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Rip It!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams
written by Elissa Meyrich
Studio : Fireside
by Fireside
Publisher : Fireside
Released : 2006-02-07
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780743268998
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 35 reviews)
List Price : $15.00
Our Price : $4.90
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Why spend tons of money on humdrum designer duds when it's possible to revamp a piece you already own to create a guaranteed original that looks, fits, and feels just the way it should? Rip It! shows how simple and fun it can be to transform a tired wardrobe into hip, one-of-a-kind new looks without spending a dime. Elissa Meyrich, owner and teacher at the popular New York sewing boutique Sew Fast Sew Easy, has been passing her sewing secrets and style tips on to students for years. Now she shows beginners and experienced sewers everywhere how to customize pieces found at cheap chain stores, thrift shops, or the far reaches of a closet and create fabulous new designs. Rip It! includes everything you need -- basic sewing and alteration information; quick sewing methods; where to find supplies; advice on which fabrics to use; important cutting rules; plus illustrated layouts, drawings, and instructions that show you how to: - Jazz up old t-shirts with stretch lace and zippers
- Turn faded, falling-apart jeans into a hot new denim skirt
- Change a pullover into a cute cardigan
- Make a thrift-store dress into a hipster skirt
- Create an instant poncho
Cool, crafty, and brimming with creative ideas, Rip It! is a hands-on handbook that will show you how to give your clothes sass, sparkle, and your own signature style. |
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Sew Creative!! |
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I bought this book for a creative new seamstress. It features styles appealing specifically to teens and twenty yr olds with its neat ideas for cutting and re-designing tee shirts and jeans, for example, into new shapes and funky de-constructed clothing. Jeans into skirts and pants with flouncy gores for example, and tees snipped into new shapes........The designs look easy to do and they lend themselves to be starting points for a creator's own ideas. |
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How to Make Raggedy Clothes Look Even Worse |
The sub-title of this book is How to Deconstruct & Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams. What an inacurate description! I can't imagine anyone past puberty ever dreaming of clothes like these. I was looking for basic principles, not lessons in how to make raggedy clothes look even worse. With the author's background & sub-title I really did expect something useful.
I re-make a lot of thrift shop finds, but don't want to waste my time making something look even worse. I'm really surprised how insulted I am by this book. Surely readers deserve some designs that could be worn in public, something perhaps clever, stylish, or exhibiting imagination. I had thought I'd at least find ideas my great-granddaughters could use, but this book is going straight to the thrift shop where it belongs. |
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Only so so |
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I found the book to be far too simple. I am by no means a pro at sewing, but most of the ideas in this book were things I had already thought of on my own. The directions were a little too vague to make the clothing appear well tailored unless you already know what you're doing. |
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Waste of money |
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Book shows you how to make holes in your clothes and stitch patches on. I'm not sure it was necessary to publish a book on how to get the trailer park look. I was hoping to get great ideas on how to alter clothes I buy at second hand stores so they fit me better. And too just cool alterations to make, but this was not the case. I wish I would have looked at customer images submitted under this title before I bought the book bc this will give you a good idea of what the book is about- making holes in your clothes. |
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Great FUN book! Missleading reviews. |
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I bought this book after seeing it at a DIY fair. A booth had projects set up from this book that came out terrific. It has some great tricks for mending clothes as well. It taught me to hem my pants and keep the original hem, that tip alone has saved me more $ than the price of this book. It costs me $12 a pair of pants to be hemmed. I'm 5'4 and have to hem all my pants. My neice loves this book and I think it's a little more her speed being 15 and creative, she likes to embellish and recreate her clothes. I enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone who knows a little about sewing and looking for something fun and different. I also have Generation T but the projects in that book aren't geared towards sewing but cutting and shredding. I don't agree with some of these negative reveiws listed. There are great projects and creative ideas in this book. |
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