Sew What You Love

Designer Tanya Whelan is well known for her fresh, vintage modern style. Her bestselling fabrics and sewing patterns are distributed around the world by Free Spirit Fabrics, a subsidiary of Coats and Clark. Her home wares collection is available throughout the country. She currently lives in Belgium with her husband and three children. Visit Tanya at www.grandrevivaldesign.com.

Tanya Whelan is known for blending the romance of the past with a contemporary sensibility. Her vintage modern aesthetic has made her fabrics and sewing patterns some of the most admired by sewers and quilters everywhere. In her first book, she offers a stylish collection of 30 sewing projects that can be made using simple sewing techniques. Ranging from a pretty pleated clutch to a flirty French-inspired day dress, a portable child-friendly checkers set to an easy-to-make ottoman, each project comes with step-by-step instructions and illustrations, inspiring photographs and helpful tips. Included are 3 pattern sheets enclosed in a pattern pocket providing everything you need to stitch something beautiful for yourself.