The Illustrated Hassle-Free Make Your Own Clothes Book

by Joan Wiener Bordow, Sharon Rosenberg

Overview

Here is the straight-up dope on how to make your own clothing. With or without patterns, machines, or fancy materials—anyone can do it! Got some old clothes that you love and that fit well? Use them as patterns for new ones. Want something new and spectacular, something that fits right along where your head is moving? Cut up, remodel, add on, and let your old stuff evolve! Readers will embrace the step-by-step illustrations, clear and encouraging prose, and timeless collection of clothes—from skirts and pants to dresses, a waistcoat, and even a teeny-weeny bikini. The Illustrated Hassle-Free Make Your Own Clothes Book promises to be both an indispensable resource and a much-noticed collectible on every hipster’s bookshelf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628731255
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	09/17/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Joan Wiener Bordow lives in San Francisco. Her children and grandchildren love to make clothes with her.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Tools 3 Sewing Machines 4 Guide to Illustrations 5 Terms and Helpful Hints 6 Stitches 14 Embroidery 19 Materials 21 Recycling Scraps and Waste Materials 24 Remodeling Your Old Clothes 25 Rips and What to Do About Them 30 Making Things From Other Things 31 Patterns 33 Clothes for Women Skirts 35 Pants 44 Tops and Dresses 63 Waistcoat 96 Teeny-Weeny Bikini 106 Dorothy Lamour's Road to Bali Sarong 111 Clothes for Men 112 AC-DC Clothes 117 Shawls, Scarves and Ties 133 Little Goodies 137 Clothes for Kids 151