Jean Therapy: Denim Deconstruction for the Conscientious Crafter (Domestic Arts for Crafty Girls)
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List Price: $19.99
Best Price: $12.45 (new), $8.59 (used)
Availability: New (32), Used (4)
Author: Scatha G. Allison, Marla Stefanelli
Edition: Spi
ISBN: 1592533884
Number of Pages: 136
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher: Quarry Books
Book Description
More than 20 projects and an array of gallery creations are imaginative and practical fashions-hardworking denim at play.
Pair cast-off denim with a crafter's unyielding creativity and you have a craft with limitless possibility. Denim is the perfect fabric for many arts and craft methods: it is durable, washable, and dyeable; it can be cut, sliced, shredded, poked, prodded, and cinched. Jean Therapy teaches basic techniques - building anything from skirts, bags, vests, and accessories - and illuminates these basic techniques with dozens of clever, funky, and stylish variations.
Jean Therapy includes straightforward, illustrated instructions for more than 20 projects, running the gamut from simple accessories to reconstructed pants, skirts, and halter tops, each featuring design and personalization tips and techniques. Each project will have a main beauty shot, detail shots (as needed), and a number of technical step illustrations that show creation and assembly details.
It also includes a detailed chapter on customizing and tailoring clothing for a perfect fit - a key ingredient when working with repurposed clothing.
Customer Reviews (3 total reviews)
Don't waste your time!
by Customer A1T3ZNC9BHL78I at September 30th, 2008
I have a pile of jeans waiting to turn into useful and beautiful items, which is why I was attracted to this book. A subtitle inside is Denim Butchery, and that is the most apropropriate description for what is happening here. I hope never to see these patterns put into action by anyone anywhere. They are Ugly, unfinished and unflattering.
you must get this book!
by Customer A21KQPUECS9I7R at August 26th, 2008
This well illustrated book is perfect for all those who have a garage of jeans that don't fit anymore. Many wonderful ideas abound and patterns. Highly recommended for the "green" set". So recycle those jeans and buy this book!.
Beautifully Unconventional ~ Wonderfully Outside the Box
by Customer A2QVA7DE093K6J at July 04th, 2008
If you enjoy doing your own thing - wearing clothes or accessories that are outside the ... (read more)
Don't waste your time!
by Customer A1T3ZNC9BHL78I at September 30th, 2008
I have a pile of jeans waiting to turn into useful and beautiful items, which is why I was attracted to this book. A subtitle inside is Denim Butchery, and that is the most apropropriate description for what is happening here. I hope never to see these patterns put into action by anyone anywhere. They are Ugly, unfinished and unflattering.
you must get this book!
by Customer A21KQPUECS9I7R at August 26th, 2008
This well illustrated book is perfect for all those who have a garage of jeans that don't fit anymore. Many wonderful ideas abound and patterns. Highly recommended for the "green" set". So recycle those jeans and buy this book!.
Beautifully Unconventional ~ Wonderfully Outside the Box
by Customer A2QVA7DE093K6J at July 04th, 2008
If you enjoy doing your own thing - wearing clothes or accessories that are outside the ... (read more)
