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ORDER TODAY!

Creative Serging for the Home
and Other Quick Decorating Ideas

by Lynette Ranney Black and Linda Wisner

160 pages
ISBN 978-0-935278-25-5

  $19.95

   $22.95 sprial bound
 

Purchase both Creative Serging
for the Home
and the new Second Edition of Dream Sewing Spaces,
also by Lynette Ranney Black,
for a
40% savings off

Creative Serging for the Home

Combined price $37

199 Different Projects With
How-Tos!  Some with serging,
some with simple sewing,
some with no sewing at all!

Hundreds of decorating ideas! Inviting, personalized rooms range from rustic and country to contemporary and elegant, with inspiring photos and easy-to-follow how-tos for window and wall coverings, table toppers, furniture and bed covers, pillows, napkins and accessories. Easy-no-sew techniques combine with serger finishes, decorative threads and simple sewing.

WINNER OF THE PCM
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Bed and Bath
Eleanor's Room
Eleanors' Bath
Across the Hall
A Homey Bedroom
Hand-Painted  
  Contemporary
  Bed & Bath
The Attic Bath
Cleo's Bath


Kids, Kids, Kids
Kelsey's Daisy
  Kingdom Room
The Boy's Room and a
  Play Tent on the Bed



Melissa's Playroom
The Playroom at Christmas
A Card Table Tent
The Nursery

Living Spaces
A Country Setting
Cleo's Place
Pillows With All the
  Trimmings
Wrapping Up a
  Contemporary Space
Modern Living--
  Two Ways
His First Apartment


 

 
The home decorating projects in this book are far from intimidating. Some are almost instant. Many start with fabric rectangles or squares sewn together with simple, straight seaming and then are finished on the machine or serger. Whether simple or slightly more involved, we guide you through each project, highlighting where serging makes the project faster, easier, more durable, or more creative. We also highlight quick projects.

Pick a whole room, a corner of a room, or just a placemat or pillow, then make it your own!

The authors of this book have years of experience in sewing and design.

Lynette Ranney
Black
is also author
of Dream Sewing
Spaces,
now available in the updated Second Edition.

Linda Wisner is the Design Director for Palmer/Pletsch and the person responsible for the look of all the Palmer/Pletsch book and graphic materials.

NOTE: Creative Serging for the Home was published in 1999. The fabrics and some of the notions and resources used are no longer available from the sources we utilized at that time. But so many new fabrics and sewing tools are out there now, and internet searches make finding them so much easier! If you love fabric and you love your home, you'll love this book!

Dining Areas
The Sunny
  Breakfast Room
Teatime in a
  Victorian Bay
More Tabletop Ideas:
  Instant Table
  Dressing with Batik
    and Ultrasuede
    Scraps
  Flatlocking on Linen
    for Classic Elegance
  Kite Placemats for a
    Birthday Party
  Coated Cotton for
    No-Sew Placemats

Kitchens
Lynette's Country Kitchen
The Itallian Country Influence

Special Times
Christmas in the Living Room
Christmas Dinner

Special Places
Barbara's Guestroom/Office
The Ultrasuede Library
Pati Palmer's Sewing Room
Travel Trailer Face-Lift

Outdoor Living
The Veranda
A Terrace Buffet

Serger Basics

Home Decorating Basics

                                                                                                                      
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