Stitch 50 Cats

50 full-size patterns included to trace straight from the page. Easy sewing patterns for cute cat designs, made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and distinctive breeds, each pattern comes with step-by-step instructions and full-size templates. The finished little kitties would make cute brooches, bag charms and home accessories that will make your cat-loving friends have kittens!

Be the cat that got the cream with this feline collection of easy sewing patterns for the cutest cat designs, all made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and distinctive breeds - including long-haired, short-haired, hairless and even big cats -each pussycat pattern comes with step-by-step instructions and full-size templates, making them purrrfect for all abilities. The finished little kitties would make cute brooches, bag charms and home accessories, or can even be scaled up to make bigger plushes, all of which will make your cat-loving friends have kittens! Cats? But they're all the same, aren't they? Well, no not really! When you start to explore the many different breeds of cats, you realise just what a variety of breeds there is, and how different they are from each other. Author Alison J Reid has spent months beavering away in her studio, researching all different kinds of cats, both domestic and wild. She has checked out their colourings and markings, and spent so much time trying to perfect their colourful, beautiful eyes. It became an obsession! It was only by researching the various details that make each breed so distinctive, that Alison has been able to capture each of their unique qualities and differences. Pattern, colour and shape are key, so capturing these details in felt was important. Luckily, there are so many different colours of felt available, including fur-like mottled effects. Felt's non-fraying, double sided, robust qualities make it easy to create all the little details that make each cat breed so unique and instantly recognisable. She has also used small amounts of wool curls and roving to add texture for truly strokable results. Each cat pattern can be traced straight from the page (or enlarged if you want to sew a larger plush), and simple instructions mean that even beginners can get started. And because all the cats are sewn by hand, you don't need a sewing machine and can sit on the sofa with your cat while you sew. Whether you choose to sew just your own favourites, or make cats for the other crazy cat people in your life, this book will provide hours of fun and inspiration.

Vorwort
50 full-size patterns included to trace straight from the page.

Autorentext
Alison J Reid is a teacher, textile designer, author and illustrator. She gained a degree in Fashion and Textiles from Liverpool Polytechnic during the 1980s. She went on to run her own company selling hand-dyed and hand-stitched braids and has sold to fashion houses such as Marc Jacobs (USA), Etro and Rubelli (Italy) and TakaShimaya (New York). Alison has had her work featured in a variety of magazines including Selvedge, Elle Decoration, Homes and Gardens and The World of Interiors.

Klappentext

Easy sewing patterns for cute cat designs, made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and distinctive breeds, each pattern comes with step-by-step instructions and full-size templates. The finished little kitties would make cute brooches, bag charms and home accessories that will make your cat-loving friends have kittens!

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Introduction Materials & Equipment Techniques Stitches
Little Cats Abyssinian Birman British Longhair British Shorthair Bengal Bombay Burmilla Burmese Balinese Chartreux Cornish Rex Devon Rex Exotic Shorthair Egyptian Mau Havana Korat Khao Manee LaPerm Lykoi Maine Coon Manx Nebelung Norwegian Forest Cat Ocicat Oriental Bicolour Persian Ragdoll Ragamuffin Russian Blue Siberian Somali Selkirk Rex Singapura Sokoke Sphynx Siamese Suffolk Turkish Van Turkish Vankedisi Toyger Tiffanie Tonkinese
Big Cats Caracal Eurasion Lynx Jaguar Leopard Lion Snow Leopard Tiger
About the Author Acknowledgements Index