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'Is packed with innovative ideas for sewing vintage-style accessories without breaking the bank.' SEW Magazine
'With their timeless beauty and classic colours it's hard not to walk past silk scarves in the thrift stores. Mary Jane Baxter shows you how to transform your squares into a beautiful silk top.' Mollie Makes
'This handy book is jam-packed with ideas for customising clothes and making vintage-style jewellery and accessories from fabric straps, acrylic stones, shoelaces and trinkets.' --Make Jewellery
'With their timeless beauty and classic colours it's hard not to walk past silk scarves in the thrift stores. Mary Jane Baxter shows you how to transform your squares into a beautiful silk top.' Mollie Makes
'This handy book is jam-packed with ideas for customising clothes and making vintage-style jewellery and accessories from fabric straps, acrylic stones, shoelaces and trinkets.' --Make Jewellery
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Why throw out your old clothes when they can be transformed for very little money? With an eye for all things 'stylishly vintage', Mary Jane takes throw-away items and illustrates how they can be used to create a host of covetable clothes and accessories. An old tie can be turned into a purse, knitting needle holder, cute corsage and a belt. Silk scarves can make a return as a sexy top or skirt, and T-shirts as funky 40s-style turbans. 'Chic on a Shoestring' will take you through - step-by-step - all you need to know to create fabulous clothes and accessories you actually want to wear, and provide you with lots of variations and inspiration to foster your own style. And with advice on how to find useful treasures at markets, charity shops and vintage stores, you will be making your own creations in no time.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Love this! Dozens of easy-to-make projects which I can use to revamp my wardrobe and update old items. I've already made the ribbon corsage (pg 83) which took about 15 minutes and have found an old tie to transform into a purse. Next on the list is customising an old cardigan with lace (looks amazing in the photo on pg 37) and maybe a Floribunda brooch to brighten up a t-shirt. Might also try the elegant shoelace necklace. I used to enjoy making and customising clothes when I was a teenager, and now Mary Jane Baxter has reawakened my creative instincts. The ideas are imaginative and useful, and use materials which probably already languish in a drawer or wardrobe. Instructions and illustrations are easy to follow, and you don't need a sewing machine for most. Recommended for anyone with an eye for fashion, for unusual presents, and also for those "I'm bored!" school holiday moments.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fantastic book - beautiful artwork to compliment loads of great ideas. Most things can be made with bits lying around the house, or easily picked up in markets or cheap stores. There are easy step-by-step guides and some patterns in the back for drawing round. I've tried some of the ideas in the book and always got compliments! I've also bought this for people as presents and it has always been well received - the chic cover alone allows it to grace any stylish coffee table! Fabulous!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book as I wanted to revamp my wardrobe - it is full of great ideas and has brilliant images/text and easy to follow!
I have a big cupboard full of ribbons, feathers etc and am so delighted as have creating some unique gifts.
A great gift for friends and family.
I have a big cupboard full of ribbons, feathers etc and am so delighted as have creating some unique gifts.
A great gift for friends and family.
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Chic on a shoestring
I really liked this book. I'm a sucker for Make Do and Mend type of things and I loved getting stuck into the projects in this book. They are pretty simple things to make... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miss Fox
Wonderful Ideas
This book is beautifully presented and full of fantastic ideas. Most of the things are simple to make and lots can be completed in a short space of time and smaller items don't... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs H
Gorgeous book
I bought this as a gift for a crafty friend. The pictures are beautiful. My friend loved it and said it has inspired her to get making again. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Green dreamer
Delightfully inspiring and fun projects!
This gorgeous book is packed with fun in-expensive projects that really will snazz up and individualise your outfits! Read more
Published 2 months ago by tea lady georgina
Inspiring vintage ideas for everyone
Chic on a Shoestring is a book packed with ideas to make vintage accessories with clear step by step instructions for everyone, whether you are handy with a needle or never thought... Read more
Published 2 months ago by booklover
Awful
I bought this a while back as the cover looked cool and some of the pictures inside the book looked nice too. Read more
Published 3 months ago by sarah khan
chic on a shoestring
Excellent book - lots of affordable ideas and interesting projects. My daughter and I enjoy looking in charity shops for recycling and reusing as well as using old items at home. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Louise Pearce
In Retrospect,
I wish I just borrowed this from the library. Some of the items in this book are pedestrian at best, some are genuinely pretty. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Poison-the-cure
GREAT
This is a fab book, has stylish makes, great for upcycling as well as getting a great vintage look for little cost. Nice photos as well. Very good buy
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. G. Hobbs
Beautiful!
It is full of great and beautiful ideas to make, update, and stylise plain clothing and accessories. As well as making something from scratch, but all at cheap prices! Read more
Published 5 months ago by N. Barrand
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