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How to Sew Sustainably: Recycling, Reusing, and Remaking With Fabric

Wendy Ward

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Description:A technique-led guide to creating clothes and homeware, using fabric scraps from other projects, discarded home textiles, and used clothing.Wendy Ward teaches you all the skills you need to refashion garments and reuse fabric from existing pieces you already own, plus ways to use leftover scraps to make household items, and to customize your clothes. Each chapter focuses on a different technique, for instance novel ways to join small fabric pieces, using larger pieces to make pieced household items and clothing, and easy ways to refashion existing clothing. Her "minimal waste" mentality will help you to make simple garments based on your body measurements, and there's a useful section on mending. Wendy also covers the ethical issues involved in buying new, from shopping locally to choosing your fibers carefully and supporting small businesses and other crafters. There is a comprehensive chapter covering all the sewing techniques used, from seam and hem basics through to tips on unpicking recycled garments. Each section includes projects using the techniques covered—a total of 20 makes that can be adapted to the materials you have to hand.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How to Sew Sustainably: Recycling, Reusing, and Remaking With Fabric. To get started finding How to Sew Sustainably: Recycling, Reusing, and Remaking With Fabric, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 309

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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ISBN: 180065023X

Description: A technique-led guide to creating clothes and homeware, using fabric scraps from other projects, discarded home textiles, and used clothing.Wendy Ward teaches you all the skills you need to refashion garments and reuse fabric from existing pieces you already own, plus ways to use leftover scraps to make household items, and to customize your clothes. Each chapter focuses on a different technique, for instance novel ways to join small fabric pieces, using larger pieces to make pieced household items and clothing, and easy ways to refashion existing clothing. Her "minimal waste" mentality will help you to make simple garments based on your body measurements, and there's a useful section on mending. Wendy also covers the ethical issues involved in buying new, from shopping locally to choosing your fibers carefully and supporting small businesses and other crafters. There is a comprehensive chapter covering all the sewing techniques used, from seam and hem basics through to tips on unpicking recycled garments. Each section includes projects using the techniques covered—a total of 20 makes that can be adapted to the materials you have to hand.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How to Sew Sustainably: Recycling, Reusing, and Remaking With Fabric. To get started finding How to Sew Sustainably: Recycling, Reusing, and Remaking With Fabric, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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