A Spoonful of Sugar Book Tour

I am so excited to announce that my book, A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style is being released on April 26, 2016 (it is already shipping from Amazon). It has always been a dream of mine to write a sewing book so I was delighted when F & W Media approached me about publishing a collection of simple sewing projects. The process has taken around 2 years so it is wonderful to finally have a copy of the book in my hands. Sarah and I started our sewing/craft/baking blog in 2008, and it is through the encouragement of our readers and support of the online community that we have continued to share our ideas and projects.

A Spoonful of Sugar includes a collection of 20 sewing projects that are suitable for a beginner to intermediate sewist. I have included a range of different techniques including: patchwork, raw edge appliqué, embroidery, sashiko, and crochet. There are plenty of options for putting your own creative flair on the projects. Projects are divided into five chapters – For the Home; For the Bedroom; For the Kitchen: For the Sewing Room; and For Children. The projects are fun to make for yourself or to give as gifts, and most can be easily constructed in an afternoon or weekend – perfect for time poor crafters! In fact with Mothers Day fast approaching, this book would make a wonderful gift for your Mum, or you could make her one of the projects for a heartfelt handmade gift. You will be pleased to know that all the pattern pieces are on a CD and can be easily printed at full size from your home printer.

To celebrate the launch of the book, some of my online friends are joining together with me in a Virtual Book Blog Tour. They will each be making one of the projects from the book and it will be fun to see their interpretation of the designs. The Book Tour will take us around the world – with talented bloggers from Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, Turkey, Japan and Thailand, joining in the fun. We really hope you will follow along with us. Check out the full schedule with links to the participating blogs and instagram feeds below:

April 26            Jodie Carlton – Ric Rac (@jodiericrac)
April 27            Minki Kim – Minki’s Work Table (@zeriano)
April 28            Melissa LeRay – Oh How Sweet (@ohhowsweetco)
April 29            Jemima Flendt – Tied With a Ribbon (@tiedwitharibbon)
April 30            Beverley McCullough – Flamingo Toes (@flamingoteos)

May 2              Sedef Imer – Down Grapevine Lane  (@downgrapevinelane)
May 3              Nadra Ridgeway – Ellis and Higgs  (@ellisandhiggs)
May 4              Amy Morinaka – Chick Chick Sewing (@chickchicksewing)
May 5              Caroline Critchfield – Sew Can She (@sewcanshe)
May 6              Kristyne Czepuryk – Pretty By Hand (@prettybyhand)
May 7              Bronwyn Hayes – Red Brolly (@red_brolly)

May 9              Anorina Morris – Samelia’s Mum (@sameliasmum)
May 10            Peta Peace – She Quilts A Lot (@shequiltsalot)
May 11            Faith Essenburg – Sarana Ave (@faithessenburg)
May 12            Angie Wilson – Gnome Angel (@gnomeangel)
May 13            Sharon Burgess – Lilabelle Lane Creations (@lilabellelane)
May 14            Stacy Olson – Stacy Olson (@stacyolsondesign)

May 16            Ayda Algin – Cafenohut (@cafenohut)
May 17            Jennie Pickett – Clover and Violet (@cloverandviolet)
May 18            Wynn Tan – Zakka Art (@zakkaart)
May 19            Lisa Cox – A Spoonful of Sugar (@aspoonfulsugar)

Check back here regularly throughout the tour for updates and to be inspired by the zakka style projects.

We would love to invite you to join us for an Instagram Sew Along from June 1 – August 9. We will be making projects from A Spoonful of Sugar: Sew 20 Simple Projects to Sweeten Your Surroundings Zakka Style. There will be five rounds, each lasting for two weeks which will give you plenty of time to complete a project or two from the book.  Our good friend, Amy Sinibaldi from Nana Company is the Guest Judge, with fantastic prizes for the winner of each round, plus a Grand Prize Winner, generously sponsored by Alisha from Ministry of Fabric. We really hope you join in the fun!  Order your book now so you are ready for the Sew Along. #ASPOONFULOFSUGARSAL

Book Details:

Publisher: Fons and Porter
Format: Paperback, 128 pages with CD
ISBN: 9781440243653

Available from Amazon, Book Depository, Fons and Porter Store; plus many more book sellers. In Australia, A Spoonful of Sugar can be found at Booktopia, Angus and Robertsons, Fishpond, and Readings.