Get the Most from Your Clothes: Sew Your Way to Reinvent, Upcycle and Customize Your Clothes
Author(s): Marion Elliot
Upcycle, restyle and customize the contents of your wardrobe to produce better-than-new outfits and fun, creative accessories using only your sewing stash and imagination. This is a mixture of feature spreads that burst with tips, tricks, projects and inspiration, covering everything from hemlines and seams to funky fasteners and embellishments. The flexible 'dip-into' format makes for a highly accessible and inspirational product - funky page layouts hold a wealth of must-know bite-size information. This is a 'go-to' book that will be referred to again and again for sewing techniques and inspiration, even as your confidence and skills grow.
General Information
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- : David & Charles
- : David & Charles
- : 0.581
- : 01 May 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2011
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Marion Elliot
- : Paperback
- : 128
- : 250 colour photographs
More About The Product
Marion Elliot is an artist and designer working mainly in fabric and paper. She has written many craft books, including D&C's Get the Most from Your Sewing Machine, and in doing so discovered an unrealised passion for fashion! She is currently creating textile items for Liberty and designing projects for magazines including Sew Hip and Sew. She sells her work on Etsy and Folksy. Marion lives in Ludlow, Shropshire. Twitter: twitter.com/vintagetown Blog: vintagetown.blogspot.com
Introduction; CLOTHES Projects demonstrating ways to transform jackets, dresses, skirts, tops, jeans and trousers; ACCESSORIES Projects demonstrating ways to transform shoes, hats, bags and belts; CARE & REPAIR Projects demonstrating ways to fix broken or work garments that leave them better than new; Feature spreads will include:; Zip-it Masterclass; Fastener Fun; Time for a Trim; Seams to Me; The Rise and Fall of Hemlines; Shoes and Bags; Suppliers Index.
