Review: Sewing Tutorials Rocks!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2013
I am a mother of 6 year old twin boys and a little girl and as you can imagine our house is always full of little troubles like the twins ripping their pants again and other accidents with the clothing. I have always been looking for a sewing tutorial guide that helps me out as a beginner in order to save some money and learn how to sew the most basic things for my family. This book is just what I was looking for because it gives the pure basics and not some overcomplicated sewing book that is filled with professional sewing terminology that I can not relate to. This book is not only perfect for a beginner who just wants to learn the basics like sewing a button, the basic sewing stitches like the blanket stitch, some basic sewing patterns for beginners, valuable sewing tips, and very cool and exciting sewing ideas.Mary Kay Hunziger specifically talks to beginners and not to advanced seamstresses who are looking for some complicated sewing projects with some more complicated photo instructions like so many advanced sewing books for professional seamstresses are doing it. I bought a lot of those complicated books and they are just talking to pros and seamstresses who understand the terminology!!! I specifically love the resources section and she even includes and interactive device that is very exciting and a surprise bonus quiz that I just love! This is for modern sewing beginners who love the idea of interactive learning. It is not a dry and detailed book about sewing that one gets board of quickly.This is fun, interactive, resourceful, easy to go through, and artfully and creative put together for someone who does not have lots of time and who also loves to get some entertaining moments that make the process of learning a fun experience! The resources are my favorite part because she covers so many creative resources that a creative person in general would want to discover. This is perfect for someone who loves some out of the box creative thinking and who gets the idea that opportunities for creativity and product creation are everywhere.This book is very inspirational and has helped me discover even some creative out of the sewing world ideas how I could apply my own creativity and sell some homemade items to make some profit. If you are looking for a dry sewing book for a professional seamstress who wants to follow a complicated pattern, don't buy this book because this book also values the entertaining side of the sewing business and it inspires a beginner to find a creative path to express oneself. Mary Kay runs the reader through the path of what is involved with sewing because if you are not the type or do not have the characteristics to stick to it, sewing might be not your thing. She tells you very honestly that sewing might not even be for you because it is a meticulous art and science.Not everyone is a born seamstress and this book is not for you if you are one or are looking to get some advanced sewing techniques or skills. She is giving you a run down of what is involved and how to solve your basic sewing problems, but she does not get into the serious sewing stuff that makes a seamstress out of you overnight. She honestly tells everybody that sewing involves a skill and you have to develop it and go way beyond this book in order to learn it. This is more a book that runs you through the path so that you see for yourself if you are qualified or not while doing some fun sewing exercises and while learning some basic and fun sewing stuff. It is up to the reader to decide which path to take with sewing and she shows you the directions of the next steps and where to go from here. She does not promise any serious sewing stuff or making a serious seamstress out of the reader. It is a book that shows all the options and the directions that someone who likes to develop serious sewing skills can go and she even shows you the steps of what to do next.The book is very well organized because it takes you through your own path and sewing discovery process so that in the end you will know if this is for you or not and then it leads you towards more serious sewing stuff. Throughout the process it is a fun and exciting read and even though it is not for you, you will discover many new, fun, and exciting sewing facts and skills that you might not have known before. This is the way I love to learn and discover if I am qualified for something new like sewing or not. I would love to learn everything new in this type of format because it is the discovery process that she leads you through that is so exciting and fun. I discovered so many creative ideas and ways to express my creativity plus I learned how to sew a button on my boy's pants plus got lots of value out of my discovery process. I do not recommend it for someone who is too serious about sewing because this is targeted to sewing beginners who want to discover if they are qualified to continue with their sewing skills or not.It is pretty much like a career opportunity evaluation process but with lots of fun discovery aspects to it! I learned that sewing is too dry for me and that I will never be good at it, but at the same time I found some cool little creative opportunities via the resources section that I will be able to finish and make a profit from by using sites like Etsy and Dawanda.Following her resources section, I already got started with one project that she inspired me with and I already sold it on some of the sites that she is mentioning. I always wanted to make money with my creative side and passion, but I never really found a book that inspired me or showed me the resources that really work and that really have enough buyers that would be interested in buying. She opened my eyes and helped me see the unlimited creative opportunities and possibilities that are open for a creative person. I completely changed my perspective about product creation once I went through her resources and what a wonderful way to use some free public domain comic books (that would otherwise cost a fortune to buy the rights) and use these as a creative material and use it as patterns for collages. I would never have though about this great idea. I was able to use her resources and turn them into money because I made some beautiful collages that sell like hotcakes on Etsy.I also like the photography ideas and will try to mix them in with my collages. She is right there is so much value in this book and I sometimes have trouble to go to sleep because I would love to get done some more research in the public domain to make more of these profitable creations of mine. I do not blame her because she warned me and I am just addicted to this kind of stuff. Someone who is able to understand the focus and the goal of this book will get lots of inspiration out of it and someone who is not fixed on the sewing aspect alone will get it! Others who will not read her book description and just think that this is going to turn them into sewers overnight will never get this concept and someone like this is not getting the idea of the book. Someone like this should refrain from buying this book because this book is for people who want to discover if they are qualified and if not and if you are open to discover, you will find out a world full of creativity and way beyond just simple and dry sewing.If you are open to new things and to creativity this book is for you, if you are limited and detail oriented and if you have the mentality of a seamstress who is just looking for some new sewing techniques or some dry sewing book that explains sewing with pictures and steps and instructions from A to Z, this book is not what you are looking for. This book is for out of the box thinkers who are open to new things but who still want to learn some cool nuggets about sewing and some basic skills for beginners while going though a discover process of what sewing involves and if sewing might be something to consider. It shows you where to go from  here and the interactive sewing device and the sewing quiz are just some exciting additions that make this book so fun, enjoyable, and exciting to go though and discover!Thanks Mary Kay for having opened my eyes to the wonderful world of creative thinking and looking beyond the sewing opportunity. Thanks for having turned my passion into profit because I was able to use your resources to make my first money online from my creative skills! Only the very limited people who do not get the concept of the book might not be interested in earning some cool creative money like this. I am totally enchanted with this concept and I do not know anybody who would not like to earn money from some creative thinking with these golden resources. I am a fan for life and I hope you will create many more books with this type of discovery concept that is so exciting to go through. I am going to buy them all because I just love your energy and the inspiration that comes from my experience with these kinds of books!Keep up the good work because it is A+++++ star work!