Synopsis
Just look at the price tag for some designer jeans: they’re over the top! Fortunately, there’s an easy, inexpensive, and fun way to jazz up ordinary denim so it’s virtually red-carpet ready: these techniques for distressing, embroidering, beading, painting, sewing, and studding turn jeans, pants, skirts, and vests into one-of-a-kind high fashion items. Bleach and batik, add appliqué and lace, adorn with doilies and toile, embellish with ruffles and rhinestones, and give garments a leather monogram, western flare, or rows of shisha sequins. For each cool design idea, be it a swirl skirt or funky flowers on a jacket, there’s basic information and a photo, along with projects and patterns. And, for something extra, learn how to transform clothing into fringed bags, pretty pillows, and decorated journal covers!
Jan Zlendich - Library Journal
What to do with old jeans or jeans needing a makeover? In this idea book, prolific crafts writer Baskett (Quick & Easy Gourd Crafts) approaches jeans as an artist would a blank canvas. He covers distressing denim with bleach and simple tools; appliquéing on jeans with fabric, beads, studs, and rhinestones; embroidering and painting denim; and making jeans over into skirts, bags, pillows-even a journal, with paper made from scraps of denim. A popular addition to public library sewing collections.