WelcomeWelcome to the website of Jennifer Forest, I am the author of the best selling book, Jane Austen's Sewing Box. Inspired by the arts and crafts in Jane Austen's novels, I have joined history and craft together in a new way - using research into these Regency craft skills to create beautiful and useful projects today. I have always loved history, textiles and Jane Austen, the next step was to write Jane Austen's Sewing Box. Why love history? "The past is another country". My journey exploring the past has been the ultimate travel experience, catching glimpses of other times and cultures, their motivations and their stories. And along the way, I discovered an interest in historical design, mainly architecture, interiors, fabrics and dress. 
Why love textiles? I don't need to explain this to anyone else who loves textiles - fabric, threads, wool, paper, tools, the methods, the colours, design, the potential of creating and the finished product. Why love Jane Austen? How can you not love her writing for her wit, character portrayals and her well crafted sentence? But her novels are also more to me, they take me on that historical journey to another country, another world. Jane Austen was telling stories about her turbulent world, at the level she knew, where sometimes love does mean that a daughter of a baronet can marry a rising naval captain. (Persuasion) | Jane Austen's Sewing BoxFor all lovers of craft, history and Jane Austen, the beauty of the Regency era is brought alive in Jane Austen's Sewing Box. With craft projects set in their historical and literary context, women's work of the Regency era is brought to the modern crafter in a new and exciting way. 18 projects including sewing, needlework, netting, painting, paper craft and knitting are drawn from Jane Austen's novels. Each project is accompanied by:
The projects in Jane Austen's Sewing Box are both objects of beauty and useful for our contemporary lives. Using a range of techniques and readily available materials and tools, the projects are easily accessible for all skill levels and interests. Jane Austen's Sewing Box is published by Murdoch Books. Jane Austen's Sewing Box can be purchased in all good book stores and ordered from a range of online stores including Amazon, with delivery usually under a week for the USA. The book has been so popular, people just love it! They love it so much that the first print run sold out in three months. A photo of the book cover and a book synopsis (PDF) can be found here.  Contact Details Any questions? Send me an email. |
