Tuesday, December 09, 2008

girls' best book

A friend gave me this book the other day. I love it. If it weren't for the fact that I've already purchased something for my 10-year-old niece (here's a hint), she'd certainly be getting a copy of it for Christmas. (Never fear; her birthday is quickly approaching.)


The cover is printed on a very thick cardboard with a diecut doll that pops out. At first I wasn't sure what to make of this, since it seemed like removing the doll would destroy the cover. But as it turns out, the doll snugly returns to her little home for safekeeping. So it's a perfect solution for a book cover/toy.


And I love that the doll has a back side, too. Cute, yes?



The book gives great instructions, projects, and patterns for all manner of crafting, from embroidery to knitting to sewing. It's brilliant. It even has cardboard templates for making pompoms, which is something I did a lot of when I was ten.


Tsia is a little young for it, but that hasn't stopped us from enjoying it. She's been doing her own creative interpretation on the embroidery cards.

I suspect we'll be using this book for a long time. Tsia spent Sunday afternoon selecting fabric scraps from the bin at the studio so we can make clothing for the doll following the patterns in the back of the book. Tsia will be stitching these herself on the sewing machine, with a little assistance from me.

8 comments:

  1. LOVE that book! I bought it for my daughter but truly wanted it for myself!

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  2. I love it and can't wait to get this for myself to share with my little girls one day. Thanks for all your great ideas.

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  3. What a great book - looking forward to when my daughter is old enough so we can work on projects like this.

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  4. It looks like a great book! Do you think it's too young for a 14 year old that is very interested in sewing and eventually design?

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  5. That is such a fabulous book! I have never seen anything like it. I'm 40 and I love it! I think both my nieces - ages 5 and 12 - would like it. Thanks for the great gift idea.

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  6. Yay, this is a perfect gift for a girl I couldn't decide on what to get so thanks!!!

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  7. Johanna, I think it would absolutely be appropriate for a 14-year-old. Even if she already does some knitting, sewing or embroidery I think she would find some clever ideas in the book. Cheers!

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  8. Thank you for sharing! I have two little girls, and have added this to my (lengthy) wish list at Amazon. :)

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