The inspiration and the skills to create fabulous, personalized clothing.    Any woman can transform and customize the clothes already in her closet, making them new, hip and utterly de rigueur. Drawing on technical skills and extensive experience designing for top fashion houses, Jayne Emerson offers inspiration to women who prefer personality in their fashion. Using bargain buys or closet orphans, women of any age can create updated designs by, for example, adding braid, over-dyeing a shirt or converting a sweater into a bolero.    In addition to the specific 30 projects described in detail, the author reviews the necessary sewing fundamentals and provides expert guidance for:  Transforming lingerie and shoes  Dyeing, over-dyeing, tinting  Adding decoration  Making alterations and             changing form  Making jewelry  Using non-clothing items.    Throughout the book there are "Before You Start" sidebars, inspirational photographs, illustrated instructions and an eminently practical techniques section. When vintage has become too expensive and secondhand looks outdated, a new wardrobe can be created using New from Old.

New from Old: How to Transform and Customize Your Clothes

Arts & Photography

Jayne Emerson

Graphic Design

Mitchell Beazley

The Impatient Patchworker

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Rowan Yarns Ltd.

<p>The fundamentals of felting including choosing fibers and colors, making flat felt and boiling felt, and stitching felt are demonstrated in 20 beautiful projects in a range of contemporary colors in this beginner's guide. Projects include a cloche hat, a child's jacket, slippers, delicate scarves, square and inlayed throw pillows, and a long-lasting rug. Each project is presented with simple step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and alternative samples and suggestions that help felters to create their own designs. Felters can bring this highly handcrafted style into their wardrobes and home decor with these simple and beautiful pieces.</p>

Simply Felt: 20 Easy and Elegant Designs in Wool

Margaret Docherty

Interweave Press

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