Author: Sally WaltonPublisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781861088406
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pattern sheets are in accordian file affixed to p. [3] of cover.
Sew Over It Vintage
Author: Lisa ComfortPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473582903
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
**Includes simple and accessible instructions for how to cut your own patterns** Following on from her successful first book, Sew Over It Vintage is a brand new collection of fabulous projects from sewing expert Lisa Comfort. Inspired by Lisa’s love of vintage style and fashion, the stylish projects each have a vintage twist but still retain the modern style, allowing these pieces to work with and complement the rest of your wardrobe and your home. Featuring 25 projects, ranging from jewellery, hats, tops, dresses and bags, to cushions, lampshades, placemats, lanterns and a luxury chair pouffe, there are ideas for those who want to quickly create an accessory on a lazy afternoon as well as suggestions for those that want to invest their time in a large and impressive project. Every project has a clearly labeled skill level as well as step-by-step photography, ensuring the directions couldn’t be any easier to follow. And with instructions on how to draft your very own bodice block, all the clothing can be made to fit your body shape perfectly. There is no better way to inject some classic vintage style into your everyday life.
Author: Christina StruttBurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern
Author: Nora AbousteitPublisher: Potter Craft
ISBN: 0770434398
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Vintage Looks Meet Modern Fashion Dior’s New Look silhouette. Jackie Kennedy’s sheath dress. Madonna’s bustier. Fashion trends come and go, but certain iconic styles never fade. Make them for yourself with BurdaStyle’s new guide to sewing fashion through the decades. Five adaptable master patterns for tops, dresses, and pants are transformed into nineteen unique projects for both women and men that draw inspiration from key fashion moments. These influential looks—from the Roaring Twenties to the Awesome Eighties—are all modernized and reinterpreted for today’s sewing enthusiasts. BurdaStyle, the world’s largest online community of people who sew, is synonymous with stylish sewing and high-quality patterns. In this follow-up to The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook, they provide step-by-step instructions and techniques for customizing the enclosed master patterns into new design variations, all perfectly fitted for you. You’ll also get a taste of fashion history—the essential designers, signature trends, and style icons from each era—to help you channel your inner Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, or Yves Saint Laurent. BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern combines the best of fashion from the past with an updated approach to sewing. Whether you prefer a slim-fit pant, the perfect men’s button-down, or a versatile shift dress, this book offers a classic collection that will last you a lifetime.
A Sewn Vintage Lifestyle
Author: Verna MosqueraPublisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 9781440230424
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sew beautiful projects you'll love to use! Create 20 charming projects perfect for your lifestyle using patchwork, applique and embroidery techniques, all illustrated by pattern and fabric designer Verna Mosquera. Let Verna guide you through the process and projects so you can start creating a handmade lifestyle all your own!
Sewing Vintage Style
Author: Mary Jo HineyPublisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402722394
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Step into a bygone era with the nostalgic projects in this unique sewing collection. A keepsake in its own right, this beautifully designed and illustrated volume shows how to recycle precious textile fragments of the past and transform them into tasteful treasures for today. Master a range of needlework techniques, including crazy quilt, trapunto, pin tucking, monogrammed embroidery, redwork, and cutwork. Create a lasting legacy in your own home with stylish vintage projects from an embroidered sundress to an organza pintucked pillow, a fabric covered box to a cross-stitch sampler. Pattern transferring tips and stitch glossaries are included. Whether newly created or refashioned with antique embellishments, all the pieces contain an echo of the elegance of an earlier time.
Sew Retro
Author: Judi KettelerPublisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1610605039
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Sewing never goes out of style, and today it is more popular than ever! Sew Retro offers twenty-five stylish, vintage-inspired sewing projects—beautiful bags, essential skirts, unique pillows, and more—that are a pleasure to sew, thanks to easy instructions, helpful diagrams, and a pocket of ten full-size patterns. This fun, inspirational book also uncovers sewing’s colorful history, from the introduction of the sewing machine to the modern DIY movement, and features interviews with today’s hottest fabric and pattern designers, including Amy Butler, Betz White, Barbara Brackman, Emma Brennan, Judie Rothermel, and Kathy Miller of Michael Miller Fabrics. Filled with gorgeous project photography and quirky vintage illustrations that bring the 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, and beyond to life, Sew Retro celebrates sewing yesterday and today. Learn more about Sew Retro and enjoy bonus projects and tutorials at www.sewretrothebook.com!
Home-made Vintage
Author: Christina StruttPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : House furnishings
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"'Home-Made Vintage' describes how to create over 40 step-by-step projects to decorate any room in your house from the kitchen to the bedroom to the garden room, as well as plenty of ideas for gifts." -- Publisher's description.
Author: Emma BrennanHome-Made Vintage
Author: Christina StruttPublisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781782498827
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
40 easy-to-sew projects with a timeless appeal that will transform your home into a pure and pretty tableau of handcrafted detail. If you long to give your rooms a vintage air and country-cottage appeal, you will love the retro floral prints and timeless designs of Home-Made Vintage, your perfect guide to creating handmade, easy elegance in your home. The book offers simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat you’ve always wanted. In this step-by-step guide, Christina Strutt shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen and bathroom, conservatory and bedroom—and for giving as gifts as well. A skilled stylist and designer, Christina reveals how to create a look that is personal and unique, but not at all labor-intensive. Reusing old fabrics and accessories in new ways allows the vintage and modern to mingle beautifully—and also saves money and time. The charming projects highlighted in this delightful illustrated book include crisp linen chair covers, a chic fabric headboard, pretty flower aprons, dreamy voile bed curtains, and soothing scented herbal pillows.
