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sew subversive: down & dirty diy for the fabulous fashionista sew subversive: down & dirty diy for the fabulous fashionista
Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado & Hope Meng

Fashion is what you make it, not what you can buy off the rack. Sew Subversive is about making fashion your way, whether it's embellishing or customizing shirts or skirts, or transforming clothes that have lost that lovin' feeling into something completely different and absolutely you - t-shirts into skirts, sweaters into hats and leg warmers, pants into hipbelts. For some projects all you'll need is an iron and a pair of scissors. But it won't take long before you'll be wielding a needle and thread like a pro and looking at sewing machines with longing and envy. Don't settle for what everyone else has - subvert fashion and sew subversively. 186pp

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yeah, i made it myself: diy fashion for the not very domestic goddess yeah, i made it myself: diy fashion for the not very domestic goddess
Eithne Farry

Yeah, I Made it Myself is all about DIY fashion, aimed at women who are passionate about clothes, and would love to create something of their own, but who are unsure of how to get started. Farry isn't a fashion designer, or professional seamstress, but she can cobble together a DIY summer wardrobe faster than you can say pearl-two. She's made most of her own clothes for years, to much acclaim.

When people learn she makes her own clothes they say, 'I wish I could do that.' And her immediate response is, 'You easily could, I could teach you in a few hours'. For a few months, when she was a contributing editor at Elle, she ran a featurette that showed how to make key catwalk accessories using stuff bought from the local haberdashery. The feature was very popular -- the basic premise being 'if I can do it, anyone can'.

The ideas are accessible and adaptable -- it's all about creating an individual look, experimenting with ideas and laughing if it all goes a bit lopsided. Innovative, young designers will provide insider tips. There will also be inspirational, crafty tales from friends who've come up with their own easy-to-make designs, despite not having a fashion degree. Yeah, I Made it Myself is going to be practical, with pom-poms. 223pp

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generation t: 108 ways to transform a t-shirt generation t: 108 ways to transform a t-shirt
Megan Nicolay

Make it yours. This inspirational guide with diy attitude has everything you need to know about the world's great t-shirt: how to cut it, sew it, deconstruct it, reconstruct it, and best of all, transform it. Features more than 100 projects (plus 200 variations) for customized tees, tank tops, tube tops, t-skirts - even handbags, a patchwork blanket, iPod cozies, leg warmers and more. Not a diy expert? Not to worry. More than a third of the projects are no sew, meaning anyone who can wield a pair of scissors can put a personal stamp on her wardrobe. But the sewing basics are here too: backstitch and whipstitch, gather and ruche, appliqué and drawstrings. 253pp

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