DIY Wardrobe Makeovers (eBook)

Alter, Refresh & Refashion Your Clothes - Step-by-Step Sewing Tutorials

Suzannah Hamlin Stanley (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
160 Seiten
C&T Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61745-043-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Unlock your closet's potential with simple wardrobe fixes and refashions to express your style. These basic alterations and step-by-step restyling tutorials will help you fit and reassemble garments into newfound faves. No sloppy shortcuts herelearn how to alter sweaters, pants, and everything in your wardrobe for a more flattering fit. Take it in, take it up, or let it outall on your home sewing machine. Spend less, look better!

Autor

Suzannah Hamlin Stanley, a DIYer at heart, loves sewing practical, usable items for her wardrobe and home—and even made her own wedding dress. She started her popular sewing blog in 2009. Suzannah lives with her husband outside Portland, Oregon. create-enjoy.com

Inhalt

Preface Why DIY? Getting Inspired • Learning About Clothes • More Remaking Ideas • When Not to Refashion • How This Book Will Help You DIY • About the InstructionsBasic Tools Sewing Machine • Cutting Tools • Needles, Thread, and Pins • Measuring Tools • Pressing Tools • Fabrics and NotionsTerminology Fabric Terms • Stitches and Machine Terms • How to Measure YourselfSewing Skills Using Your Sewing Machine • Hand Finishing • Taking Out Stitches • Hemming • PressingAlteration Technique TutorialsTake it In: Take In a Sweater or Knit Top Take It Up: Shorten Jeans Let It Out: Let Out Pants Side Seams Take It Up: Shorten a Curved Hem Shirt Take It In: Tighten a Loose Waistband Take It Up: Shorten a Pencil Skirt Let It Down: Lengthen a Skirt with a Hem Facing Take It In: Take in Jeans DIY Style ProjectsRemake: Infinity Scarf Makeover Embellish/Remake: Colorblock Sweater Makeover Remake: Contrast Sleeve Tee Embellish: Elbow Patch Sweater Makeover Remake: Riding Pants Makeover Refashion: Dress-Into-Peplum Top Makeover Embellish: Contrast Trim Blazer Refashion: Flared Pants to Skinny Pants Refashion: Silky Blouse MakeoverRefashion: Tie Waist Blouse Makeover Refashion: Blouse-Into-DressEmbellish: Zipper Shoulder Sweater Embellish: Tuxedo Stripe Pants Remake: Boxy Tee Makeover (Nearly) Unlimited Embellishment Ideas About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: Clothing • DIY style • DIY-style • restyling tutorials • sew at home • sewing • Stash Books • stylish wardrobe refashions
• ISBN-10: 1-61745-043-X / 161745043X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61745-043-3 / 9781617450433