Making and Recycling Clothes
0241459737 
Hardback 
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Tailor-make your wardrobe with this essential dressmaking guide. Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, 'The Dressmaking Book' contains everything you need to make timeless wardrobe staples.
178072442X 
Hardback 
Year: 2021
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Short Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: For Molly Martin, it all started with a pair of white woollen socks. Her favourite pair. When the heels became threadbare and a small hole appeared on the right toe, her mother got out her grandmother's old darning mushroom and showed her how to mend them.
1419743996 
Hardback
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Abrams
Resource type: Physical
180078063X 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Studio Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: What is a 'fashion footprint'? What's the problem with fast fashion? And is there any alternative to it? This guide is your sustainable sourcebook full of activities and practical tips on how you can cut ties with unethical fashion practices and form new fashion habits that work for you - all without compromising your signature style! Author Laura
1785004476 
Paperback
Year: 2018
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Crowood Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Everyone feels good and looks better in well-fitted clothes. This practical book explains how to make garments that really fit you and flatter your shape. It is a step-by-step guide to understanding fully what is included on a sewing pattern envelope and the contents within, so that you can make the clothes you want look amazing.
1800651147 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: CICO Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Whether you want to learn new techniques or brush up on the basics, this is a reference guide to keep by your side as you sew. Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow artworks show you how to master everything from preparing a pattern and cutting out your fabric, to applying zips and making hems and darts.
1782219609 
Paperback
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Search Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Bring new life to your old clothes and fabrics with this fun, easy-to-follow guide to modern mending. Across the globe, we send tonnes of clothing to landfills each year. In fact, clothing consumption in the UK and US is one of the highest in the world. But the good news is that mending is trending, and it's never been easier to repair and reinvent your favourite clothes.
1785303880 
Hardback
Year: 2022
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: In 2021, Serena Baker became Sew ing Bee's youngest ever winner. The judges thrilled to her incredible attention to detail, praising her as the show 's 'most technical seamstress'. Her blossoming style became more sculptural, dramatic and visually bold. That flawless, off-the-shoulder show-stealer of a yellow frock blew us all away!
180065023X 
Paperback
Year: 2021
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: CICO Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Here is a technique-led guide to creating clothes and homeware, using fabric scraps from other projects, discarded home textiles and used clothing. Wendy Ward teaches you all the skills you need to refashion garments and reuse fabric from existing pieces you already own, plus ways to use leftover scraps to make household items and to customise your existing clothes.
1787136108 
Paperback
Year: 2020
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: We all have that favourite pair of jeans or even lucky socks that we treasure, no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the movement against throw-away culture and fast fashion, learn how to pick up a needle and rediscover the forgotten techniques and the joy of mending. In 'Visible Mending', Arounna Khounnraj explores why we should mend,
1947163744 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Landauer Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: 'Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes' is filled with valuable insight on sewing, tailoring, making alterations, and more. Learn how to take a pattern you already have and adjust it to your unique needs, install a zipper, use notions, and get a good fit out of any sewing pattern for any body type!
1782219935 
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Search Press
Resource type: Physical
Note: Upcycle unwanted clothes, and learn how to restitch them into 20 stylish home accessories and garments. Are you trying to cut down on clothing and fabric waste, but short on ideas of what to do with unwanted garments, bedsheets or curtains? In a brand-new collaboration between sewing superstar Debbie Shore and her dressmaker-blogger daughter, Kimbeley Hind.
1861089597 
Paperback
Year: 2016
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: The Guild of Master Craftsman Publications
Resource type: Physical
Note: If you're looking for better fitting clothes or simply to prolong the life of your garments, this practical guide shows you how, with easy to follow step-by-step instructions covering alterations on skirts, dresses, trousers, jackets, shirts, coats and capes, overalls, waistcoats and ties.
1787137554 
Hardback
Year: 2021
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Quadrille Publishing
Resource type: Physical
Note: The essential sewing guide - tips and tricks from the team behind 'The Great British Sewing Bee'.