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For many of us, our home is the center of our life. It is the place where our families meet and mingle, where we share our meals and share our dreams. So much more than just a space to live, our homes offer us a place of comfort, nourishment, and love for us and for our children.
In Handmade Home, Amanda Blake Soule, author of The Creative Family and the blog SouleMama.com, offers simple sewing and craft projects for the home that reflect the needs, activities, and personalities of today’s families. As Amanda writes in the introduction, “As a crafter, I’m always looking for the next thing I want to make. As a mama, I’m always looking for the next thing we need—to do, to have, to use—as a family. The coming together of these parts is where the heart of Handmade Home lies.”
Filled with thirty-three projects made by reusing and repurposing materials, all of the items here offer a practical use in the home. From picnic blankets made out of repurposed bed sheets to curtains made out of vintage handkerchiefs, these projects express the sense of making something new out of something old as a way to live a more financially pared-down and simple life; lessen our impact on the earth; connect to the past and preserve a more traditional way of life; and place value on the work of the hands. Also included are projects that children can help with, allowing them to make their own special contribution to the family home.
More than just a collection of projects for handmade items, this book offers the tools to create a life—and home—full of beauty, integrity, and joy.
Projects include:
• Papa’s Healing Cozy: This hot water bottle cover becomes a simple way to offer comfort to a sick child
• Baby Sling: A simple pattern for an object that offers so much to a small child—refuge from the world and a place to lay their head next to a parent’s heart
• Beach Blanket To-Go: Repurpose old sheets to create the perfect picnic blanket for special outdoor meals
• Cozy Wall Pockets: A creative solution for storing a child’s small treasures
In Handmade Home, Amanda Blake Soule, author of The Creative Family and the blog SouleMama.com, offers simple sewing and craft projects for the home that reflect the needs, activities, and personalities of today’s families. As Amanda writes in the introduction, “As a crafter, I’m always looking for the next thing I want to make. As a mama, I’m always looking for the next thing we need—to do, to have, to use—as a family. The coming together of these parts is where the heart of Handmade Home lies.”
Filled with thirty-three projects made by reusing and repurposing materials, all of the items here offer a practical use in the home. From picnic blankets made out of repurposed bed sheets to curtains made out of vintage handkerchiefs, these projects express the sense of making something new out of something old as a way to live a more financially pared-down and simple life; lessen our impact on the earth; connect to the past and preserve a more traditional way of life; and place value on the work of the hands. Also included are projects that children can help with, allowing them to make their own special contribution to the family home.
More than just a collection of projects for handmade items, this book offers the tools to create a life—and home—full of beauty, integrity, and joy.
Projects include:
• Papa’s Healing Cozy: This hot water bottle cover becomes a simple way to offer comfort to a sick child
• Baby Sling: A simple pattern for an object that offers so much to a small child—refuge from the world and a place to lay their head next to a parent’s heart
• Beach Blanket To-Go: Repurpose old sheets to create the perfect picnic blanket for special outdoor meals
• Cozy Wall Pockets: A creative solution for storing a child’s small treasures
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another blogstar in another book..... that's not a bad thing, either.
Amanda Soule has a huge following on the web with her blog of a North-Eastern American life and this book is her manifesto; why she lives how she lives and what she makes for her family. There is a heavy emphasis on recycling and reusing stuff, with instructions for making things as diverse as material sanitary equipment, beach blankets and jumper hats and plenty of pictures to browse through. The book lives up to its green pretentions by being printed on recycled paper and the whole emphasis is not on living as Amanda and her family live but on living as you live, but by making what you need, not just buying things.
It's not an unbelievable craft book, the sort filled with bright bags you could not imagine using and large teddies and dolls to decorate a home, but a real-life book. The children are real children and the stuff is real stuff. Just look at the little one asleep on the front cover. This book is the chronicle of a life lived with meaning and purpose. Read it (for it has pages of text as well as pictures to linger over) and think beyond the superstore; what do you need and how can you make it?
Amanda Soule has a huge following on the web with her blog of a North-Eastern American life and this book is her manifesto; why she lives how she lives and what she makes for her family. There is a heavy emphasis on recycling and reusing stuff, with instructions for making things as diverse as material sanitary equipment, beach blankets and jumper hats and plenty of pictures to browse through. The book lives up to its green pretentions by being printed on recycled paper and the whole emphasis is not on living as Amanda and her family live but on living as you live, but by making what you need, not just buying things.
It's not an unbelievable craft book, the sort filled with bright bags you could not imagine using and large teddies and dolls to decorate a home, but a real-life book. The children are real children and the stuff is real stuff. Just look at the little one asleep on the front cover. This book is the chronicle of a life lived with meaning and purpose. Read it (for it has pages of text as well as pictures to linger over) and think beyond the superstore; what do you need and how can you make it?
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good book for busy families who want to create 'new from old' with everyday items around the house, because all the projects are quick and simple. The projects range from homemade nappies and a child's homemade dress to a wool blanket and a hot water bottle cover.
I recommend this book to all busy mums and dads who would like to make eco projects with their children and for their homes.
I recommend this book to all busy mums and dads who would like to make eco projects with their children and for their homes.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My husband bought this book for me and I love it so much! Everything in this book is within my abilities to make, many other sewing books just lead to disappointment and frustration for me as a not very skilled seamstress/crafter ! So far I have done bunting and the treasure bag , I followed Amanda's instructions to use what I have instead of doing it exactly how she has done it, and the results are amazing, personal one off pieces that look fabulous!
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Inspiring stuff
I am a follower of the Soule Mama blog and could not wait to get my hands on her new book. Amanda is a beautiful writer, plain and simple. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tallulah Does Tea
more than a sewing book...
This book is more than just another sewing projects book.
I love that Amanda teaches about re-purposing fabrics we already have or using charity shop finds. Read more
I love that Amanda teaches about re-purposing fabrics we already have or using charity shop finds. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mary Plain
Worth a look if you are new to crafts, could be a good gift?
Amanda has divided the projects in the book into five sections - Nourish, Nurture, Play, Seek and Retreat. Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. Macdonald
Nothing inspiring that I'd actually like to make or have in my home
I love the idea of this book and applaud Amanda for encouraging people to recycle and use their skills to create something new and imaginative out of old, redundant items but I was... Read more
Published 22 months ago by M. E. Cole
Inspiring
I loved this book! The ideas in it are all do-able, sweet and family friendly, and meant to be inspiring rather than copied exactly. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Beavers
Fantastic book !
What a fantastic book ! I already own the Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule, but this was a delight ! Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2009 by A. Steeples
simple, great inspiration and motivation
I Love the simplicity of many of Amanda's ideas. I can see why some may think them too simple, and yes if I'd put my mind to it I could have come up with similar, but sometimes its... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2009 by bookworm mummy
too basic!!!
I've just read the other review and it prompted me to write this, I couldn't disagree more, a huge number of us are now much more conscious of our role on this planet and are well... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2009 by her indoors
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