Little One-Yard Wonders: Irresistible Clothes, Toys and Accessories You Can Make for Babies and Kids

Yaker and Hoskins add another volume to their series of bestsellers, all of which use one yard of fabric as a base. In this book, their focus is on patterns for babies and kids, a savvy choice since lots of parents and grandparents are on the lookout for cute new designs to sew for their little ones. From a Safari Sleep Sack to hold baby at night to a Pajama Monster to hold PJs during the day, the 101 patterns will give every sewist a design he or she must try. The authors have organized their patterns into sections based on type, so Home and Kitchen gets a section, as do Tops, Accessories, and half a dozen other categories. This is workable, but leaves the reader with no way to sort patterns by skill level, which could be frustrating: a complex Western shirt is right next to a supremely simple Long Beach Tee. So the book feels a little jumbled, and the design of each page, determined to pack in the materials needed, the cutting layout, instructions for each project, along with diagrams, doesn’t help. Still, there’s a lot for the reader who can take the time to sort through it all. Full-color photos. (June)