Discover how fun it is to create these simple, colorful skirts. Sew What! Skirts assumes no prior sewing experience and doesn’t slow you down with complicated instructions or patterns. The authors offer up 16 great styles, including A-line, circle, wraparound, gored panel, tiered, layered, and more. All it takes to get started is basic body measurements (no need to buy a pattern), a sewing machine, great fabric, fun embellishments, and a few simple techniques. The designs in Sew What! Skirts are sure to unleash the creative spirit of every budding sewist.
Discover how fun it is to create these simple, colorful skirts. Sew What! Skirts assumes no prior sewing experience and doesn’t slow you down with complicated instructions or patterns. The authors offer up 16 great styles, including A-line, circle, wraparound, gored panel, tiered, layered, and more. All it takes to get started is basic body measurements (no need to buy a pattern), a sewing machine, great fabric, fun embellishments, and a few simple techniques. The designs in Sew What! Skirts are sure to unleash the creative spirit of every budding sewist.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781603429160
Publisher: Storey Books
Publication date: 5/10/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 386,681
File size: 9 MB
Meet the Author
Francesca DenHartog is the owner of Valley Fabrics in Northampton, Massachusetts, a colorful hotbed of sewing and
quilting activity, where she teaches beginning sewing classes. She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 How to Use This Book
2 Basic Skills
3 Which Waistline?
4 The Classic A-Line
5 Wrap It!
6 Circles & Squares
7 Play It Straight with Flair
8 Layer It!
9 How Many Tiers?
Resources
Index
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Overview
Discover how fun it is to create these simple, colorful skirts. Sew What! Skirts assumes no prior sewing experience and doesn’t slow you down with complicated instructions or patterns. The authors offer up 16 great styles, including A-line, circle, wraparound, gored panel, tiered, layered, and more. All it takes to get started is basic body measurements (no need to buy a pattern), a sewing machine, great fabric, fun embellishments, and a few simple techniques. The designs in Sew What! Skirts are sure to unleash the creative spirit of every budding sewist.