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Sew Subversive: Down and Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista | 
 enlarge | Authors: Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado, Hope Meng
Publisher: Taunton
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
Buy New: $5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 45390
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 7.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1561588091
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.404
EAN: 9781561588091
ASIN: 1561588091
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Purchased new and leafed through, but never used.
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Product Description
Sew Subversive is about making fashion your own, whether it's embellishing or customizing off-the-rack clothing or transforming clothes that have lost that loving feeling. The three twenty-something co-owners of Stitch Lounge, an urban sewing studio in San Francisco, teach you, in plain, fun language, how to do it, whether you're hand sewing, machine sewing, or, in a few cases, simply wielding a pair of scissors.
The first three chapters lay the ground work: Hand Sewing Basics, You and Your Machine, and Gearing Up, which includes Fabric 101, how to set up a sewing space, and a run-through first project on the sewing machine. Then the fun begins with Embellishing and Customizing projects, including adorning your pant legs with ribboning, turning a computer-scanned image into an iron-on that you can apply to a t-shirt or skirt, taking in a skirt, or untapering a pair of pants (the authors believe tapered pants are the devil's work). Then move onto Refashioning: The Next Life of Your Old Clothes and turn a t-shirt into a skirt, a sweater into a halter top or legwarmers, or a pair of pants into a hip belt. There are 22 projects in all, some of which only require an iron and/or pair of scissors, while others can be sewn by hand, for those readers who haven't yet made the sewing machine plunge.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 Lame March 31, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am an avid crafter, taught to sew by my mother. I am now 30 with almost 2 decades of sewing behind me. I checked this book out of the local library, hoping to scope out some fun, fast projects. What I found was a book of horribly lame ideas and even worse craftsmanship. Do yourself a favor and skip this book.
If your a beginner, save your dough and invest in sewing classes.
 Clever Cuts March 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although I have only flicked through this book, I can see myself finding pretty handy as a reference and for inspiration. Definately for people who do love to re-create op shop or their old clothes. I bought their other book Subersive Seamster with this book and found them very similar in theme but still all different ideas.
 Best for younger sewers March 8, 2008
I had hoped to get some ideas from this book, but it's really geared towards teens or younger. Would be good to spark the creativity of a young seamstress, but was not fo me, an experienced sewer/crafter.
 I'm Afraid of My Bobbin. March 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had my Mom's sewing machine (circa 1969)- in a sewing table - for almost 20 years now and I haven't used it once in all those years.
Well, except for the table part which has happily held a lamp, some assorted papers, and general knicknacks.
This book actually inspired me to open the table up, pop out the machine and start sewing.
The conversational tone put me at ease and while I can understand why those with more sewing experience might not find it helpful, I really appreciated the "hand-holding" contained in the book.
Is it the be-all and end-all of sewing books? Of course not. Will I someday graduate beyond what's offered in the pages? I hope so!
But this book inspired me, helped me past my fear of the bobbin and that's what I needed. A little hand-holding kick-start.
great book for my teenager February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift for my 14-year-old daughter and she has already made 2 items using guidelines from the book. She's a beginning sewer (she received the book along with a sewing machine), so the result is impressive. Even more impressive, tho, is the fact that she found two pieces to make (one using an old t-shirt, the other using an old pair of jeans) that were fast and easy to execute. My daughter wants instant gratification and these items were spot-on. The book was recommended by a blogger and was a perfect choice.
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