Vintage Fabric Accessories

Author: Kaoru Ishikawa
Publisher: Images Publishing Dist Ac
ISBN: 9781864704099
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Learn how to recycle fabric to create stylish tote bags, handbags, buttons, card cases, and lampshades. This fabulous book is packed full of ideas and techniques for turning your precious vintage and recycled fabrics into gorgeous handbags and accessories. Sixty-three projects, ranging from sturdy tote bags to dainty coin purses, evening bags to fabric-covered buttons, are presented with easy-to-follow directions and plenty of inspirational photos, including a selection of fabrics from the author's own collection. Practical ideas for using a variety of fabrics, colours, and embellishments, tips on fabric selection and other useful tidbits, make this a complete resource for the accessories enthusiast. Detailed descriptions of tools, materials and basic techniques will get you started, while advanced techniques, such as attaching handbag hardware and linings are explained in detailed step-by-step photos to give your projects the perfect finish. SELLING POINTS: - Learn how to recycle fabric to create stylish tote bags, handbags, buttons, card cases, and lampshades 143 col.

Chic on a Shoestring

Author: Mary Jane Baxter
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101584998
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Chic on a Shoestring is your entrée into the world of high fashion that will inspire you to create your own covetable clothes and accessories. Learn to transform ornate trims and vintage buttons into spectacular brooches, craft a favorite silk scarf into a chic top, or rework flea market shoes into fashionable showstoppers. With more than 40 unique and stylish ideas—including quick and easy no-sew projects—Chic on a Shoestring will inspire first-time and experienced crafters alike.

Sew Vintage

Author: Jennie Archer Atwood
Publisher: Taunton
ISBN: 9781561584451
Category : Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book shows you how to mix old and new textiles to create contemporary garments for women, children and the home.

Vintage Legacies

Author: Carol Hopkins
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1604689919
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
Carol Hopkins, author of the best-selling Civil War Legacies series, is back with her sixth book, revealing a big twist--big quilts! You'll love learning how Carol uses her signature Civil War color palette in larger quilts, each more stunning than the last. Fourteen patterns ranging from lap-size to twin pay tribute to Southern belles, men's work shirts from the Civil War era, First Lady of the United States Mary Todd Lincoln, and more. Interesting tidbits about nineteenth-century life round out this gorgeous collection that will inspire you to think big!Video

Farm Girl Vintage 2

Author: Lori Holt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733960816
Category : Patchwork
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
"Farm girl vintage 2, brings even more quilt blocks and projects for all Farm Girl Vintage fans to enjoy. Lori has rounded up 45 unique 6" and 12" quilt blocks inspired by her rural roots. She has also designed 13 new projects in this book, including quilts, pillows, a pincushion, and of course a fantastic new sampler quilt! As always, quilters can mix and match quilt blocks from Lori’s previous books, so they can piece together endless possibilities." -- Amazon.com

Vintage Fabric Style

Author: Lucinda Ganderton
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
ISBN: 9781841724164
Category : Household linens
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Part of the Ryland Peters and Small collection of books devoted to the pleasures of life: health and wellbeing, our homes and gardens, the food we eat, the wine we drink. Ryland Peters and Small staff has enormous fun creating their books, and they hope you have as much fun reading them.

Making Vintage Accessories

Author: Emma Brennan
Publisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781861086372
Category : Dress accessories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Presents instructions, using only basic sewing skills, for bags, hats, scarves, and jewelry that are inspired by the fashions of the 1920s to the 1960s.

Amy Barickman's Vintage Notions

Author: Amy Barickman
Publisher: Delphi Distribution Incorporated
ISBN: 9780982627006
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Presents essays, advice, and projects for each month of the year.

The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion

Author: Mood Designer Fabrics
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 161312872X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 503

Book Description
“Designers, we’re going to Mood!” More than 10 years ago, Tim Gunn and Project Runway introduced millions of viewers to New York’s ultimate fabric mecca, Mood Fabrics. Now, the experts behind this fabric power- house bring their fabric and fashion know-how—plus their behind-the-scenes stories—to the sewing public. The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion is the ultimate guide for home-sewers, fashion students, aspiring designers, and Project Runway fans who want to learn everything they need to know to choose and use quality fabric. Drawing upon the expertise of the Mood staff, the book teaches readers the fundamentals—from where fabric is produced to the ins and outs of its construction—and features a fabric-by-fabric guide to cottons and other plant fibers, wools, silks, knits, and other specialty fabrics.

Sew Retro

Author: Judi Ketteler
Publisher: 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!