Author(s): Alison Willoughby

Crime

An exciting, easy-to-follow guide on to how to simply and inexpensivelymake your own custom couture skirts by embellishing them with a widevariety of materials and techniques. Core techniques such aspattern cutting, sewing seams, hemming, waistbands and zips, finishing,screenprinting and adding embellishments are illustrated withstep-by-step photographs. There are also instructions on how tomanipulate fabric to create fabulous effects such as ruffles, rosettesetc.; produce unusual decorations using buttons, beads etc., and createunique prints and patterns with pens, pencils and foil. The bookcontains 49 designs and one mini. The projects range from thesimple to the more advanced but all of them are easily within the rangeof the novice seamstress.