Just for You by Caroline Critchfield and Sarah Markos

Just for You is a sewing book with 24 projects, all pretty ugly.

2 out of 10 stars.  Sewing is as much an art as it is a craft.  With experience you can create your own designs and make your own patterns, but if you try designing your own patterns before you’re experienced they just don’t fit and they look dreadful, like potato sacks.  Unfortunately the authors of this book are not experienced sewers and it shows.

Projects

1. A hard-handled basic tote
2. A very weirdly-shaped shrug
3. A hooded scarf
4. A basic tote
5. A plain short-sleeved dress
6. Another hard-handled basic tote
7. A basic pencil skirt
8. A basic tie belt
9. A basic short-sleeved top (a shortened version of the dress)
10. A basic book cover
11. A basic sleeveless maxi dress
12. Fabric-covered beads (these are huge and ugly)
13. A basic straight skirt
14. An infinity skirt
15. A basic short-sleeved tunic (a shortened version of 5 and longer version of 9)
16. A d-ring belt
17. A long basic skirt (a longer version of 13)
18. Yet another hard-handled basic tote
19. Hanging fabric pocket belt (really ugly)
20. An apron like the one I just reviewed in Happy Home plagiarized from Simplicity (see below)
21. A basic skirt with lining
22. A basic wristlet or clutch
23. A basic zippered clutch
24. A basic phone cover

2 out of 10 stars.  Nothing worth sewing here and everything looked dreadful except for the apron which was plagiarized from Simplicity.

Reviewed by Colleen.

Apron

This is another apron plagiarized from Simplicity.  It’s irritating to see so many authors plagiarizing well-known companies and selling that intellectual property for profit.  🙁