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Do-It-Yourself Fabric Decor : Pillows, Window Treatments, and Slipcovers for Your Home [Paperback]

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Publication Date: July 1, 2000

This collection of projects and techniques is a comprehensive guide to sewing fabric decor for the home. It includes a variety of designer pillows with lots of ideas for personalizing them. The window treatment projects cover a wide range of styles and forms, from pinch-pleated draperies to triangle-pointed valances; some that require minimal sewing and others that are a bit more elaborate. There are styles suitable for every room in the house and every skill level, with information about window treatment hardware and installation. Slipcover techniques also run the gamut from casual quick and easy to formal fitted, with advice for achieving professional-quality results. Each section contains information on selecting fabrics, working with patterns and colours, and developing a personal decorating style.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } This collection of projects and techniques is a comprehensive guide to sewing fabric decor for the home. It includes a variety of designer pillows with lots of ideas for personalizing them. The window treatment projects cover a wide range of styles and forms, from pinch-pleated draperies to triangle-pointed valances; some that require minimal sewing and others that are a bit more elaborate. There are styles suitable for every room in the house and every skill level, with information about window treatment hardware and installation. Slipcover techniques also run the gamut from casual quick and easy to formal fitted, with advice for achieving professional-quality results. Each section contains information on selecting fabrics, working with patterns and colours, and developing a personal decorating style.

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The editors of Creative Publishing international have created dozens of best-selling titles in the fields of crafting, sewing, quilting, home repair, home improvement, home decor, and landscaping.

Product Details

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Creative Publishing international (July 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0865733457
ISBN-13: 978-0865733459
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,161,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #54 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Interior Design > Upholstery & Fabrics

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5.0 out of 5 stars Making the difficult things in life easy, March 14, 2001

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What a great book! I'm not good with sewing... in fact, I've never done it before... but this book made everything so easy to understand, and therefore everything was so easy to make. Nobody wants to believe me that I did it all myself!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Step-by-Step Instructions, January 28, 2004

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I wish I had seen this book first! This one reference combines numerous topics in one. What I like best are the step-by-step instructions - with photos! I am new at sewing and being able to see what the steps should look like is extremely helpful. Also, the book covered every type of curtain I could think up does such a thorough job with pillow descriptions that I think of the slipcovers section as an added bonus. If you want to decorate your home with neat and professional looking work, get this book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good on Pillows and Windows, December 24, 2002

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I love this book , the instructions for pillows are just what I needed and the photos and inspiration for windows are perfect. More attention is paid to other types of decorating though than window treatments. Still this is among my top 5 favorite home decorating books.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Usefull for the slipcover instructions.
It's fine, a little out of date, and a little blah, but it will help, as I need directions for sewing a slipcover for a smaller sofa.

Jules in NOLA

Published on January 9, 2010 by Jeannie F. Fairfax

3.0 out of 5 stars Great - If you want throw pillows
The only thing this book is really good for is making throw pillows. Some of the window treatment ideas are pretty good. That's about it. The pictures are very nice though.

Published on November 21, 2009 by Marsha Bux

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference Book
I ordered this book because I was out of ideas and needed some help with slipcovers. I have been sewing for more years than I can count, however, never to old to learn a few new... Read more

Published on January 19, 2006 by T. Teall

2.0 out of 5 stars It's so-so
Its a good book for beginners, I am a beginner. ALOT of the projects in this book seem like they are from the early 80's (yuck) even though it was published in 2000. Read more

Published on December 22, 2005 by Stephanie A. Olson

4.0 out of 5 stars Book review
Very good book, with easy to follow instructions. My only reason for not giving it a 5-star rating was because I would have liked to see a few more curtain/drapery styles than... Read more

Published on August 16, 2005 by Barbara Hooker

5.0 out of 5 stars Making the difficult things in life easy
What a great book! I'm not good with sewing... in fact, I've never done it before... but this book made everything so easy to understand, and therefore everything was so easy to... Read more

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Nothing changes the character of your home's interior like fabric. Read the first page

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boxing strip, welting tape, upholstery batting, tieback rings, fitted slipcover, zipper strip, decorator fabric, piece fabric widths, tieback holders, rod pocket, bias fabric strips, tack pleats, decorative curtain rod, drapery pins, pillow form, curtain panel, ruffle strip, stool cover, decorative rod, balloon valance, mark seamline, cut muslin, pleated draperies, desired fullness, pillow front

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