Make head-turning, show-stopping skirts using simple sewing techniques and inexpensive, readily available materials with 49 Sensational Skirts. This fabulous sewing book shows how to give a new lease on life to a favorite old skirt, transform thrift store finds into runway-worthy fashions with clever customizations, and how to make and decorate a skirt from scratch using the handy bound-in pattern template. No previous sewing knowledge necessary!
Author Alison Willoughby, an innovative textile designer who made her mark in the fashion world as "skirtgirl" for her work on hand-constructed intricate skirts, offers up forty-nine fabulous skirt designs-plus one sassy mini skirt-in this innovative sewing and customizing book. Core techniques are illustrated with step-by-step photographs, from sewing fabric into seams, to pleating and ruching to screen printing and adding embellishments. Learn how to manipulate fabric to create fabulous effects such as ruffles, loops and layers; produce unusual decorations using beads, buttons, badges, ribbons, and myriad found objects; create unique prints and patterns with pens, paints, and foil. Step-by-step instructions for making a wide range of skirts are included, plus instructions for numerous stitch techniques, and descriptions of various fabrics, fastenings, and finishings. Also included is a special section by the author on inspiration exercises to get your creativity flowing.
49 Sensational Skirts has all of the information a sewer needs to get started creating custom fashions. You'll be spoiled for ways to work that skirt!
Reviews:"This book is full of innovative new ideas for creating an outfit out of the ordinary."-Knitting News
"It’s pretty, it’s practical, and it’s simple, too.... This might very well be one of the top ten sewing books you will ever need."-Make It Mine
"Detailed photographs and easy construction techniques ensure even beginning seamstresses success in creating a unique garment and stir the imagination of the more experienced."-MonstersandCritics.com
"It’s wonderful.... has some great and fun ideas for making your own kind of skirt out of a ‘find’. Inspiration happens as you thumb through this one."-This Recycled Life
"Alison Willoughby doesn’t just want you to see her work – she wants you to make it yourself. . . . 49 Sensational Skirts compiles some of her ideas and techniques and makes them friendly to the home crafter."-Whipup.net