Customize Your Clothes

Customize Your Clothes — page 1
Creative Thinking Crafts have never been so cool Everyone’s designing making and customizing This book shows you how to turn old clothes into something new and stamp your own style on them Why Do It When you customize your clothes you can express yourself and have things just the way you want them You save money too and learn skills that could even lead to a crafty career Besides using your own old clothes look at thrift stores and rummage sales for fabulous finds You may have basic sewing items such as pins needles thread and scissors at home If not you can buy them at craft shops or discount stores along with a range of fabrics and trimmings such as beads buttons and ribbons Get the Gear Safety Remember to keep strings cords and sharp things like pins needles and scissors away from small children 4 Tip If you have a sewing machine and know how it works you can use it for some of the projects in this book