About this item
Help your favorite girls develop a style all their own with this handy guide to creating endless wardrobe options. Starting with three basic pieces -- a top/dress, skirt, and pants -- you'll learn how to modify simple patterns and rectangles to make twelve classic garments: four tops/dresses, four shorts/pants, and four skirts. Technique instructions teach you how to gather, create waistband casings, and insert zippers. Advice on choosing fabrics and adding embellishments is also included.
About the Author
After stitching her first pillow by hand at age eight, Mary Abreu received a Holly Hobbie sewing machine - which she quickly ignored because the toy machine only sewed a chain stitch. Mary documents her many crafting adventures on her blog, Confessions of a Craft Addict (www.confessionsofacraftaddict.com) , because her family grew tired of the daily craft show and tell. She is an accomplished sewing instructor who teaches a wide range of classes related to sewing and quilting, including pattern hacking and drafting. Mary has sewn for fabric manufacturers and designers, creating tutorials and samples used to market new lines and patterns. She has worked as a seamstress with a small production company near Atlanta, and has wardrobe department credits on two short films, including The Candy Shop, starring Doug Jones. She enjoys attending pop culture conventions, where she is a regular presenter on the topics of pattern drafting and hacking, costuming for children, and historically influenced costuming. Mary lives with her family near Atlanta, Georgia.
