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ISBN: 1580176259 - Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics

Title:	Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics
Author:	Francesca DenHartog
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Type:	Book / Spiral-bound
Publication Date:	01 September, 2006
ISBN / ISBN-13:	1580176259 / 9781580176255
List Price:	$16.95
You Save:	$5.42
Amazon Price:	$11.53

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Product Description
Sewing is back! Young, crafty women are discovering the fun and creativity of working with fabric, needle, and thread to create simple, colorful skirts, suitable for showing off as wearable art. Sew What! Skirts assumes no prior sewing experience (and no home ec. class or mother with sewing skills!), and doesn’t get bogged down with overly complicated instructions or patterns.

Author Francesca DenHartog, a fabric fanatic and sewing instructor, has stripped skirts down to the basics: 15 styles, ranging from an A-line to a circle, wraparound, gored panel, tiered “hippie,” layered, and more. All it takes to get started is basic body measurements (no need to go out and buy an expensive pattern), a machine, great fabric, fun embellishments, and a few sewing fundamentals.

With a creative can-do attitude, playful photographs, and super-simple step-by-step instructions, Sew What! Skirts will connect a whole new generation with the craft of making clothing that expresses your own unique look and personality. It’s all about the fabric, as DenHartog demonstrates with the colorful array of patterns and motifs featured throughout.

Whimsical, colorful, and easy, the designs in this book are sure to unleash the creative spirit of every budding seamstress.

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Customer Reviews:

• Great Book, For Beginners To Experienced Sewers

26 May, 2008

The book is well written, with lots of basic information for beginner sewers and tips in side panels to help troubleshoot difficult sewing techniques, such as sewing hems on curved fabric or matching curved pieces to straight pieces. I found the idea of not using a pattern refreshing and have so far made two skirts from the book. I did run across errata, so make sure to check out the publisher's page for any new corrections or problems with older editions. Because you make your own patterns, you need to make sure to take your measurements and determine what the "length" is your skirt will be, prior to purchasing your fabric. This is especially true if you aren't sure about the fabric amount listed in the book. Examining how the skirt is placed on the fabric will help you to determine if you need more or less fabric then suggested. It's not hard to write the lengths out on the diagrams to see how much fabric you need. The only thing I would love to have seen in this book is a longer section on fabric choices: cottons, rayons, gauzes, organzas, silks, etc. Otherwise, there is a great deal of information in this book, both for beginners and those of us who have been sewing for years. This isn't really a con, but the author does refer to the reader's sewing machine manual, so make sure to have this on hand, especially if you are not familiar with how to make buttonholes, other sewing stitches, or you are a new sewing machine user. I suggest you practice on something else before you use a new stitch on your skirt fabric.

- Reviewed by customer ID: A1YYUHE68VHUNS

• Sew Awesome!

10 June, 2008

I love this book! It is a great way for beginner/intermediate sewers to really get a feel for what it takes to make skirts that truly fit. You will be able to learn to draft simple patterns that will become beautiful skirts. The directions are clean and concise. I recommend this book to anyone looking to learn the beginning steps in clothing construction.

- Reviewed by customer ID: A17ETE8QAPK0AD

• Quirky

03 July, 2008

I am a novice at sewing and wanted a informative book with good illustrations on easy skirts to make.I found this book to entertaining and very informative. Out of date looking skirts but the information covered very good and easy to follow. I would certainly recommend this book..

- Reviewed by customer ID: AKYE1YZEZAJOU

• Never Be At The Mercy Of The Shops Again!

01 June, 2008

If you are tired of making unhappy compromises when shopping for skirts, this is the book for you. Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make With Fabulous Fabrics is women's liberation at it's best -- you'll never have to settle for the wrong fit to get the right color, or a too-loose waist to get hips that don't cling. If you have even the most basic of sewing skills, the author will turn you into a magician who can turn out just the perfect skirt that you want, without the torture of sorting through racks of junk you don't want. This is a great book!

- Reviewed by customer ID: AKMEY1BSHSDG7

• I Love This Book!

14 June, 2008

Although I have not yet made anything with this book, I have read it again and again. It is small but mighty in what you can learn.

- Reviewed by customer ID: A3J49TGHZ431Z6

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