Jane Austen's Sewing Box opens a window into the lives of Regency women during a beautiful period in arts, crafts and design. Jennifer Forest exami...
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Aug 04, 2010
Caroline
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Ok, before we start, full disclosure: My name is Caroline and I am an Austenaholic. I love all things Regency and especially all things Jane Austen. I can quote large chunks of Pride and Prejudice (the novel) and whole scenes of the BBC version from the 90s, as well as scenes and speeches from Emma, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park. So obsessed am I, I even managed to dedicate a whole chapter of my business-focussed Publishing Studies Masters dissertation to Jane Austen, drawing some ten
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Jun 08, 2011
Judi
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is probably my favorite novel of all times, the Regency period is my fovorite historical era and I really like history and needlecrafts so this book combines all of those things and was reasonably priced too. Love this book although many of the projects are not that practical for today. Lots of portraits, exerpts from Austen's novels and historical data. One of the few books I've bought new and paid full price.
Jan 28, 2011
Gaile
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Although this a beautiful book, well laid out with many amazing prints, the projects can easily be found in many other sewing or craft books. They are not really that original. The author uses paragraphs from Jane Austen's books to highlight the projects.
May 23, 2011
Jolly
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I read this more for information of Jane Austen's time, which it definitely delivers. The layout and pretty pages are inspiring.
Oct 03, 2011
Lesley-Anne
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An absolute delight--great crafts, and a beautifully presented book.
Jan 22, 2010
Collette
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Contains a good deal of information the crafting done by women in the 18th century, and has some lovely fashion plates, but the directions for some of the crafts should have been better and the projects themselves should have been better photographed. I'm giving it four stars for the historical content alone. I'm glad to have it, but some of the pages seem to be merely decorative filler. I do not think it is worth the price tag, especially as this is an import and copies are difficult to find
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Aug 08, 2011
Bells
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As a Jane Austen fan, new sewing fanatic, knitter and history lover generally, this book had to be in my possession. I'm still working my way through it but it's beautiful. Am so surprised it had never been done before. It seems so obvious. As a knitter I always notice the mention of anything to do with knitting and 'worsted work' in novels, particularly in Elizabeth Gaskell's books so it's lovely to see such information all in one place.
Feb 15, 2010
Mary-Frances
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I just LOVED this - being someone who sews AND loves Jane Austen, the descriptions of the projects, the materials used and the history - as well as tying it to quotes from the books and from jane Austen herself, was fabulous.
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