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    <![CDATA[Romantic Home Sewing: Cottage-Style Projects to Stitch for the Home]]>
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    <![CDATA[If you long to give your rooms a vintage air and country-cottage appeal, you will love the retro floral prints and timeless designs of <em>Romantic Home Sewing</em>, the perfect guide to creating a handmade, easy elegance in your home. The book offers simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat you&#8217;ve always wanted.<br/><br/>In this step-by-step guide, Christina Strutt, owner of the popular Cabbages &amp; Roses fabric company, shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen and bathroom, sunroom, and bedroom&#8212;and for gift giving, as well. A skilled stylist and designer, Strutt demonstrates how to create a look that is personal and unique, but not at all labor intensive. Reusing old fabrics and accessories in new ways allows the vintage and the modern to mingle beautifully&#8212;and also saves money and time.<br/><br/>The charming projects highlighted in this delightful illustrated book include crisp linen chair covers, a chic fabric headboard, pretty flower aprons, dreamy voile bed curtains, and soothing scented herbal pillows. <br/><br/>Even if you&#8217;ve never sewn a stitch before, <em>Romantic Home Sewing</em> will guide you through each technique for polished results. <br/><br/>If you desire a home filled with hand-finished, personal objects, let Christina Strutt be your guide. The result will be an oasis of comfort, whimsy, and true romanticism.<br/><br/>From the creative talent behind Britain&#8217;s beloved Cabbages &amp; Roses vintage-style fabric company, <em>Romantic Home Sewing</em> includes thirty easy-to-sew projects that will transform your home into a warm, lovely tableau of hand-crafted detail. From pillows to aprons, duvet covers to lamp shades, Romantic Home Sewing is the ultimate guide to creating the inviting, charming home you crave&#8212;all with your own two hands.]]>
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