Nancy Cornwell's Polar Magic: New Adventures With Fleece
by Nancy Cornwell

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Book Reviews of Nancy Cornwell's Polar Magic: New Adventures With Fleece

Book Review: Not just another pretty Fleece...
Summary: 5 Stars

The first two chapters condense her first book (for those of us who haven't yet bought it) into the bare minimums of successful sewing with fleece. They cover special requirements for stitch lengths, tension, foot pressures, stabilizing, and helpful or necessary notions. These are covered in more detail in "Adventures in Polarfleece," her first book. Okay, I've seen it and borrowed it at the library several times, just haven't bought it yet.

After that, there are ideas and techniques galore! From creating your own matching ribbing (which I thought was a great idea), to trapunto, to reverse and double applique. This fabric is actually becoming fun to work with. After struggling with stretched wavy hems, bulky seams, and ending up with plain, unembellished robes (blanket stitched edges don't count), I've been inspired to sculpt, brand, and fringe to create more interesting effects on my Hawaiian style winterwear.

This book is a welcome addition to my collection. It looks like I will have to order the first one as well. Back to the shopping cart.......

Summary of Nancy Cornwell's Polar Magic: New Adventures With Fleece

Cornwell guides readers in using traditional sewing techniques that are applied in untraditional ways to make functional and fashionable items. Sewers of all skill levels will love the versatility and new twist put on fleece with the step-by-step instructions for 15 projects such as quilts, pillows, a jacket, vests and much more. Also includes 15 different templates for stitch patterns used to embellish garments. Readers are kept up-to-date with the latest ideas, notions, fabrics and techniques such as chenille, trapunto, stamping and embossing.

A special addition to this book is a chapter on combining the thrill of an embroidery machine with the popularity of fleece, marrying two of today's most popular sewing interests.

-Cornwell is the award-winning and best-selling author of Adventures with Polarfleece and More Polarfleece Adventures

-Fleeces featured in the book are readily available, allowing sewers to exactly duplicate the projects

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