Sew Subversive Down and Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista

Name: Sew Subversive Down and Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista
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ISBN: 9781561588091

ISBN-10: 1561588091

ISBN-13: 9781561588091

Edition: 2006

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

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Sew Subversive is about making fashion your own, whether it's embellishing or customizing off-the-rack clothing or transforming clothes that have lost that loving feeling. The three twenty-something co-owners of Stitch Lounge, an urban sewing studio in San Francisco, teach you, in plain, fun language, how to do it, whether you're hand sewing, machine sewing, or, in a few cases, simply wielding a pair of scissors. The first three chapters lay the ground work: Hand Sewing Basics, You and Your Machine, and Gearing Up, which includes Fabric 101, how to set up a sewing space, and a run-through first project on the sewing machine. Then the fun begins with Embellishing and Customizing projects,…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 8.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Introduction


Hand-Sewing Basics


Threading Your Needle


The Stitches


Mending a Rip in a Seam


Sewing a Button Back On


Patching Things Up


Hem It Up


Moving on Up to the Machine


You + Your Machine


How a Sewing Machine Works


Know Thy Machine


Finding the Perfect Mate


Learning to Use Your Machine


Threading the Machine


Filling the Bobbin


Loading the Bobbin


Bringing Up the Bobbin Thread


Straight vs. Zigzag Stitching


Changing the Needle


Backtacking


Turning Corners


Working Those Curves


Gearing Up For Your First Sewing Project


The Gear


Fabric 101


Fabric 201: Shopping for Refashionable Clothing


Notions: The Accessories of Fabric


Setting Up Your Sewing Space


Keeping It All Together


Making Something


My First Sewing Project: Pillow Cover


Messing Up


Making It Your Own: Embellishing and Customizing Clothes


Make Your Printer Work for You


A Skirt That Is Sew You


Topstitching: Drawing With Thread


Bye-Bye Boring Britches


Cut It Out! Shirt


All Ears-or Horns-Hoodie


From Big + Baggy to Fit + Flattering


Honey, I Shrunk the Shirt!


Un-Taperfy Your Pants


Refashioning: The Next Life of Your Old Clothes


Tie One On in This Skirt


Totally Tube-You-Lar


Tote That Tee


The Hippest Hip Belt in Town


Get All Ruffled Up


Score Some Pillow Talk in This Pillow Tank Dress


Return of the Leg Warmers


Summerize Your Sweater


Winter Sweater, Meet Winter Hat


Scarf Scrapbook


Vintage Necktie Cuffs and Collars


I'm a Sleeve to Wine!


Refashion Yourself


Resources


Index