Sew Fabulous Fabric

By Alice Butcher and Ginny Farquhar

Book Overview

Get sewing with this gorgeous collection of designs for everyday sewing projects including cushions, curtains and corsages. Create original items for your home and wardrobe with Ginny and Alice's fabulous stitch and sew designs.

Whether you want to upcycle clothes or decorate your home, this is packed full of sewing inspiration. Make the most of your textiles with this unique collection of irresistible homestyle projects, cleverly combining new and recyled fabrics for vintage, homespun and retro results.

This title features 25 practical yet pretty projects for yourself and your home include cosy cushions and curtains, beautiful table linen and gift bags, irresistible handbags and cute cuddly toys. It is packed with ideas and opportunities to make the most of every last scrap of fabric, whether it's a luscious new fabric, a pair of old pyjamas or a thrift store bargain.

Simple embroidery skills, and patchwork and applique techniques are all fully explained with simple step-by-step photography and easy-to-follow artworks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715328581
• ISBN13: 9780715328583
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great item!

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Sew! Sew Great Book!

This is another book that I just love! The projects are so easy to do! I just loved these flowers shown on the front of the book. I made them to put on my handmade purses & also made pins to wear on my jackets! So many compliments were made to me about them! Fun craft book!

Takes the worry out of making personal fabric-based gifts, items for the home, and so much more

Not so crafty when it comes to sewing projects? For many of people sewing and creating homemade projects can be a nightmare! That's why needlecraft authors and experts Alice Butcher and Ginny Farquhar have collaborated in putting together "Sew Fabulous Fabric". Their aim, at which they have so wonderfully succeeded, is to take the worry out of making personal fabric-based gifts, items for the home, and so much more. Profusely illustrated throughout, ""Sew Fabulous Fabric" is a beautiful instructional 'how to' book enhanced with clear directions and pictures. Environmentally friendly with great ideas for using every scrap of fabric, "Sew Fabulous Fabric" is especially appropriate for aspiring needleworkers looking for new ways to use their skills, as it is for the fabric crafter learning how to sew, embroider, do patchwork, and applique. Go vintage, or retro, which every way you choose "Sew Fabulous Fabric" will provide the aspiring needlecrafter with a unique collection of irresistible and memorable projects that have a homespun feel. Thoroughly 'user friendly', "Sew Fabulous Fabric" is enthusiastically recommended for anyone wanting to learn to make extraordinarily creative home projects and gifts with the deft use of ordinary fabrics.