Kids' Clothes Sew Easy: Easy to Sew T-Shirts, Tracksuits, Leggings, Trousers, Shorts, Dungarees, Anoraks, Skirts and Dresses [Paperback]

Rene Bergh (Author)

Book Description

Sew stylish, fun clothes for your children, even if you're a beginner. Full-color photographs will inspire you to create fantastic garments for kids between the ages of three and twelve. Comprehensive information on tools and materials lets you make sure you have everything needed, and pattern-making instructions will get you on your way. Guidance is given on taking accurate measurements for proper sizing, and plenty of tips are included to embellish the clothes to keep up with the latest fashion trends. Emphasizing simplicity, the patterns feature basic, comfortable clothes, such as T-shirts, shorts, jeans, skirts, pants, and dresses. Change fabrics, colors, and trimmings for endless variety. Whether you're a parent trying to stretch the family's budget, or an avid seamstress who enjoys sewing for friends and family, you'll find plenty here to help you create wardrobes of wonderful clothing.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Forget those memories of difficult assignments in home ec--today's sewing books concentrate on easy-to-do projects that require fewer than 24 hours of stitching. Sewing expert Bergh assumes her readers have some basic knowledge of both the craft and the machine. She also assumes that manufacturing simple but trendy kids' clothes--on the cheap--is the end goal. So, instead of relying on commercial patterns, she creates five building blocks--bodice, sleeve, skirt, dress, trouser--that become the foundation of eight different outfits. Each has the same content: pattern, measurements, fabric suggestions, step-by-step sewing directions, and embellishments. Though the process she outlines is relatively easy, the difference between a professional and an amateurish tracksuit will be determined by patience and know-how. Barbara Jacobs
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About the Author

Rene Bergh is a highly skilled dress designer with a broad range of experience in the fashion industry. She spent many years travelling extensively around the world to increase her knowledge of the trade. She is the author of the very successful Make Your Own Patterns, The Dressmaker's Handbook and Classic Clothes, also published by New Holland. She is currently designing patterns for exclusive fashion houses, working from her seaside studio in Capetown, South Africa.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: New Holland (September 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1868727939
• ISBN-13: 978-1868727933
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,159,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great potential, big letdown!, March 11, 2004

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"stacks18" (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kids' Clothes Sew Easy: Easy to Sew T-Shirts, Tracksuits, Leggings, Trousers, Shorts, Dungarees, Anoraks, Skirts and Dresses (Paperback)

I was so excited to find a new book about sewing children's clothes, since most books were written in the 1970's and 1980's.
Basically, this is a book about pattern making for children's basics. The problem is you need to have a good deal of sewing knowledge before tackling this. Descriptions of the idividual sewing projects are very brief. There are nice color pictures though. The embellishing ideas are listed very briefly with no directions. There was so much potential here if there would have been more instruction of sewing details, variations and embellishments.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very fun and creative, February 27, 2009

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MHM (Lafayette, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kids' Clothes Sew Easy: Easy to Sew T-Shirts, Tracksuits, Leggings, Trousers, Shorts, Dungarees, Anoraks, Skirts and Dresses (Paperback)

The reason I loved this book is that you can make clothes for your kids without buying lots and lots of expensive (and, frankly, confusing) patterns. I felt so creative deciding how I wanted to make things, instead of relying on the pattern makers. This is a book on how to make patterns, it doesn't teach you how to sew.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Something from nothing!, January 28, 2010

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Elana M. Essesr "elanae" (Lancaster, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kids' Clothes Sew Easy: Easy to Sew T-Shirts, Tracksuits, Leggings, Trousers, Shorts, Dungarees, Anoraks, Skirts and Dresses (Paperback)

With a little geometry I made pajamas for my twin girls making my own patterns. So cool!