Being a sewer, I originally bought this because of the cute projects. IT comes with patterns and the book has nice photos of the finished products in use. There aren't many books or patterns available for baby "gear" rather than clothing, and this one covers a lot of neat items. Unfortunately, we ended up with no children (lots of nieces & nephews though), so none of these became my own keepsakes. The projects are fairly types of items to sew, but the instructions are not for the raw beginner. If you already know what you are doing around a sewing machine, you'll be just fine.