I’m delighted to be taking part in a blog tour today for Torie Jayne’s Stylish Home Sewing book. I’ve been a fan of Torie Jayne’s blog for a long time so I knew her book would be full of beautiful and stylish items to make.
This book does not disappoint. It contains over 35 projects to make your home beautiful. The projects are fresh, are co-ordinated in Torie’s trademark pastel colours, and definitely reflect her style which shines through on her blog. As you would expect from a book published by CICO Books, the projects are really well laid out with clear instructions and artwork.
Each chapter is centred on a space in your home, from the entrance hall to the kitchen, the living and laundry rooms, the bedroom and the garden. The projects are lovely and it’s refreshing to seem some great new to me crafts, from a bread bag and utensil holder to a padded headboard and a polka-dot tool belt. I’ve already made the sweet lavender tags and I’ve added a few projects to my wish list as I love the sound of the square storage boxes made from fabric and the doily bunting would definitely brighten up the playhouse.
Stylish Home Sewing by Torie Jayne, photography by Sussie Bell, published by CICO Books, rrp £14.99.
Giveaway:
CICO Books have kindly offered me a copy of Torie Jayne’s Stylish Home Sewing to giveaway to a reader of the gingerbread house. For your chance to win please answer the question via the Rafflecopter widget and leave a blog comment below.
The blog tour continues all week so do check out the other blogs below for more reviews of Torie Jayne’s Stylish Home Sewing book.
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I would love to make a patchwork Summer throw for my bed – from Cath Kidston fabrics!
Thanks Jenny for such a lovely review of my new book, your fabric tags look lovely x
I would love to have a go at patchwork
hello there just discovered this blog fab by the way .
id love to finish an embroidered tablecloth i’ve been doing like for a year and a half but i’m so impatient lol i usually leave it do something elses and then i keep coming back to it but its never ending lol ill finish eventually i hope x
I’d love to finish the quilt for my bed.
I know it’s not sewing related (but I do that for my new business) but I would love to make one of those giant measuring rulers to record the boy’s heights on-they will probably be too big to want to do it by the time I get around to doing though! x
My hobby is crochet and knitting, so I’m making things all the time… never for myself though! I want to do myself a nice blanket for the sofa at some point 🙂
I want to recover a large bed settee with beautiful floral fabrics, and make roman blinds for my kitchen
I’d like to make a roman blind and also some nice cushions for my sofa.
I would love to make one of those big crochet pods for the childrens rooms
some lovely cushions
I’d love to make loose covers for my favourite sofa. I really don’t want to get rid of it but the cover’s beyond help and the quotes I’ve had for new ones to be made are almost as much as a new sofa!
A cushion for my little boy’s bedroom! 🙂
I’ve always wanted to start a patchwork quilt but I’ve never been brave enough to start one lol 🙂
I,d love to make some vintage bunting for the garden and summerhouse x
A wall hanging of birch trees and birds
new kitchen curtains, thicker for winter
I would love to make a quilt so i can treasure it for ever
I’d love to make some personalised applique cushions. I haven’t attempted applique and would love to try it.
I’ve been hand sewing a blue patchwork quilt on and off for years… now my son’s been born, I’d love to finally finish it for him (preferably before he grows up and leaves home. He’s only 2 months so I still have a chance!)
A homemade blanket that I had started a stitch design on but never finished
Some new curtains for my bedroom!
A throw for my bed, maybe patchwork
I need new couch pillows.
Thanks for the giveaway.
some cushion covers
A quilt for my bed!
I’d love to finish the patchwork chaise cover I’ve started.
id love to make a patchwork blanket
I started making a quilt when I was still at school. It’s almost finished, but not quite, so I’d really like to finish that.
I would love to make kitchen curtains
I love this book!
A new blind for my bedroom
I’d love to make some cushion covers
A set of cushions
A quilt xx
would love to make some curtains and matching cushion covers, if only I could sew lol
I’d love to have a go at making some blinds for the spare bedroom in a bold material
I’d love to have a go at making anything for the home really. I’ve never really done much sewing besides making pillows and draft excluders.. but other than that I’m a novice. I’ve recently got back into knitting, but I’ve always wanted to do more sewing.. I think being able to sew your own clothes too would be really rewarding. But.. for the home.. I guess things like curtains would be really handy!
I would love to make cushions
Fabric boxes to store my sewing bits.
A HUGE PATCHWORK QUILT FOR MY BED
I am covering a chair in the bedroom to match the curtains
A funky doorstop in the shape of an owl
I’ve always wanted to try patchwork 🙂
New curtains
I’ve always wanted to make a patchwork quilt! Also a handmade apron!
I would love to make a patchwork of memories using ff cuts off fabrics used in garents over the years
I’ve got a cross-stitch picture that I’m struggling with, so I keep doing others instead! It’s a gorgeous picture of a dragon, but it’s so intricate I just can’t find the time
i would like to make something for my daughter xx
I would like to make something for my nieces to treasure, then perhaps teach them to be crafty
I’d like to have a go at making a window blind.
some big squashy cushions
Some curtains 🙂
I am a newbie to sewing so probably something simple like a peg bag
Funnily enough I am making a quilt for my bed I am so excited about getting it finished.
One of these days I’m going to finish off the board game table for the grandchildren, Snakes and Ladders contoured onto the table top!
I’d love to make some cushion covers for the sofa.
I would love to make some pretty bunting for the children’s bedrooms
‘er indoors wants a crack at making cushions
I would love to make some pretty bespoke cushions for our living room
I’d love to make a range of cushions
A Rug for a child`s room
I would love to make some curtains for the living room!
I would love to make cushions most of all. I love making things for the home and have made lots of tea cosies, table mats and runners etc. Thank you for the chance to win x
some cute little curtains for my kitchen window
Crochet a massive afghan blanket for my sofa
A lovely throw for my bed
a cube stool for my daughters room so her friends have somewhere to sit when they come to play
I have the materials and I have the cushions – I just need to find the time (and basic pattern) to make the covers.
A throwover for the sofa
I want to recover a tubby armchair – I have the material and ready to get cracking
I would love to make some new curtains
I’d love to make a quilt too, I did start one last summer but never finished it
I have made a throw, cushions and covered a lamp for my conservatory. I make different bunting throughout the year, I’m on with my felt chicks and bunnies at the moment
I would love to make a patchwork quilt 🙂
I would love to make an heirloom patchwork memory quilt
Awesome blog – just discovered!!
Would love to make my daughter a Wendy house table cloth for over my dining room table with windows, front door & a pile of flower cushions for inside!!! She loves tents and is always having tea parties under the table!!
a perfectly matched cushion cover for my odd shaped cushions that i love but getting a bit old x
I would like to make some curtains
I’d love to recover a chair I have
I’d like to make some nice embroidered chair arm cover for my 3 piece suite
I have 4 lots of curtain material . I would love to get these finished
I would love to make a crochet throw
I started a patchwork cover when I was a teenager, many years ago, and I would love to have another go at this craft.
I have only just bought a sewing machine so I’m still making very basic things. I would like to make a cushion.
I have seen the most adorable knitting pattern for a fox draught excluder – I just need to get my skills up to the standard required before I attempt it!
I’d love to have a go at making some cushion covers
I’d love to have a go at a cushion cover for my wee boy 🙂
I’d love to be able to make a big patchwork quilt
id love to make something patchworky, got so many odds and ends of material!
I would love to make a quilt
A patchwork quilt for our bed. I made one for my daughter’s bed years ago – I wanted to sew it all by hand so it took a year to do. Our bed is super-king size, so a quilt to fit it would take much longer. Would love to get round to doing it soon though.
I would like to make new curtains.
I would love to make some curtains for my bathroom
I would love to make chair covers
nice throws for my furniture
I have been trying to sew a family tree with a bird named for each member of the family -it is taking forever
i would like to make some throws for the garden when the sun is out to hang up as a shade and as a picnic blanket. the brighter the better
I’d love to make a patchwork throw for my bed full of pictures of the things I love <3 xx
I would love to be able to make curtains
My daughter would love some leopard print cushion covers
I’d like to finish a cross stitch prayer picture.
I would love to make bunting with my daughters name for her wall
a sausage door draft extractor
I crocheted a bedspread 20 years ago – now it’s falling apart so time to make a new one.
I’d love to make a patchwork quilt
LOVE TO MAKE fabric tags and cushions
I would love to have a go at patchwork
A patchwork blanket
I would love to have a go at making a quilt 🙂
I’d love to make a patch work quilt for my daughter
New blinds for my bedroom.
A patchwork blanket
I would love to and need to. Make some curtains, I’d also like o make a patchwork bedspread but I think I’d also like to make some gifts for people’s birthdays etc, I really like the bags and tags!
I would love to make a patchwork quilt for my bed!
I would love to be able to make a patchwork quilt and some cushions
Some bright colored patchwork throws for lounge & bedrooms.
A nice blind for the living room
Some cushions for my room. Fab prize
Curtains
Some cushions
I’ve been embroidering a set of cushions and only haver a few more to go.
I would love to make some stylish cushion covers for my living room
I would also love to make a quilt, something to pass on to the kids
I would love to make a patchwork quilt to go on my lovely white bed