Ribbon Trims (Embellishment Idea Books)

Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Review: I just got this book yesterday. Stayed up late going through it. It is well laid out, easy to follow instructions, great illustrations of the steps in making the trim and color photos of the finished result are inspriational. Spiral binding is great as well. If you are looking for different ways to trim clothing or household sewing projects, get this book.

Rating:
Summary: really wonderful book
Review: since seeing some of candace kling's masterpieces in a threads' publication, i have been fascinated by what can be done with ribbons. i have a few other ribbon trim books, but they don't come near this one in terms of variety of techniques and quality of directions for ribbon trim. and its much cheaper than many other books that offer less.

there are no ribbon flowers here, which is fine with me, since ribbon flowers are well covered in many other books. this book offers smocked, gathered, folded and looped linear trims, the kind that can turn a department store hat into something unique, or make a dress stand out, or give pillows a custom-upholstered air, just to dash off a few of the possiblities.

the photographs not only give really clear pictures of the finished products (not a universal characteristic of textile books), they are very well compposed (and amusing, like the illustration that combines a handmade ribbon trim with microchips). the directions are very good, not only for the experienced crafter, but even for the person who has never picked up a needle.

some of the techniques might even work well for wrapping packages. i can just imagine the effect of christmas presents trimmed with some of the quicker types under the tree.

excellent book, excellent price.

Rating:
Summary: really wonderful book
Review: since seeing some of candace kling's masterpieces in a threads' publication, i have been fascinated by what can be done with ribbons. i have a few other ribbon trim books, but they don't come near this one in terms of variety of techniques and quality of directions for ribbon trim. and its much cheaper than many other books that offer less.

there are no ribbon flowers here, which is fine with me, since ribbon flowers are well covered in many other books. this book offers smocked, gathered, folded and looped linear trims, the kind that can turn a department store hat into something unique, or make a dress stand out, or give pillows a custom-upholstered air, just to dash off a few of the possiblities.

the photographs not only give really clear pictures of the finished products (not a universal characteristic of textile books), they are very well compposed (and amusing, like the illustration that combines a handmade ribbon trim with microchips). the directions are very good, not only for the experienced crafter, but even for the person who has never picked up a needle.

some of the techniques might even work well for wrapping packages. i can just imagine the effect of christmas presents trimmed with some of the quicker types under the tree.

excellent book, excellent price.