Fashion DIY: 30 Ways to Craft Your Own Style

by Nicole Smith and Carrie Blaydes

Book Overview

Frugal fashionistas know that reworked vintage clothing is always chic--and here are 30 easy ways create a stylish wardrobe. Every chapter highlights a single embellishment technique for transforming garments from drab to fab, and every technique features three beautiful skill-building projects to take beginners from novice to advanced. Plus, these looks are designed to last: after all, if you're going to put the time and energy into creating something beautiful, you don't want it going out of style in six months! Deconstruct and reconstruct pieces with retro flair, using such techniques as hand embroidery, appliqu, trimming, felting, beading, silhouette alterations, and surface manipulations.? This user-friendly guide covers all the basic how-tos and includes a fabric tutorial and web resources.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933027185
• ISBN13: 9781933027180
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Sixth & Spring Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Worth it

This is a lovely book. Deals with stuff to wear. Ten techniques are explained (trimming, beading, colour manipulation among others) and then three projects for each technique are given, each progressively more advanced. I'd wear everything in this book. Cool ideas, stylish and hip without being unwearable even if you're quite conservative. No jeans turned into skirts here.