Begin Your Journey With Macrame For Home Decor: 40 Stunning Projects For Stylish Decorating Engineered By Samantha Grenier Accessible As Digital Format

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Macrame for Home Decor is a tutorial crafting guide for home dec macramé by sitelinkSamantha Grenier, Releasedth Juneby sitelinkPepperell Braiding Co, and sitelinkFox Chapel, it'spages and available in paperback format,

This is an appealing and well written tutorial for learning the skills necessary to complete any of theincluded projects, The introduction and basic tools and materials guidesof the page content cover sourcing supplies and learning the basics of macramé, The following chapters are split into project categories and include: home decor, mats and rugs, plant hangers, and decorative wall hangings,

For anyone who lived through the's and for whom the word macramé summons to mind 'rustic' jute plant hangers in lime green, orange, and russet brown, this book is full of completely updated and modern/neutral color schemes and projects which will look good in modern homes.
It includes large projects such as chair backs and room dividers, along with smaller projects such as placemats and coasters,

The layout and typesetting are appealing and accessible, The instructions are very clearly written and easy to follow and, more importantly for visual learners, very well photographed, The weaving and knotting diagrams are well drawn and simple to follow, Of theprojects, probablyof them really appealed to me and that's unusually high, These are nice projects and can be adapted to suit any decor, Each of the projects includes a difficulty level, a project time estimate, a bullet list of supplies, and step by step directions,
The end of the book includes a very short supplies resource list, and readers will also have no trouble sourcing necessary tools and gear via internet etailers or local crafts/hobby suppliers.


It amused me to see that although the book is well updated for modern readers, it does include an homage tos culture, the perennially undying sitelinkmacrame owl.


Four. There's a lot to like here,

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes,
Skimmed August. Instructions clear. Includes a project to make a back for my Ikea Poang chair, which I've been wanting to update for years, a project that uses scraps of fabric, of which I have too much, the plant hanger of course, and many more that appeal.
Maybe this is the craft I can actually do!

Do any of you do macramé This is a fun book, with a variety of macrame crafts to make for around the home.
There are illustrations to go along with photos of the projects to help you see how to make the knots, The pages are very clean and easy to follow, There is sure to

be at least one project anyone would like, It has simple projects with simple knots, to more complicated knots, There is a resource page with some excellent suggestions for places to buy your supplies,

I would definitely recommend this book for either a craft class or just to have around the home, Might be good for beginners but as an intermediate macramaker I didn't find any of the ideas stunning and several I wouldn't even consider macrame, Great ideas for Home Decor Macrame for Home Decor Is a great project book,projects are featured. Each has clearly written instructions and wonderfully illustrated directions, I especially like the color coding when showing one how to tie the knots that feature makes all the difference in making each project fun and easy to make, Any skill level can produce results and gain knowledge on the art of macrame.
Love that macrame is coming back in style, Lovely photos through the book feel very inspirational big balls of neutral coloured cord and natural wooden dowels in particular.
The first pages are filled with the stepbystep instructions on knotting, knotbyknot used in the projects later on, Though I just had a free temporary digital review copy of the book courtesy of Netgalley, I feel I could do the knots reminds me of making hemp bracelets.


Then come the projects, Some feel a little dated and often hippiestyle for my liking like the Comfy Chair, the "Flannel" Foot Rest which is on the cover, the Granny Square lampshade, and Cotton Candy Dream Catcher.
Some projects are what I expected from macrame and the sort of reason why I picked up this book like the many different styles of plant hangers.
There's some fun unexpected projects like the Tassel Reading Nook, Tutu Chandelier, and Bright Banners, Classy home decor Ultra Plush Mat, Mock Stockinette Tapestry, And some projects that are unexpected and simply gorgeous, like the lacy looking Freestanding Room Divider, though it includes some woodworking,

Overall, I picked this book up picturing basic macrame instructions plant hangers, and I definitely got that in multiple styles, But the many different projects in the book went beyond my understanding of the craft, This book starts with explaining a couple of knots you need to know to make some gorgeous macramé projects, and it containsprojects to make, I love how those projects are nice and updated, and in fibers and colors that are fitting to a modern interior, I'm not sure I would use any of them apart from the plant hangers, but I'd love to try and make them, so I will probably start one of those projects too.


The instructions are clear at least, they are to me, but as a scout I'm quite experienced with knots, . . and the photo's of the end products are beautiful enough that the end projects look awesome and not so awesome that they're too scary to make, if you know what I mean.


I received a digital, temporary copy in return for an honest review, Just being new to macrame this is a fantastic book with great patterns for a beginner through to the advanced, Really highly recommend to those starting this craft, Good book for beginners with interesting projects for home decor, It has step by step instructions, quantity of materials needed, working time, pictures, etc,

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the eARC For being published in, this book is really oldfashioned and not in a good way.
This is a simple but helpful book if you're interested in learning to do macrame crafts, Each project has a color photo and detailed color sketches with step by step directions,

Theprojects are broken up into these categories:

Home Decor things like a lamp shade, room divider and woven chair to go over an Ikea chair frame

Mats of all different thicknesses, including plush yarn and cloth strips

Plant hangers

Wall hangings

The book starts with instructions for how to do the knots covered.
The projects are rated by how much time they take from a couple of hours to a weekend,

These are definitely updated macrame projects, not the's plant hangers of jute that some of us may remember, Many are attractive and there were a few that I would like to try myself, I would have liked to see more use of recycled materials, like strips of old sheets and things like that, I never am a fan of craft projects that costx as much to make as to just buy them in a store, : There are definitely some affordable ones here and a bit that you could do with recycled materials,

I also really wish there were any photos of the works in progress, All the photos are of the finished projects and then just drawings of the steps, I found some of them hard to understand and seeing them being done with hands would have been very helpful,

In all, though, a nice little book that folks are likely to find inspirational and helpful,

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review, Macrame for Home Decor by Samantha Grenier is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in September,

Macrame projects are starting to filter their way into my Pinterest feed, so, with the most helpful entries being longplay gifs of people creating it while using Cyrillic captions, my other option is to pick up this book and see what it has to offer me as a budding beginner.
Unfortunately, I quickly found that gifs are far, far more comprehensive than illustrated instructions on making knots, though its obviously not to be blamed on the Greniers efforts.
On the other hand, she might have wanted to place the easier, standard plant/wall hanging projects towards the beginning of the book, instead of the middle, so there wouldnt be so many pages of intimidating knotted designs to leaf through and make you sullen before arriving at something that seems doable.
This book is so fun! It's a retro craft, for sure, but check Pinterestit's coming back, The key now is think white yarn and funky driftwood pieces,

I wanted to review this book since I have a friend who is into macrame and needle arts in a major way, and I think she will love this book! I plan to buy a paper copy and some supplies.


Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the digital ARC, Good Basic Macrame Tutorial
This is a good, basic instruction manual for learning macrame, The basic knots are pretty clear in both explanation and diagram, I was hoping for a bit more, As one who learned Macrame in thes, I was expecting updated patterns and modern looks, I am disappointed. Most of the projects looked 'homemade' in the worst sense, Items called 'BohoLook” just look like projects a Brownie Troop would do, The bedroom wall hanging that could be enlarged to use as a throw looked like a fun project and a gift others would enjoy, Although not mentioned, the use of Paracord and Kevlar light cording is great for either outdoor projects or plant hangers, Additionally, most of the supplies necessary are available on the internet, The instructions for the Patch Scrap Mat were very clear, but the photo of the item in use is dangerous, That rug on a finished wood floor would be slippery, In using it at the top of the stairs could cost someone their life! All of the mats in this book need to use carpet backing if they are to be used as rugs.
I received this ARC book for free from Net Galley and this is my honest review,
I am new to macrame and have not had a chance to actually make any projects from this book, The directions are accessible and seem clear to me, The projects are more modern than other books I have seen and seem relatively simple, I actually might try one or two of these!

I received an ARC from NetGalley for an unbiased review of this book, .