Product Description

This is a beautiful collection of over 50 delightful projects that blend timeless seaside charm with effortless country elegance. Choose from a stunning variety of home and personal accessories, including chic handbags and espadrilles, pretty cushions, throws and loveable, cuddly soft toys. Easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous colour photographs and delightful illustrations accompany each project. Try an array of sewing techniques such as applique and free embroidery, and create beautiful accessories that will bring a little sunshine into your home all year round.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6270 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Review
A gorgeous collection of achievable patterns. --Crafts Beautiful (Magazine)

Complete with plenty of interiors inspiration and gorgeous photography, if you're in love with shabby-chic style then you'll adore this book. --Sew Magazine

About the Author
Tone Finnanger has a distinctive style that is popular with crafters of all ages and abilities. Her titles for D&C include Crafting Springtime Gifts (D&C, February 2006), Crafting Christmas Gifts (D&C, September 2006), Sew Pretty Homestyle (D&C, September 2007) and Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle (D&C August 2008). She lives in Norway.

Customer Reviews

Yes it's very pretty but....
I agree with the other reviews that this book is beautiful to look at, and I am sure that I shall spend many hours leafing through the lovely pictures.

The cover and pages have a matt effect unlike all of the preceeding books and this certainly adds to it's visual charm.

I totally agree that the angels have been done to death in Tone's publications.

My gripe is that this feels like a poor sequel to 'Sew Pretty Homestyle' which I feel contains more practical items, which would not cost an arm and a leg to reproduce.

There are instructions for a beach bag and beach blanket which if made from the fabrics shown would be quite expensive. I appreciate that alternative fabrics can be used but the items are so pretty when made with Tilda materials I find it very difficult to match the 'prettiness' without the expense.

I guess that this is all down to personal taste and I am glad to have the book, I simply am not sure how many stuffed seashells, forest animals, angelic cows and angels will fit into my home.

Disappointed
I have other Tone Finnanger publications and find this one a bit on the uninteresting side,maybe because it has things in it which are very similar to Sew Pretty Homestyle which in my opinion is a much better publication and yes I agree with the other comments that the Angels have been done to death now. I do not like the matt pages and prefer the previous slightly glossy finish which looks nicer. To be honest I cannot see me making anything from this book.

Sew Sunny Homestyle
I LOVE IT! One of the best books yet with loads of lovely projects for the home. I will definitely make most of these. The angels are lovely especially the bathing angels. As usual another excellent book. Can't wait to see what comes next!!! I made one of the little birdhouses as soon as I recieved the book and just love it. I know my sisters will want some as soon as they see it. Some brilliant gift ideas. I plan to make the beach houses next , but fill them with lentils to use as a doorstop in the garden room!