Sewing Happiness: A Year of Simple Projects for Living Well

Sewing Happiness: A Year of Simple Projects for Living Well

by Sanae Ishida
Sewing Happiness: A Year of Simple Projects for Living Well

Sewing Happiness: A Year of Simple Projects for Living Well

by Sanae Ishida

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Overview

Create Pinterest-worthy clothing, accessories, and more with this how-to guide and memoir featuring 20 meditative sewing projects, plus inspiring stories that promote creativity, happiness, and fulfillment.
 
When Sanae Ishida was diagnosed with a chronic illness and lost her corporate job, she felt like her whole life was falling apart. Inspired to succeed at just one thing, Ishida vowed to sew all of her daughter’s clothes—and most of her own—for one full year. In Sewing Happiness, Ishida recounts her incredible journey, reflecting on how sewing helped her survive such a difficult time in her life.

Sewing Happiness features twenty simple sewing projects (with variations) organized by season and tied together with a thread of memoir that tells the story Ishida’s unexpected transformation and how sewing brought her profound happiness. Each seasonal project—from Japanese-inspired home goods to children’s and women’s clothing—is specially designed to promote health, creativity, and relationships and to provide gentle inspiration to live your best life. Complete with photos and easy-to-follow steps, Sewing Happiness is at once a guide to the craft of sewing and a guide to enjoying life in all its beautiful imperfections.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570619953
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Publication date: 04/19/2016
Series: Sanae Ishida Sews
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 196,117
Product dimensions: 7.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

SANAE ISHIDA writes, sews, draws, and takes photos almost every day. She lives with her husband and daughter in Seattle. She is the author of the sewing books Sewing Love, Sewing Happiness, and Animal Friends to Sew, as well as the Little Kunoichi the Ninja Girl picture book series, and Little Sumo, a board book series. Both she and her daughter have too many handmade clothes. Find out more about her work at SanaeIshida.com.

Table of Contents

Authors Note ix

Part I Essays + Lookbooks

Introduction 3

Summer: Health 9

Fall: Creativity 27

Winter: Relationships 45

Spring: Letting Go 63

Epilogue 81

Part II Instructions

Sewing Basics 87

The Mini Sashiko Primer and Templates 109

Summer

Origami Pillow 124

Tooth Fairy Pillow + variations 128

Triangle Eco Bag 136

Cross-Back Apron + variation 140

Yoga Pants 147

Fall

Journal/Book Cover 151

Quick DIY Sketchbook 155

Camera Strap 157

Felt Floral Crown 160

The Starter Dress + variation 164

Winter

Fortune Cookie Advent Calendar 173

Dopp Kit 175

Heating Pad + variations 179

Baby Kimono Top + Bloomers 181

Color-Block Zip Pouch 190

Spring

Infinity Scarf 194

Everything Bucket + variations 197

Sashiko Trivet 203

Versatile Knit Dress 207

Resources 215

Acknowledgments 217

Index 221

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