Yes, I’m still pinching myself, because I have a project published in a hard-cover, internationally distributed, US published book!! I know many of you will have the amazingly successful book “One Yard Wonders”. As it was such a hit, it was decided that there had to be a follow-up, so Storey Publishing brings us “Fabric by Fabric one yard wonders”.
I was so thrilled when the authors of the book contacted me to tell me they’d love my Barnaby Bear design to be a part of the book.
If you read this post, you’ll know that we enjoy having holidays at Coffs Harbour. When we visited a few years ago, I made a trip to The Hunters and Collectors Barn (as I always do when in Coffs!) Amongst other things, I bought some lovely pale blue chenille fabric with a wave design. On returning from our holiday, and I decided I wanted to make a softie, and Barnaby Bear was born.
While the authors loved Barnaby, they needed more projects in corduroy, so Barnaby was remade in orange. Here he is with the original blue Barnaby.
“Fabric by Fabric one yard wonders”, is a fantastic book! Inside you’ll find projects for toys, clothes, bags, and home décor projects, - all made with no more than one yard of fabric (that’s 91.44cms for us metric users!) The projects are made from a wide variety of fabrics – corduroy, wool, cotton, fleece, coated fabrics, woven fabrics, flannels and home decorating fabrics. The book includes instructions and diagrams for making the projects, and inside the cover there is an envelope stacked with all the patterns that you’ll need – it really is an awesome book!
Barnaby as he appears in the book
“Fabric by Fabric one yard wonders” was recently released in the US. I haven’t yet seen it in Australian book shops (has anyone else seen it in shops?), but I couldn’t wait and bought mine on Amazon.
Barnaby hanging out at the book launch party!
“Fabric by Fabric one yard wonders” would make an awesome Christmas present for any crafty friends (and if you zip on over and buy it from Amazon now, you might get it just in time!)
Want to know more? Here is a list of some of the other contributors that are also hosting the Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders Blog Tour! - check them out!:
12/12/2011 Becka's Project Journal
12/13/2011 Craft Buds
12/14/2011 Patch Work Duck Designs
12/15/2011 Patch Work Duck Designs
12/15/2011 A Spoonful of Sugar
12/15/2011 Nifty Kidstuff
12/15/2011 Becka's Project Journal
12/16/2011 Nom Nom Nom Nom
12/16/2011 Quaint and Quirky
12/17/2011 ikatbag
12/17/2011 Two Brown Birds
12/18/2011 Sharon Sews
12/19/2011 LBG Studio
12/19/2011 Carolina Fair Designs
12/19/2011 Under Construction
12/20/2011 Little Blue Cottage
12/21/2011 Craftzine
12/21/2011 Neuroses Galore
12/21/2011 Emily Steffen
12/22/2011 Jenna Lou Loves You
12/23/2011 Spincushion
12/27/2011 One Inch World
12/28/2011 Sew Sew Etc.
January ‘12 Lu Lu Carter
January ’12 Fiberosity
January ’12 Zuhause
January ’12 Obsessively Stiching
January ’12 No Bad Days
January ’12 Craft & Cackle
January ’12 AfricanKelli
Happy stitching,
PS – ”One Yard Wonders” was so successful it was later released in metric measurements for us Aussies and other metric using-friends. I’m hoping that “Fabric by Fabric one yard wonders” might eventually be published in metric measurements too!
That bear is SUPER cute! My wee monster has just gotten into stuffed animals. That would be perfect for her birthday in April! =)
Posted by: Jacqueline | December 20, 2011 at 03:05 AM
Hey Jacqueline! He is really easy to make, and very cuddly - just perfect for little people to snuggle with! I'd love to see a photo if you happen to make him! Lovely to hear from you! Fiona xx
Posted by: Fiona Tully | December 20, 2011 at 07:50 PM
Congratulations on being included in the book!! What a cute project!
Posted by: Becky Greene | December 23, 2011 at 01:58 AM
Barnaby is so cute! And I'm also still pinching myself that my pattern was chosen ;-)
Posted by: Sue at nobaddays | January 10, 2012 at 09:11 AM