Make It, Wear It!

Discover the feel-good fun of designing and sewing just what you want to wear. Master three basic garments – a top, shorts, and a skirt – then pick and choose from fashionable variations to create clothes that show off your personal style.

A Note to You from the Authors
About This Book: An Introduction for Adults

Getting Started
Welcome to Sewing School Fashion Workshop
Lesson 1: How to Use This Book
Lesson 2: Anatomy of Clothing
Lesson 3: In Your Sewing Kit
Lesson 4: Fashion Design Rules
Lesson 5: Finding out about Fabric
Lesson 6: Measure Up!
Lesson 7: Pattern Play
Lesson 8: Careful Cutting
Lesson 9: Time to Sew
Lesson 10: Hemming Time
Lesson 11: Get the Right Fit

Get Dressed
TurnStyle Top
Lazy Shorts
A+ Skirt

Fashion Mashup
Cute Collar
Sassy Ruffle
Useful Pockets
V-Neck
High-Low
Halfsies
Modern Poodle
Longer, Please
Hoodie
Swing Coat
Zippy Skirt

Extra! Extra!
Origami Bow Tie
Switcharoo Hat
Pocket Apron

Skill Builder 1: Machine-Sewing Skills
Skill Builder 2: Hand-Sewing Skills
Skill Builder 3: Oops!
Look It Up: Fashion Dictionary
Fashion Template
Index
Metric Conversion Chart
 

Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle are the authors of Sewing School ®, Sewing School ® 2, Sewing School ® Quilts, and Sewing School ® Fashion Design. Plumley is an elementary school teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, where she inspires students to sew in the classroom, in an after-school sewing club, and at a wildly popular summer sewing camp. Lisle is cultural curator at Fourth Bluff in downtown Memphis, part of the national initiative Reimagining the Civic Commons. They blog together at sewingschool.blogspot.com.