Lawrie, Portia
Summary: "Transform pre-loved clothes and forgotten fabrics into stylish new garments. Let the founder of The Refashioners movement and sewing designer Portia Lawrie show you how to created sustainable fashion that doesn't cost the planet. Beginning with advice on how to source and 'harvest' existing clothes, Portia then makes 11 inspirational garments - from tees and shirts to shorts and a coat - all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 646.4 LAWVeblen, Sarah
Summary: "In First Time Garment Fitting, sewing and design expert Sarah Veblen takes you by the hand and teaches you everything you need to know to adapt patterns so you can sew garments that fit just right. With detailed descriptions of essential tools and techniques, the easy step-by-step instructions will have you altering patterns and sewing tops, pants, and skirts that fit you to a T in no time....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Publishing International 2018
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Summary: Period-dated, era-related pieces are great, but how many people can really pull them off? In this book, this up-and-coming designer teaches you how to take vintage clothing from the back of the closet to the forefront of fashion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Potter Craft 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.404 ARTFulop, Lily
Summary: "Reclaim your clothes and reduce fashion waste with illustrated instructions for mending and more Replacing buttons, darning socks, and other mending skills have largely been lost to the decades. Yet, as the eco-conscious are ditching fast fashion, thesetechniques are being rediscovered as easy methods to revamp closets with personal flair-hello, visible mending-and sustainability. In Wear,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.34 ALVLee, Kit
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hardie Grant Books 2014
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Summary: Contains illustrated instructions to creating over 100 projects and fashions from T-shirts including customized tees, tank tops, skirts, handbags, and a patchwork blanket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxmoor House 1994
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Summary: "DIY Fashionista" allows you to re-create the most coveted looks and catwalk trends yourself by doing projects that are professional-looking, inexpensive to make and reuse items you already have or can easily source from markets and secondhand stores. With 50 projects ranging from accessories such as jewellery, hats, bags and scarves to bigger projects for dresses, skirts, jackets, trousers and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carlton 2012