Sew Subversive: Down and Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista (Paperback)

From Publishers Weekly
Fashion hipsters Rannels, Alvarado and Meng are co-owners of San Francisco’s Stitch Lounge, a drop-in sewing center where would-be fashionistas can rent sewing machines by the hour, take lessons and compare notes on design and technique. They are enthusiastic teachers and, in their first book, give beginning sewers all the basics, plus 22 tempting projects. Their mission—”subverting” fashion—is all about “embellishing and customizing clothes—refashioning them to make them uniquely your own.” This can mean anything from altering the fit of a blouse with pin tucks and sewing ribbon stripes onto an old pair of jeans to whipping up a sun dress out of a pillowcase. They start with a solid chapter on hand (more…)