Minimise waste and maximise creativity with 14 stylish freehand
dressmaking projects from Chinelo Bally.
Making your own clothes is a sustainable, ethical and fun craft that is
brought alive by bestselling author and designer Chinelo Bally. Using
the freehand cutting method for which she has become so well known,
Chinelo shows how to upcycle and make stunning new items from old
garments as well as making clothes using interesting new fabrics,
without the need for sewing patterns.
The book features eleven projects for stylish women's clothes and three
projects for children's clothes. Learn to turn a man's shirt into a
fashionable dress and old pair of jeans into a sassy tutu skirt. Other
projects include a one-shoulder jumpsuit and Chinelo's signature
collared top. Throughout the book, Chinelo encourages the reader to make
clothes to suit their own style and achieve results that are beautifully
distinctive - and a far cry from throwaway fast-fashion.
Projects include:
- Women's Clothes: 2nd Date Night Dress, Angled-overlay Pencil
Skirt, Asymmetric Peplum Top, One-shoulder Jumpsuit, Shirt to
Button-back Dress, Jeans to Sassy Tutu Skirt, Pencil Dress Refit,
Signature Collared Top, Versatile Maxi Dress, Showstopping Maxi and
Strapless Wrap Dress.
- Children's Clothes: Child's Peekaboo-back Dress, Shirt to Child's
Dress, Jeans to Child's Dress
Packed with tips, techniques and inspiration, Sew Chinelo reveals the
secrets to producing sustainable and wearable clothes with style,
feminine glamour and a professional finish that fit perfectly every
time.
