
The Zenki Way
A Guide to Designing & Enjoying Your Own Creative Softies
Trixi Symonds(Author)
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Published on 28. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-0-7643-6149-4 (ISBN)
Description
14 projects with unlimited variations using the zenki method, to make huggable, hand-sewn softies.
Softies-simple cloth characters to sew with basic tools-are popular worldwide for good reason: they're easy to make, and their fun designs yield successful results that inspire a new generation of kids to sew.
This guide to the zenki way, from the founder of Sew a Softie, teaches parents, teachers, community organizations, and kids that everyone can create huggable softies-and more importantly, design their own. The zenki secret? Two squares of felt, only four straight lines to sew, and a key design feature: wide seam allowances, allowing arms, legs, wings, hair, and more to be cut from the border (no inserting or pinning).
Try it with these 14 different zenki characters to make, brimming with quirky personality and ready for your own touch. Each project builds designing know-how and has clear photo-by-photo instructions. Learn the zenki way to become an unstoppable softie designer, and a lifelong sewing lover.
Softies-simple cloth characters to sew with basic tools-are popular worldwide for good reason: they're easy to make, and their fun designs yield successful results that inspire a new generation of kids to sew.
This guide to the zenki way, from the founder of Sew a Softie, teaches parents, teachers, community organizations, and kids that everyone can create huggable softies-and more importantly, design their own. The zenki secret? Two squares of felt, only four straight lines to sew, and a key design feature: wide seam allowances, allowing arms, legs, wings, hair, and more to be cut from the border (no inserting or pinning).
Try it with these 14 different zenki characters to make, brimming with quirky personality and ready for your own touch. Each project builds designing know-how and has clear photo-by-photo instructions. Learn the zenki way to become an unstoppable softie designer, and a lifelong sewing lover.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Sixth Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
160 color images
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-6149-4 (9780764361494)
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Person
Trixi Symonds is the founder of the worldwide sew-together phenomenon Sew a Softie, which has been featured in Simply Sewing, Homespun, Handmade, Casa Creativa, Love Patchwork and Quilting, Little U from Uppercase, and more. www.sewasoftie.com