Sew What! Skirts

15 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics

By Francesca Denhartog, Carole Ann Camp

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Average Rating: (See all 5 reviews) Format: Hardcover, 128 pages Other Information: Illustrated Published In: United States, October 2006 Other Editions: Paperback, USA $35.98 View Quantity Available: 1 24 hour shipping Sewing is back! Young, crafty women are discovering the fun and creativity of working with fabric, needle, and thread to create simple, colorful skirts, suitable for showing off as wearable art. Sew What! Skirts assumes no prior sewing experience (and no home ec. class or mother with sewing skills!), and doesn’t get bogged down with overly complicated instructions or patterns. Author Francesca DenHartog, a fabric fanatic and sewing instructor, has stripped skirts down to the basics: 15 styles, ranging from an A-line to a circle, wraparound, gored panel, tiered “hippie, ” layered, and more. All it takes to get started is basic body measurements (no need to go out and buy an expensive pattern), a machine, great fabric, fun embellishments, and a few sewing fundamentals. With a creative can-do attitude, playful photographs, and super-simple step-by-step instructions, Sew What! Skirts will connect a whole new generation with the craft of making clothing that expresses your own unique look and personality. It’s all about the fabric, as DenHartog demonstrates with the colorful array of patterns and motifs featured throughout. Whimsical, colorful, and easy, the designs in this book are sure to unleash the creative spirit of every budding seamstress. Publisher: Storey Publishing ISBN: 1580176259 EAN: 9781580176255 Dimensions: 23.52 x 18.69 x 1.55 centimeters (0.48 kg)

Excellent book. Shows readers how to draft a skirt pattern (easier than you think!) and sew it up. Several different styles, but the basics, including tiered, a-line, straight and wrap around are all covered. Someone with little or no sewing knowledge can follow this book. Also great for those that don't fit easily into commercially made patterns/ready made clothes, as you are drafting patterns to fit your own individual body size.

love this book. great idea, sewing without buying patterns. really easy to follow and inspiring

this book is very useful for beginners, it has all the basics and it's a great looking book

Great book with lots of easy to follow advice on how to make your own unique skirts without having to spend a fortune on a lot of different patterns.

Great! This book gave me permission to do what I always thought I could, make my own clothes without commercial patterns. This is what I wish my mother had told me, I have spent too long dealing with tissue paper!

I am just start to grow interest in sewing but I think this book is just what I wanted. The steps are so simple and the variety of skirts showed making this book so worthwhile (for this price) to have for a beginner like me. You can forget about the pattern making and start making your skirt right away!