Subversive Seamster Transform Thrift Store Threads into Street Couture

Name: Subversive Seamster Transform Thrift Store Threads into Street Couture
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ISBN: 9781561589258

ISBN-10: 156158925X

ISBN-13: 9781561589258

Edition: 2007

Authors: Melissa Alvarado, Hope Meng, Melissa Rannels, Matthew Carden

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It's time to get subversive, again! The downtown divas ofSew Subversiveare back with another happy helping of straightlaced sewing advice for stylish results every time. Transform tacky bridesmaid gowns and pleated pants into picture-perfect tops, skirts and accessories. The two Melissas and a Hope deliver 30 great projects that are achievable for even the new sewer.Subversive Seamsteris your secret roadmap to the jewels of thrifting and the ins and outs of refashioning. This book has shortcuts, tips, and secrets to the wide world of inexpensive, individualized fashion. Our clothes make a statement about who we are. What better way to say, "I am an individual!" than to wear one-of-a-kind…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 8.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction



Find That Needle in a Haystack!



Sewing 201


Corner Your Pivoting Skills!


Top This Decorative Stitching Technique


Flower Power


Everyone Loves Patches


Lettuce Show You a Great Finishing Technique!


Ruche Me Up, Ruche Me Down


Casing the Joint


Get All Ruffled up


Take It in a Notch


Darts, Anyone?


We Like Buttonholes and We Cannot Lie


It's Hard Out there for a Pin Tuck


Cutting Tips


Edgy Edges


Garment Maximus


Dyeing for Some Color



Hot Tops


Sham on You


The Vest Earrings in Town


Coin a New Purse!


Warm Limbs, Cool Lady


Move Over Buttons, Here Comes Something Better


Ain't No Collar Back Girl!


Put the "Ole!" in Your Bolero


Launch Yo Poncho


Mandarin Collar, Puffy Sleeves, and Hoodie-Oh My!


Get Your Giddyup On


Wooly Bully Winter Skirt



Bottoms Up!


Suburban Pants, Meet City Shorts


Salsa, Not Just for Chips Anymore


Peek-a-Bootylicious Skirt


Good Girls Gone Tank


Busting Out of Old- Man Pants


That Really Chaps My Gauchos


Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Tie (or Halter)


Hot Muumuu Mama


Less Rock, More Rack!



Everything but the Kitchen Sink


Checkbook Love: Game Point!


Cuff 'Em!


I Dream of Groceries


Sock It to Me


Hike That Skirt!


Touchdown, Toiletries!


Domestic Sun Goddess


Vest-a-licious


This Shirt Is the Sheet!


Boa-fy a Boudoir Basic!


Resources


Index