Written for new, young sewists, Sew It! Make 17 Projects with Yummy Precut Fabrics by Allison Nicoll is chock-full of great projects for beginners. A variety of projects are included - pincushion, tote bag, wall organizer, quilt and more - making it a good place to look for projects for your children's classes. Nicoll begins by sharing the necessary tools and supplies required, then ventures into basic skills before carefully explaining the steps of quilting. For each project, she walks through each step wtih clear, simple language. All the projects are made with precuts, including five-inch squares, ten-inch squares, 2 1/2 inch strips and fat quarters. American Quilt Retailer, July 2014 It's our goal at GenQ to inspire and educate our kids and our neighbors' kids (and heck, any kids!) to pick up fabric and thread and create. And here's an excellent tool to further those plans of sewist world domination, one Jelly Roll at a time! Author Allison Nicoll is an experienced sewing teacher of kids and young adults, and she's totally onboard with our play.Her book is conveniently divided into chapters for pre-cuts (Jelly Rolls, Charm Packs, Layer Cakes, and fat quarters), which makes it easy for beginners to choose a project and start sewing. She offers plenty of basic sewing instruction, and project-filled chapters. We love the basic advice and sewing term definitions she gives throughout each project, and there's a huge variety of designs - wall hangings, bags, cuddly quilts! The fabrics are bright and modern too. We're thinking we'll sew up some Sleepover Set pillowcases and totes for our next retreat! Generation Q Magazine, October 2014
