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Needlework
Skills: Book 1 / A Hand Sewing Primer
Rebekah
Hope
Chest Legacy
888.554.7292
RebekahWilson@HopeChestLegacy.com
Rebekah Wilson has
done it again. She keeps publishing the most wonderful books that my girls and
I just love! This time, and four years in the making, we have the first in a
series, Needlework Skills: Book 1 / A Hand
Sewing Primer. This is not only a gorgeous book, hardcover, full
color illustrations, over 150 pages, it is full of wisdom to create beautiful
heirloom sewing projects.
Needlework
Skills: Book 1 / A Hand Sewing Primer starts at the
very basic foundations of sewing, a well stocked sewing basket! This book leads
us through the basics to start hand sewing successfully with the proper tools (fast becoming a lost skill!), introduces the proper stitches, and teaches how to sew them.
Rebekah takes us
through learning about “thread counts”, various needles, types of fabric, yarns
and threads, supplies and accessories, scissors, thimbles, needle threaders and
MORE!
We then dive into
the lessons-wow! Talk about thorough! There are 8 lessons that teach so
many stitches and skills! Look at what you learn with JUST Lesson
One:
- To Thread a Needle
- To Make A Knot
- Even Basting Stitch
- Uneven Basting Stitch
- Running Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Half Back Stitch
- Overcast Stitch
- Overhand Stitch
- Herringbone or
Catch Stitch
- Blanket Stitch
- Buttonhole Stitch
- Hemming Stitch
- Cross Stitch,
- Uses for the Different Stitches
- Twelve Stitch Sampler
Each lesson and
skill taught is building a foundation of skills to complete future lessons that
will reinforce these skills already learned to mastery. You will learn 17
Embroidery stitches, 12 Basic Hand Sewing stitches, seven Gingham Embroidery
stitches, and just SOME of the projects? Basic Crochet of a potholder, Basic
Quilting of a Table Runner, even an Heirloom Infant Bib! The lessons are a
gentle and easy introduction to the joy of handiwork skills, and every lesson
creates a finished project that can be placed in the Hope Chest, given as a
gift, or used in the home.
Rebekah Wilson’s
teaching style is easy to follow, a joy to learn from, and always complete.
We are using this
book as part of our Homeschool Curriculum, the children LOVE it! We can’t wait
to see the next book in this series!
Why would you not
appreciate such a wonderful book? Sadly we live in an era where it seems no one
wants to take the time and love put into something hand crafted. Heirloom
pieces of handiwork are quickly becoming a thing of the past, as are the
skills taught to create them. I hope that one day my children will pass on the
skills we are learning together, to their children and so on. This book teaches
those fine skills, that should be embraced. However if you are happy with the
“WalMart” quality of the day, then this book is probably not for you.
I heartily
recommend “Needlework Skills: Book 1 / A Hand
Sewing Primer” what a wonderful book and resource for us to keep
these handiwork skills alive and passing them on to our children, and future
generations.
Product Review By: Lisa Barthuly, The Old Schoolhouse®, LLC, November, 2006
