Fashion T-Shirts: Easy-Sew Projects for Fun Fashion (Paperback)

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Product Description

Clever ways to transform a T-shirt into crafty fashion

A plain T-shirt is a blank canvas just waiting to be dressed up. Fashion T-Shirts is about transforming a T into a personal fashion statement with easy sewing and crafting. The 25 projects both alter and embellish a basic, inexpensive T-shirt. The embellishing includes simple embroidery, crochet, painting, stamping, buttons, fringes, tassels, rhinestones, and beads. The altering involves cutting, reconstructing, and simple sewing to change the structure of the garment. Projects included are for women or kids and are made with T-shirts of all colors. There will be lots and lots of original, clever details. Stylish, fashionable and fun, this is the book for wearable that we woman can really wear. Easy, clear, step-by-step instructions with how-to photos and projects inherently easier than regular fashion sewing because each starts with a ready-made T-shirt (no fitting, no patterns).

About the Author

Lorine Mason, author of Fashion Sweatshirts, has designed craft and sewing projects for leading craft and home decor magazines. Her experience as a teacher helps her write instructions that are easy to follow. She has solid sewing skills and a very good handle on her audience. She lives in Herdon, Virginia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing international; illustrated edition edition (March 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589232984
• ISBN-13: 978-1589232983
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #155,589 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Just So-So, August 5, 2007

By	Nise - See all my reviews

This is not a bad T-Shirt reconstruction book, it just isn't very good. There are plenty of photos, which is nice, and the direction seem to be well written...but that is all it has going for it. The projects are not interesting or innovative and they all seem rather dated. Like late 1980's early 1990's dated. All of the projects scream "homemade" and while I'm all for "homemade" items, these were too blah. No project has a zing to it, or looks to be "fashionable". That being said, if you were sewing for kids under 9, they would look cute in some of these styles. Also, if you were a (younger?) beginning sewer, these might make for some interesting projects. ALl in all, it is a 2.5 star really. Get from your local library instead.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fashion T-shirts, May 26, 2009

By	Mary Larson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Has good ideas about converting a plain t-shirt into a fun and stylish new shirt.