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DIY Couture: Create Your Own Fashion Collection

 

 

 

DIY Couture: Create Your Own Fashion Collection
Rosie Martin

Paperback
870 Colour illustrations
208 pages
245 x 210 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 799 6
$24.95
Published May 2012

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Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
2. Useful Techniques
Straight stitch/Zig-zag
Hemming/Bias binding
Belt loops/Pockets/Straps
3. THE COLLECTIONS
Acid Candy/American Road Trip
Coffee Classic/Monochrome Art
Tea Picnic/Rude Disco
Safari Prep/Jungle Punk
4. THE INSTRUCTIONS
The straight skirt/The Grecian dress
The skater skirt/The waistcoat
The cloak/The slouch top
The goddess dress/The hoody
The trousers/The romper

Templates
Styling
About the models

 

 

The DIY Couture collection is 10 stylish, easy to make pieces of clothing that can be endlessly reinvented in different fabrics, textures and colours. Anyone who enjoys sewing and creating something unique will love using this book to make their own couture wardrobe.

The book begins with a Useful Techniques section, followed by Collections: inspirational photographs of the pieces styled different ways. Next, each of the 10 garments, from a Goddess dress to a cool romper suit and hoody, is clearly explained, including a spread showing all the variations (e.g. fastenings, necklines and hems) possible for each garment. Finally, clear step by step illustrations and photographs show you how each piece is made. With no complex sewing patterns, even beginners at sewing can make their own beautiful clothes.

With simple, visual instructions and cool styling, DIY Couture will inspire people to join the handmade revolution. Where eco-fashion meets street style, this is the antithesis of fast-fashion. Absolutely no patterns required!


Rosie Martin is the director of creative fashion label DIYcouture, which showcases her signature method of explaining sewing with colourful, visual instructions. Rosie also runs clothes-making workshops in London. She has also styled and made costumes for music videos on both sides of the Atlantic and worked as a machinist for Kylie Minogue’s dance troupe.

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