DIY Thrift Flip (eBook)

Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes into Fun, Wearable Fashions

April Yang, Coolirpa (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
144 Seiten
Quarry Books (Verlag)
978-0-7603-8322-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Join the thrifting revolution! DIY Thrift Flip teaches you how to find, upcycle, and customize secondhand clothing for sustainable style with simple sewing instructions.Expert thrift-flipper April Yang, aka Coolirpa, takes you through every phase of the process, including how to find the best clothes and fabrics and easy ways to alter and tailor shirts, dresses, pants, coats, and more. Getting Started. Essential materials and tools, setting up a workspace, organizing supplies, sewing machine basics, and a concise fabric primer.How to Shop for Alterable Clothes. Where to shop, what types of clothes to look for, what can and can't be fixed, and how to gauge size when you can't try something on.Altering Basics. How to use patterns to alter clothes or parts of garments, techniques for altering without using patterns, the basics of garment altering, adding sleeves, hems, and pockets, and how to custom-tailor an altered piece for a great fit.Projects. Beginner to intermediate-level projects inspire and guide you along your own thrift flips.QR codes give you access to techniques, tutorials, and project details.Also included are basic sewing techniques, sewing and clothing terminology, clothing silhouettes, how to measure the body, and more.With DIY Thrift Flip, you'll learn how to build a wardrobe of original pieces that shows off your unique style and boosts your creativity in the process.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2024
• Zusatzinfo: 200 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Schlagworte: aapi heritage month • Activity • adding sleeves • alterable clothes • alterations • altering • altering techniques • Asian American and Pacific Islander • author • BASIC • beginner projects • BIPOC • boredom buster • CAMP • celebrate • circular economy • coats • crafty friend • Creative • Culture • Customize • custom tailor an altered piece for a great fit • dresses • eco-friendly • entertain • environmentally friendly • Essential • fabric primer • fabrics • Fun • garment • garments • gauging size when you can't try something on • getting started • Gift • Guide • hems • how to take apart • inexpensive • Instructions • Intermediate • keep busy • look for • organizing sewing supplies • pants • pockets • put back together • Reference • ripping seams • save money • Scissors • screen free • Secondhand • setting up a sewing space • sewing • sewing clothes • Sewing machine basics • Shirts • Shop • Shopping • step by step how to • summer vacation activity ideas • Sustainable fashion • Tailoring • Teenager • Teens • Thread • Thrift flipping book • thrifting • Tutorial • Upcycling • using patterns • what can be fixed • what to do when you can't try on clothes • where to shop • without • workspace
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-8322-7 / 0760383227
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-8322-3 / 9780760383223