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DIY Couture: Create Your Own Fashion Collection by [Rosie Martin]

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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!

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208 pages
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Laurence King Publishing
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7 May 2012
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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. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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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! --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JB8ICJS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Laurence King Publishing; 1st edition (7 May 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 24302 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

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Sarah Ashurst

shows you the possibilities of sewing your own clothes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2019

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I bought this book when I first started sewing clothes. Whilst I haven't made the clothes exactly as laid out, it gave me the confidence to modify patterns or make my own based my my existing clothes. It makes you see the possibilities in sewing and shows you you don't always need a pattern for everything. I wanted to review this now as I referred back to it recently, I turned a dress pattern into a skirt and knew this book would show me how to create a waistband without any pattern pieces. I think this is a useful book to have in your sewing book arsenal.

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Really creative and clever =)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2012

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I absolutely loved this book! This book has a really neat and easy to understand layout that follows the author's appraoch to sewing - a visual activity needs visual understanding. The first section goes through basic sewing techniques and the equipment that you will need throughout the book. Again, these sewing instructions are very easy to understand and the book uses both visual and literary explanations throughout.

The second and main section goes through the garment construction. There is a lot of inspiration from this book as the reader gets to see the author's interpretations of her garments, which can then be transferred to your own garments when planning what to sew. The pretty interesting part of this book I found were the techniques used. The book says 'no patterns required' and that is absolutely true! All you really need are some of your own clothes and a measuring tape.

I think this book is perfect for anyone who is interested in sewing. If you are a beginner, this is an ingenious book which will start you off at the basics and even if you're more advanced, it's pretty inspirational.

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Blossom1044

great for a budding sewer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2014

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I am an experienced sewer and I still think this book is great. It shows how people can make a "range". I think this should be taught to all teenagers at school. They would then learn that they can be creative and design their own clothes and not just buy off the peg.
The book is informative with clear pictures and descriptions.
I am going to be using it to help teach some of my nieces and nephews whom have asked me to make things for them. I'd rather teach them to make something than make it for them myself.

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Ms. C. D'cruz

Can't decide which to make first!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 June 2013

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So many great ideas in this. The only pattern I'm not bothered about is the goddess dress, which would only look good on someone with no boobs whatsoever. The rest of the patterns look great though and I'm looking forward to giving them my own twist.

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TIKTOK

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2016

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Not made anything yet but it's a good read

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2014

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Love this book, lots of great ideas, practical advice and nice photos. Overall a great buy

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great book for making clothes with no patterns! quirky style and lots of fun !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2017

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great book for making clothes with no patterns! quirky style and lots of fun !

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Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2017

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Amazing book

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