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Sustainable sewing projects don't have to be scratchy hemp skirts and brown patchwork aprons - you could be making beautiful one-off pieces for yourself and your home from unique and unusual eco-friendly recycled or vintage fabrics. Following the frantic fashion for knitting, a whole new generation of savvy craftsters have been dusting off old sewing machines and revving them up, but they don't want to make just any old thing. This book will guide readers through a series of 20 stylish sewing projects with a focus on sourcing and using sustainable fabrics. The projects teach different aspects of sewing, starting with making cushions from recycled shirts, old jumpers, vintage buttons and other materials, working through making simple skirts and bags, to using leather applique, working with vintage lace and peace silk, using organic fabrics for scarves and shawls and even 'upcycling' an old suede skirt or hat into something new and fabulous.
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Ruth Singer is a textile designer-maker who works exclusively with eco-friendly, recycled and natural fabrics. In 2006, she was selected by the Crafts Council as one of the best new makers of the year for Springboard at Origin and has exhibited widely in the UK. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Elle Decoration UK and BBC Homes and Antiques. Ruth has also worked in museum education, most recently in adult education at the V&A, she undertakes freelance teaching on a regular basis, and has worked for the Geffrye Museum, The Crafts Council, The Barbican Art Gallery and the BBC. She has published many projects in books and magazines including The Guardian Guide to Craft and in Black Dog Publishing's Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book and several Lark Books publications. Her first solo book Sew It Up, a modern manual of practical and decorative sewing, was published in 2009 Ruth's work can be seen at www.ruthsinger.co.uk.
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