by Mary Lee Trees Cole

A Main Selection of the Book of the Month Club Crafter's Choice

With this book you can fashion attractive garments from luscious fabrics without using a conventional pattern.

Pattern-Free Fashions provides complete instructions for making 12 stunning garments from simple rectangles. Each chapter features a different garment and is packed with user-friendly information, including:

• tips for planning your customized fashions, with inspiring design suggestions
• variations for children, men, and women, sized small to generous
• what to buy, with measurement and fabric requirement charts
• tools and notions to use for serging, sewing, and fusing
• how to create garment shapes and cut fabric
• step-by-step instructions for making and fitting garments to individual shapes
• finishing touches and embellishments

The overview chapter gives easy-to-follow guidelines for making garments without patterns. It also illustrates techniques for embellishing and shows how to use and combine fusible tapes and glues with serging and sewing.

Reviews

"Elegant caftans, trimmed capes, harem pants and more, can be made in minutes without patterns. Pattern-Free Fashions provides complete instructions for making 12 art-to-wear garments. Each chapter features a simple, stunning garment and is packed with user-friendly information including: tips for planning with inspiring design suggestions; various for men, women and children, sized small to generous; what to buy with measurement and fabric requirement charts; tools and notions to use for serging, sewing, and fusing; how to create garment shapes and cut fabric; step-by-step instructions for making and shaping to individual bodies; and finishing touches and embellishments. Pattern- Free Fashions gives easy-to-follow guidelines for making garments without patterns, illustrates fun techniques for embellishing, and shows how to use and combine fusible tapes and glues with serging and sewing." —Midwest Book Review