The Fashion Designer's Handbook & Fashion Kit Learn to Sew and Become a Designer in 33 Fabulous Projects

by Galen, Marjorie

• ISBN13: 9780761154792
• ISBN10: 0761154795
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2012-09-25
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Summary

The No. 1 dream career for tween girls? Fashion designer, according to The New York Times. They love Project Runway, follow their favorite stars' clothing lines, and use clothes as a way to express themselves. And now, with The Fashion Designer's Handbook & Fashion Kit, girls ages 7 to 12 can learn everything they need to know to start designing clothes'”and test their ideas by creating doll-size outfits. Combining a full-color book with a starter set of tools and trimmings'”a doll-size dress form, 27 patterns, ribbon, rickrack, and two swatches of fabric'”it will inspire any girl to create a fabulously hip wardrobe to fit her 111'„2-inch fashion dolls, including Barbie. Fully illustrated throughout, with step-by-step instructions, The Fashion Designer's Handbook covers design and sewing basics and how to think and work like a designer'”from sketching ideas to developing your own style. Plus: four basic stitches; appliqué and embroidery; working with patterns, including adding your own flourishes; and how to use a dress form to design your own clothes. The 33 delightful, doll-size projects require little to no adult help. There's Martha's No-Sew Circle Dress, Mod Mini 1-2-3 Skirt, Cozy Lounge Pants, Little Red Cape, and more. Plus three life-size designs'”a dress, a skirt, and a tote'”for girls to make for themselves.

Author Biography

Marjorie Galen is the author of Summer Crafts: Fun and Creative Summer Projects for the Whole Family, which was nominated for ForeWord magazine’s Book of the Year Award in 2006. She’s contributed to magazines including Country Living and Martha Stewart Living, and written quilting patterns and books with quilter Denyse Schmidt. She lives in Palisades, New York, with her two children.