic teapots and cupcakes. These patterns are easy to remove after using, and a cinch to store in the handy pockets on the inside covers. Believe it or not, each pattern can be used up to nine times. Now that's sublime.
More Reviews and RecommendationsJenny Hart made embroidery cool before anyone dared to try. Her own embroidery works have been internationally exhibited and are included in the collections of many celebrities. Jenny lives in Austin, Texas, where she runs Sublime Stitching and is a member of the Austin Craft Mafia. She also teaches embroidery classes at Make Workshop in New York City.
Alexandra Grablewski's photographs have appeared in magazines such as Martha Stewart Living and Real Simple, in addition to several cooking and craft books. She lives in New York City.
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July 20, 2009: This is such a great book! It brought back my love of embroidery and got me started stitching again. I was also able to share it with my friend who hasn't stiched before because it has very clear easy to follow instructions for all levels. The designs are fresh and fun too!
I Also Recommend: Doodle-Stitching.
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April 09, 2008: Jenny's Hart collection of iron ons is quite disappointing. There really are not even close to 100 patterns. Instead she'll take one pattern, a dog for example, and flip it left and right and then have a few of the exact same pattern that are smaller or bigger. The kit is themed, there are patterns for fruit, babies, cars, trucks, aliens, baked goods etc... The patterns seemed a bit childish to me and crudely drawn. The owls look downright scary and the stack of pancakes look sloppy. The designs in this kit are quite plain compared to the awesome patterns you can order on her sublime stitching website. However, I have been quite pleased with her first published item, 'the stitch it kit' and have happily used those iron-ons.