New From Old: How to Transform and Customize Your Clothes

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Author: Jayne Emerson
ISBN: 1554072042
Number of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2006-09-12
Publisher: Firefly Books

Book Description

The inspiration and the skills to create fabulous, personalized clothing.

Any woman can transform and customize the clothes already in her closet, making them new, hip and utterly de rigueur. Drawing on technical skills and extensive experience designing for top fashion houses, Jayne Emerson offers inspiration to women who prefer personality in their fashion. Using bargain buys or closet orphans, women of any age can create updated designs by, for example, adding braid, over-dyeing a shirt or converting a sweater into a bolero.

In addition to the specific 30 projects described in detail, the author reviews the necessary sewing fundamentals and provides expert guidance for:

Transforming lingerie and shoes Dyeing, over-dyeing, tinting Adding decoration Making alterations and changing form Making jewelry Using non-clothing items.

Throughout the book there are "Before You Start" sidebars, inspirational photographs, illustrated instructions and an eminently practical techniques section. When vintage has become too expensive and secondhand looks outdated, a new wardrobe can be created using New from Old.

Customer Reviews (3 total reviews)

OK book for beginners but.....
by Customer A3861IBNFDR8RU at June 16th, 2008
as the other reviewer mentioned, this book is almost exclusively about making simple, small ... (read more)

Good for non sewers
by Customer A2CC3COUEKUBB6 at January 02nd, 2008
Okay book for beginning and non sewers. Doesn'thave any really fashionable ideas. I'm still waiting for a really good book.

New Looks for Old Clothes
by Customer A1PNX3DC2XK94C at January 09th, 2007
This book encourages creative ways of thinking about clothes I currently own and those I may make or purchase later. Some of the ideas are quite simple, others more sophisticated. I like the fact that it includes directions on how to achieve the results portrayed in the pictures.

OK book for beginners but.....
by Customer A3861IBNFDR8RU at June 16th, 2008
as the other reviewer mentioned, this book is almost exclusively about making simple, small ... (read more)

Good for non sewers
by Customer A2CC3COUEKUBB6 at January 02nd, 2008
Okay book for beginning and non sewers. Doesn'thave any really fashionable ideas. I'm still waiting for a really good book.

New Looks for Old Clothes
by Customer A1PNX3DC2XK94C at January 10th, 2007
This book encourages creative ways of thinking about clothes I currently own and those I may make or purchase later. Some of the ideas are quite simple, others more sophisticated. I like the fact that it includes directions on how to achieve the results portrayed in the pictures.