Product Details
ISBN: 9781592536252
Category: General
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Publisher: QUARRY BOOKS
Illustrations: illustrations
Country of origin: USA
Pages: 160
Pagination: 160 pages, illustrations
Dimensions (mm): 259 x 235 x 14
Weight: 626g
Sweater Surgery: How To Make New Things With Old Sweaters
Contemporary crafters are thriving on personalizing, modifying, and altering fashion, and as a way to take a greener approach to their creative lifestyle. This book shows you how to upcycle all your slightly worn, slightly damaged, or out-of-style sweaters into fabulous new items for your wardrobe and your home. Readers learn how to choose, cut, restitch, felt, and embellish old sweater fabric, transforming it into beautiful handbags, mittens, scarves, hats, hoodies, skirts, jewelry, soft toys, pillows, and more! Complete instructions for 27 projects, plus a huge gallery of exciting ideas for further inspiration.