Sewing Happiness – Sanae Ishida
This how-to guide and personal memoir features 20 meditative sewing projects and inspiring stories that promote creativity, happiness, and fulfillment
When Sanae Ishida was diagnosed with a chronic illness and lost her corporate job, she felt like her whole life was falling apart.Inspired to succeed at just one thing, Ishida vowed to sew all of her daughters clothesand most of her ownfor one full year. InSewing Happiness, Ishida recounts her incredible journey, reflecting on how sewing helped her survive such a difficult time in her life.
Sewing Happinessfeatures twenty simple sewing projects (with variations) organized by season and tied together with a thread of memoir that tells the story Ishidas unexpected transformation and how sewing brought her profound happiness.Each seasonal projectfrom Japanese-inspired home goods to childrens and womens clothingis specially designed to promote health, creativity, and relationships and to provide gentle inspiration to live your best life.Complete with photos and easy-to-follow steps, Sewing Happiness is at once a guide to the craft of sewing and a guide to enjoying life in all its beautiful imperfections.
