Making Table and Bed-linen: Over 35 Projects to Add the Finishing Touch to Your Home - Softcover

Choosing to make your own soft furnishings is immensely satisfying; not only can you choose your own colour schemes, fabric types and trims, but these furnishings can usually be made at a fraction of the cost of shop-bought items. Making Table & Bed-Linen contains over 35 beautifully tailored projects to make. There are so many ways to dress a bed, with traditional patchwork quilts, modern duvets and colourful throws. For the dining area, choose from elegant tablecloths, quilted placemats, or a stylish beaded applique tablerunner. There are ideas as well to co-ordinate chair covers with table decor. Whatever your level of ability, Making Table & Bed-Linen contains plenty of projects to inspire your imagination to beautify your home.

Dorothy Wood works as a features writer and technical consultant for a number of craft and needlework magazines. As well as contributing to more than 20 craft titles, she is the author of The Practical Encyclopedia of Sewing, 50 Victorian Needlecraft Designs and The Ultimate Cross-Stitch Companion.