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Author
Publisher
Search Press Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
The founder of The Refashioners movement presents step-by-step projects for adapting and cutting away at tops, trousers, dresses, and more to build a stylish, modern, and environment-saving capsule wardrobe one can wear throughout the year.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Slow fashion influencer Katrina Rodabaugh follows her bestselling book, Mending Matters, with a comprehensive guide to building (and keeping) a wardrobe that matters. Whether you want to repair your go-to jeans, refresh a favorite garment, thrift-shop like a pro, or dye, tailor, and reinvent clothing you already have -- this book has all the know-how you'll need. Woven throughout are stories, essays, and a slow fashion call-to-action, encouraging...
Author
Publisher
Stash Books, an imprint of C&T Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Take secondhand finds from frumpy to fabulous with a little help from Beth Huntington, a.k.a. the Renegade Seamstress. Beth shows you how to refashion outdated treasures from the thrift store, garage sale, or your own closet, into chic clothing and accessories that are perfectly tailored to fit you.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Perfect for all levels of stitchers, this instructional guide to garment embroidery, in which sustainability meets DIY, demonstrates how to embellish clothing through stylish and classic designs, and includes information on tools, techniques, and stitches.
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword White Owl
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This collection of 15 projects shows how to add style to pre-owned or second-hand clothes using free-motion machine embroidery. Techniques show include embroidered lettering, making applique patches, and embroidering directly onto the garment fabric.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl loves her favorite dress, but when it gets worn, goes out of fashion, or she grows too big to fit, her mother fixes up her old favorite into something new.
Author
Publisher
The Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers since 1923
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Reclaim your clothes and reduce fashion waste with illustrated instructions for mending and more Replacing buttons, darning socks, and other mending skills have largely been lost to the decades. Yet, as the eco-conscious are ditching fast fashion, these techniques are being rediscovered as easy methods to revamp closets with personal flair-hello, visible mending-and sustainability. In Wear, Repair, Repurpose, Lily Fulop welcomes beginner and experienced...
Author
Publisher
KP Craft
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Teaches basic sewing skills and then moves on to explain more complex techniques, encouraging readers to take their skills to the next level with more involved projects. The easy to follow instructions and step-by-step photos and illustrations will ensure success for novices, as well as inspire confidence.
Author
Publisher
Ilex, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Create your own tailored wardrobe, avoid fast fashion, and learn a new sustainable skill with this comprehensive guide for complete beginners. There has never been a better time to learn to sew your own clothes. If you want to avoid harmful fast fashion, create sustainable pieces for yourself and one-of-a-kind gifts for loved ones, and curate your own perfect wardrobe, this is the book you need. Get started with the core skills such as how to make...
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