Simply Modern Wedding Cakes: Over 20 Contemporary Designs for Remarkable Yet Achievable Wedding Cakes

by Lindy Smith

Be prepared for 40 fine-feathered friends to fly off your hook and put their feet up on your coffee table. Kerry Lord's debut title, Edward's Menagerie, was a runaway success and now she is back with BIRDS!

You will be as happy as a lark as you crochet your way through this colorful collection of birds, including a bashful Flamingo, romance-writing Owl and a politically incorrect Pheasant. Read all about these kooky characters, their adorations and aversions, daydreams and delusions, then crochet them for all your friends and family.

Each bird can be crocheted in 4-different sizes making over 160 different pattern possibilities - so pick your first project and get started! The patterns use basic stitches, are grouped together by difficulty and include step-by-step technical guides for beginners, so there is no excuse to chicken out.

These lovable birds are quick to make using supersoft yarn in a sophisticated color palette, and will become your best friends as their larger-than-life personalities get their claws into you!

Genres: Crochet, Crafts, Nonfiction, Reference

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

World renowned for her designs, writing and teaching Lindy Smith is a highly experienced and talented British cake designer & sugarcrafter. Recognised for her exquisite attention to detail and eye for colour Lindy has been translating her designs into sugarcraft for many years From humble beginnings in her home kitchen, experimenting with the 'basics' she learnt from an inspirational teacher, she soon discovered that sugar was the perfect medium through which to express her creative abilities and original ideas. In 1997 Lindy entered her first set of competitions and much to her own amazement received 3 gold awards. She had arrived in the 'cake' world! In 1998 she started writing regular features for "Cakes and Sugarcraft Magazine". Her first cake decorating book was published in 2000. She has continued to write books ever since, loving the freedom it gives her to be highly creative and original. Lindy travels extensively for her work, gathering inspiration along the way, she has been very privileged to see first hand how sugarcraft and cake decorating is constantly evolving around the globe. Lindy runs a successful company, Lindy's Cakes Ltd, based in Buckinghamshire, UK. The online shop side of the business specialises in sugarcraft products that she has 'hand picked' herself and uses in her books. She teaches sugarcraft at regular workshops throughout the year and continues to write about sugarcraft on a regular basis. Lindy Smith is passionate about her art and brings a fresh contemporary look to sugarcraft and cake design.

Reviews

[Eule · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tolle Modelle, die alle einen unglaublichen Charme haben. Wie schon im Buch "Edwards freche Tierparade", bauen die Anleitungen auf einigen Basisformen auf, die (manchmal etwas abgewandelt) in verschiedenen Kombinationen zu den unterschiedlichen Tieren "zusammengesetzt" werden.
Das ist dann auch die Stelle, an der ich einen Stern abziehe, einfach weil es sich hier bei einigen Vögel damit zu einfach gemacht wird. Insbesondere finde ich, dass wiederholt die Füße bzw. Beine zu groß geraten sind. Ein einfacher Hinweis, hier dünneres Garn zu verwenden, fehlt aber.

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much more than just a pattern book. The little peak inside each bird's personality helps bring these charmers to life. Well written, beautifully photographed, humorous book.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you have the Bird and animals book, you can make the monsters but I love the monster book too! I need to see the conbosb for the ideas but the paters are the same.

[Rachel Bridgeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting this follow up book to the original Meagerie is a no brainer! Though I did struggle to think of 40 birds, the variety and design of the book has covered every bird a child might enjoy playing with and then some. It is a more colourful scheme than the original menagerie which specialised in a more muted, natural tone, but nonetheless very charmign! Again the crochet instructions are clear and precise, aimed at an enthusiastic beginner to intermediate crocheter.

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

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