Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Patterns: easy-sew pieces to mix and match

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It's not bad but it's certainly nothing to get all excited about, unless you want to get a few extremely basic patterns, including patterns for a tote bag and a couple of basic purses.

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Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Patterns is all about flexible, customizable garments to wear in your nest and in your neighborhood, and easy, fun ways to alter each one as the season—or your mood—changes. The key pieces Jansdotter has designed are simple, shapeless pieces that look good if you're slim but woe-is-you if you are larger than America's average size 14. And once more, she includes the sources of her inspiration and how she and her friends and family wear key pieces in different variations while working, playing, resting, and traveling. I'm fond of Japanese Pattern books (like those by Yoshiko Tsukiori) so perhaps I just expected too much from this book.

The styles are mostly shapeless, which is not to my taste but does work for many people so that's not a reason to give a bad review. Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Patterns is all about flexible, customizable garments to wear in your nest and in your neighborhood, and easy, fun ways to alter each one as the season-or your mood-changes. Photographed by Jenny Hallengren over the course of a year in her life in New York, Tennessee, India, and Sweden and organized by season, Jansdotter shares her sources of inspiration and how she and her friends mix and match her key pieces while working, playing, resting, and traveling. They offered valuable insight into creating along with sharing tips from their experiences with fabrics.

Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Style: Key Pieces to Sew - Goodreads Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Style: Key Pieces to Sew - Goodreads

With that in mind, she has created her second book of easy-to-sew pieces that can be layered to create a variety of looks. I appreciated that the items are meant to be ageless; they just as easily suit Lotta's twelve-year-old model as her 86-year-old one. I fully expected to find this book as useless as the two other Lotta Jansdotter books I've checked out from the library, but this was a pleasant surprise. The author's warm and welcoming writing tone invites readers to follow her on a creative journey that includes some of her friends and family members. With that in mind, the style icon created Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Style , a pattern book/inspiration guide anchored by five easy, versatile sewing patterns—skirt, dress, blouse, pants/shorts, and jacket/coat—and highlighted with quick DIY accessories, including hats, bags, scarves, and jewelry.

I very much enjoyed her sense of style though, and the infectious cheerleading for the style of her friends and readers. Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Style brings Jansdotter’s infectious and sought-after sense of style to new followers and longtime devotees alike. When Lotta Jansdotter steps out in one of her signature outfits, fans always ask, “Did you make that yourself? The patterns are a total hassle to trace as they overlay each other and the directions are pretty sparse for a beginner at clothes making. I found tracing the pattern I selected very difficult; after reading other reviews claiming the garments didn't fit properly, I didn't want to waste time or fabric.