DIY Thrift Flip (eBook)

Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes into Fun, Wearable Fashions

April Yang, Coolirpa (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
144 Seiten
Quarry Books (Verlag)
978-0-7603-8322-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Flip it, Make it, Love it!In DIY Thrift Flip: Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes into Fun, Wearable Fashions, expert thrift flipper April Yang, aka Coolirpa, gives you the ultimate guide to turning secondhand finds into trendy, one-of-a-kind fashions.Perfect for anyone with big fashion dreams and a small budget, whether you're looking to slay your style game or create an Insta-worthy wardrobe makeover, this book has everything you need to go from ';meh' to ';OMG!'Getting Started.Essential materials and tools, setting up a workspace, organizing supplies, sewing machine basics, and choosing fabric.How to Shop for Alterable Clothes.Where to shop, what types of clothes to look for, what can and can't be fixed, and how to gauge size when you can't try something on.Altering Basics. How to use patterns to alter clothes or parts of garments, techniques for altering without using patterns, the basics of garment altering, adding sleeves, hems, and pockets, and how to custom-tailor an altered piece for a great fit.Projects.A variety of beginner- to intermediate-level projects inspire and guide you along your own thrift flips.QR codes give you access to techniques, tutorials, and project details.If you're all about saving cash, helping the planet with sustainable style, and showing off your personal flair,DIY Thrift Flip is your new BFF. It's time to create, elevate, and SLAY!Ready to make your thrifting dreams a reality? Start flipping today!

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2024
• Zusatzinfo: 200 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Schlagworte: aapi heritage month • Activity • adding sleeves • alterable clothes • alterations • altering • altering techniques • Asian American and Pacific Islander • author • BASIC • beginner projects • BIPOC • boredom buster • CAMP • celebrate • circular economy • coats • crafty friend • Creative • Culture • Customizable • Customize • custom tailor an altered piece for a great fit • Denim • DIY • dresses • eco-friendly • entertain • environmentally friendly • Essential • fabric primer • fabrics • Fun • garment • garments • gauging size when you can't try something on • getting started • Gift • goal • Guide • hems • homesewn • how to take apart • inexpensive • Instructions • Intermediate • keep busy • look for • mending • new year new you • organizing sewing supplies • pants • pockets • put back together • Reference • Resolution • ripping seams • save money • Scissors • screen free • Secondhand • setting up a sewing space • sewing • sewing clothes • Sewing machine basics • Shirts • Shop • Shopping • step by step how to • summer vacation activity ideas • Sustainable fashion • Tailoring • Teenager • Teens • Thread • Thrift flipping book • thrifting • Tutorial • Upcycling • using patterns • wardrobe • what can be fixed • what to do when you can't try on clothes • where to shop • without • workspace • Zero Waste
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-8322-7 / 0760383227
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-8322-3 / 9780760383223