Find the inspiration you've been waiting for to use all the beautiful fabric you've been holding on to or longing to buy in this beautifully packaged book. 16 simple skirt styles are broken down step-by-step to give a fool-proof, no patterns allowed formula. All 16 designs can be created from scratch in a few hours so no matter how hectic life is you'll be sure to find time to sew a simple, fun skirt that is, most importantly, stress-free. Focus your design on gorgeous fabrics, colours, textures and embellishments without getting hung up on whether your stitching is even or your seams are perfect. Make a fashion statement without the sweat and frustration, define your personality with a wearable, tailored skirt designed to your unique style and shape.
Table of Contents
* Acknowledgements; * Introduction; 1 How to use this book; 2 Basic skills; 3 Which waistline?; 4 Classic A-line; 5 Wrap it!; 6 Circles & sqaures; 7 Play it straight with flair; 8 Layer it!; 9 How many tiers?; * Resources; * Index.
About the Author
Francesca DenHartog has a lifelong passion for beautiful and unusual fabrics and is always looking for new and innovative ways to use them.
The book is a breath of fresh air. The picures and diagrams are lovely and easy to follow. Remember that this book was written in the USA so be prepared for coversion if you are a metric kind of person (thank goodness Australian tape measures come with metric and imperial on the one tape).
When you order this book go and get yourself some butchers paper, a ruler and some pens/ textas. You need to draft a a very basic flat pattern using your own measurement. This becomes your basis for creating marvellous skirts that will fit you. My first project was the straight skirt, I made this with a black fabric with a self-print. Even with the modifications I did (it has a lovely thigh split,the book guides you through this, with the addition of press stud tape for modesty)skirt- from drafting to wearing, took less then 1 1/2 hours.
The thing that made me fall the most in love with this book is that it has very clear and visual instructions on setting a zipper /fly (or what ever you call those things with teeth that hold your skirt together).
The book I bought from Amazon is hard covered with spiral binding. The spiral binding allows the book to lay flat when you are working from it )(without the pages flipping shut). you're also shown how to make skirts that are:
- Straight with variations including simple pleats, splits, long and short, etc
- a line with layers, wrapped etc
- irregular hem lines (think pixies skirts)- SO EASY!
- ruffled
- etc
Brilliant! This book has simple designs that focus on embellishing rather than changing patterns. Also, because there are no patterns to follow it makes it that much easier to interpret with room for your own creative stamp! I love to sew, but am not that patient so this is perfect for me!
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