Kokoro no Te: Handmade Treasures from the Heart - Softcover

"This beautiful book is Sudo at her best." --"Clotilde's" "Provides sophisticated, useful, chic and beautiful tiny projects." Antiquequiltdating.com" "Exquisite...proves that handmade and beautiful doesn t equal difficult and labor-intensive. "Sew News"" "This beautiful book is Sudo at her best." "Clotilde s"" "A delightful collection of hand-made treasures." "Applique Quilts"" "These projects are elegant and send a message of love." "Quilter's World""

"Kokoro no Te", translated into English as 'handmade from the heart', is the philosophy behind this enchanting collection of small, high-fashion craft projects that have a distinctive Japanese flair. Featuring purses, pins, sewing accoutrements, and the author's amazing temari balls, the 30 original hand-sewn designs combine surprisingly simple techniques with exquisite colours and fabrics, allowing sewers to create lavish objets d'art easily and inexpensively. A delightful and original array of fashion pins, brooches, purses, and keepsake pouches creatively combine silks, cottons, and soft felts with delicate beading and embroidery. A pattern for a doll-sized kimono is included along with designs for pin cushions, thimbles, and a needle cache. The sensational colour photographs and line drawings show multiple points of view for each project and show precisely how each artful, stylish, and charming piece comes together.