The Sweater Chop Shop

Découvrez le livre de 176 pages "The Sweater Chop Shop: Sewing One-of-a-Kind Creations from Recycled Sweaters" de Crispina Ffrench, paru en août 2009.


«Recycle, Re-create, Re-enjoy You don't even need a sewing machine to upcycle old sweaters into new wearables, blankets, pillows, and dolls that are fresh, playful, and utterly captivating. It's easy as felting the wool, cutting the pieces for your new project, and stitching everything together using simple hand-sewing skills. Noted designer Crispina ffrench shares her techniques and passion as she introduces you to the beautiful possiblities in old sweaters. "Crispina's blankets and throws and rugs are piled on and over each other on my beds, chairs, couches, and floors. She's a great artist who understands texture and how it adds individuality and comfort to a home, not to mention a car, or an old refurbished orange trunk seat!!" - Carly Simon "Crispina makes the most beautiful soulful blankets, pillows, and sweaters, out of people's old sweaters. In this amazing and magical book she shares her secrets so that you can do it too. Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's».

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Sweater Surgery...

Voici un deuxième livre sur le même sujet, à savoir la transformation de vieux pull-overs en laine. Découvre le livre de 160 pages "Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things from Old Sweaters" de Stefanie Girard, paru en mai 2008. Véritable best-seller, il s'est déjà vendu à plus de 305.847 exemplaires à amazon.fr.


«Contemporary crafters are thriving on personalizing, modifying, and altering fashion as not only hobbies but as a lifestyle Why repurpose your sweaters? Because you can't buy sweater fabric by the yard. Sweaters get damaged or go out of style but we still love the prints, colors, and textures. You don't have time to knit it from scratch. It's ecologically correct. And most of all--it's fun! Sweater Surgery shows you how to upcycle all your slightly worn, slightly damaged, or plain old out-of-style sweaters into fabulous new items for your wardrobe and your home. Readers learn how to choose, cut, restitch, felt, and embellish old sweater fabric, transforming it into beautiful handbags, mittens, scarves, hats, hoodies, skirts, jewelry, soft toys, pillows, and more! Complete instructions for 27 projects, plus a huge gallery of exciting ideas for further inspiration».

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Warm Fuzzies: 30 Sweet Felted Projects

Découvrez cet excellent livre de 144 pages "Warm Fuzzies: 30 Sweet Felted Projects" de Betz White, paru en décembre 2007.

Comment créer de merveilleux accessoires et vêtements (chapeaux, écharpes, sacs, coussins pour épingles de couture, etc.) avec de vieux pull-overs en laine. 100 % pure laine, c'est mieux! Un petit tour dans la machine à laver... et ils sont tout rétrécis et feutrés. C'est exactement l'effet voulu!! Reste plus qu'à les transformer. Patrons inclus à la fin du livre.


«Warm Fuzzies is filled with techniques, tips and patterns for creating over 30 cute and colorful felted items made from cast-away sweaters, including cozy pillows and throws as well as comfortable hats, scarves, pincushions and handbags. There's something to make for everybody, including all the beloved "little creatures" in your life. Your pup will look adorable in the Haute Daw Doggie Sweater, and your favorite princess will adore the Teacup Jumper with the playful mouse finger puppet tucked in the pocket. There are plenty of projects for grown-ups, too, like the Rainbow Bag with rows of colorful waves and the Rustic Throw with reverse applique leaves. The best thing about these projects is how easy they are to make... and there's no knitting involved! Simply throw old wool sweaters into the wash, then cut them apart to sew into felted goodies».


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Pour voir les créations de Betz White, c'est ICI.