Denim & Chambray with Style  

You love your denim blazer and your chambray shirt. And you always feel comfortable and happy in your denim jumper. Wouldn't you love to make these favorite garments more stylish? Now you can quickly and easily add designer touches to any garment with Mary's easy-to-follow instructions for weaving, denim-on-denim, vintage linen trims, movable embellishments, painting and stamping, applique, and more. This collection of clever trimming ideas works on other plain clothing as well as denim and chambray, everyone's favorite "comfort" clothing.

Soft cover, 8-1/4"x 10-7/8", 128 pages, Color photos throughout, illustrations by the author. Published by Krause Publications.

Order Denim & Chambray with Style:
$19.95 each

 

Table of Contents

Part One: Weaving, Couching & Stitching for Texture

• Cutwork jumper yoke
• Creative couching with a trim collection
• Between the pintucks
• Weaving through denim
• Sashiko style topstitching
• Denim blazer with style
• New twists on Seminole patchwork

Part Two: Denim on Denim

• Mood indigo argyles
• Scattered Stars - a project by Luveta Nickels
• Denim chenille collar
• Denim chrysanthemums
• Frayed denim trim
• Denim fringe trim

Part Three: Pocket Options

• Pockets from kimonos
• Basket jacket
• Sunflower bib jumper
• Flower arrangements on a denim dress

Part Four: Vintage Linen Trims

• Vintage linen panels and yoke
• Jumper with hanky corners
• Mixed media dress
• Dresden plate frame for embroidery
• Birds on a branch shirt

Part Five: Movable Embellishments

• Chambray shirt with pieced details
• Slip-Over stole
• Seasonal button-on collar and tuxedo bib

Part Six: Painting and Stamping

• Shoe stencils & applique
• Rubber stamping for the timid
• Stamping & serging
• Rubber stamping on pockets
• Dana Bontrager's stamped vests

Part Seven: Applique Inspirations

• Fractured pictures
• Denim shirt inspired by the buttons
• Foundation piecing jacket fronts
• Geometrics for men
• Nature shirt
• Charmed jumper
• Japanese fans
• Indigo patchwork
• Overlapping bands

Part Eight: Denim Reconstruction

• Doily vest from a denim shirt
• Teddy bear jeans from a shirt

Workshop: Techniques for Adding Style

• How to machine applique
• How to trace patterns from garments and sew on new fabric covers
• How to remove and replace buttons
• Removing pockets - Avoid it if you can

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