In Handmade Chic: Fashionable Projects That Look High-End, Not Homespun, Laura Bennett shares simple strategies for creating 40 small luxuries and high-fashion accessories, from a smart leather iPad portfolio to a feather-embellished evening bag. With sections organized in skill-building order and based on type of accessory—small leather goods, agendas and notepads, electronics, bags and wallets, and evening items—Laura offers patterns, easy-to-follow diagrams, and detailed instructions for fabricating each glamorous project, whether it involves sewing from scratch or embellishing a prepurchased garment. While showcasing her own creative designs, she provides readers with the basic techniques and encouragement they need to come up with variations and create their own signature pieces. Packed with Laura's signature flair and finesse, vibrant four-color photos, step-by-step drawings, and a complete list of suggestions on where to purchase materials, Handmade Chic is an accessible guide to at-home crafting that is elegant enough for the most modern, fashion-savvy of women.

**Handmade Chic Your Ultimate Guide to Crafting Personalized Accessories** Step into the world of vibrant creativity and elevate your style with *Handmade Chic*, the definitive eBook to mastering the art of personalized accessories. This comprehensive guide walks you through each step of designing and crafting bespoke pieces that exude individuality and charm. **Discover the Beauty of Handmade Fashion** The journey begins with an introduction to the rise of handmade fashion, revealing how personalized accessories can transform any look. Uncover the myriad benefits of crafting your own pieces, from the joy of creativity to the unique touch each item brings to your wardrobe. **Design One-of-a-Kind Jewelry** *Handmade Chic* dives deep into jewelry making with detailed sections on selecting the perfect metals and stones, mastering earring techniques, and creating stunning necklaces and trendy bracelets. Transform raw materials into high-fashion statements with ease. **Embroider with Flair** Dive into the fundamentals of embroidery and learn how to add exquisite stitched designs to fabric accessories. From basic stitches to crafting personalized patches, your embroidery skills will shine through beautifully customized pieces. **Handcraft Elegant Handbags** Design custom tote bags, hand-stitched leather clutches, and add personal embellishments that will make each handbag uniquely yours. This chapter provides all the inspiration and practical advice you need to craft bags that stand out. **Create Stunning Hair Accessories** Explore the art of making fabric headbands, decorative hair clips, and personalized scrunchies. Add that final chic touch to your hair with accessories crafted by your own hands. **Design and Sew Scarves, Belts, Sunglasses Cases, and More** From selecting the right fabrics and materials to mastering the sewing and crafting techniques, this eBook ensures that your handmade accessories are not only stylish but durable. Whether it's a silk scarf, a sturdy leather belt, or a unique sunglasses case, every piece will reflect your personal style. **Craft for Special Occasions and Everyday Elegance** Customize face masks, keychains, footwear accessories, and even phone cases. Each project is detailed with easy-to-follow steps and tips for adding your own creative flair. Perfect for everyday elegance or special events, your handmade accessories will always make a statement. **Master the Business of Handmade Accessories** Capitalize on your crafting skills by learning how to set up an online store, effectively market your products, and build your brand. Turn your passion into a thriving business with insider tips and practical advice. **Embrace the Handmade Chic Lifestyle** Finally, connect with the vibrant handmade community, embrace creativity, and keep learning and evolving in your craft. *Handmade Chic* is more than a guide—it's an inspiring journey into the world of personalized fashion that empowers you to express your individuality. Unlock your creative potential and start crafting your way to style with *Handmade Chic*. Transform everyday materials into extraordinary accessories that tell your unique story.

More than forty craft projects for high-fashion accessories include instructions for creating bracelets, laptop cases, embellished shoes, wallets, and nightgowns.

Sew your own stylish clothes with this fabulous sewing book. Are you a DIY sewer, with a passion for Japanese style? Look no further, Happy Homemade: Sew Chic is the Japanese Sewing book you've been waiting for—all new timeless and straightforward creations of Yoshiko Tsukiori, acclaimed Japanese fashion designer and author of The Stylish Dress Book, now available in English in the United States. Happy Homemade: Sew Chic features 20 flexible sewing patterns that boast authentic Japanese style created simply—by you. Sew-your-own pants, tops, dresses and skirts will add that sought-after Japanese flair to your wardrobe. Simple lines make these garments perfect for women of all ages and all sizes. This book includes a complete western-sized sewing pattern for each design that is easily adjusted to fit your body form. The understandable, concise diagrams and simple instructions allow you to create a unique style with ease and confidence. Sewing designs include: Tunic Dress with Lace Blouse with Front Tucks Box Tunic Straight-cut Tiered Skirt Straight-cut Sarouel Pants Smock Dress with Puff Sleeves And much more… Whether you're a sewing maven or an aspiring novice, Happy Homemade: Sew Chic is your ultimate guide to transforming fabric to fabulous!

Sew stylish clothes for your children with this enjoyable sewing book. Today's DIY sewing generation loves to outfit their kids in stylish homemade clothes, and kids love clothes that feel good. Designer Ruriko Yamada draws from her own experiences as a mom to create designs and sewing patterns that are fun to wear, easy to make and infused with covetable Japanese style. A wide range of sewing designs are covered from —tops and shorts for boys and girls, girls' dresses, and unisex pieces. Happy Homemade: Sew Chic Kids features easy-to-follow diagrams, Japanese sewing patterns in English, and simple instructions on how to make twenty super-comfy pieces for both boys and girls. Sewing patterns include: Pin-Tucked Blouse Dress with Flared Sleeves Knee-Length Shorts Tiered Skirt Boy's Stand-Up Collar Shirt Pull-Over Parka Yamada provides four sizes of westernized patterns, each of which can easily be adjusted to fit children from three to nine years old. Simple lines give kids room to move, and the classic styles look good on any frame. Sewing for children has never been easier. With Happy Homemade, you'll whip up a fantastic, money-saving wardrobe in practically no time at all!

In this limited edition, Ultimate Collection format linen clamshell and handmade oversized book, Valerie Steele flexes her curatorial muscle by showcasing the most iconic dresses of the twentieth century. From Poiret to Pucci, Doucet to Dior, Vionnet to Valentino, Steele selects one hundred dresses that caused a stir either on the runway or entering a room and ultimately inspired new directions in fashion. Steele’s selections include Paul Poiret's figure-liberating 1907 gown, Madame Grès’s sublimely draped goddess creation from 1938, Jean Paul Gaultier's shockingly exaggerated cone-bust corset dress circa 1984, and Hussein Chalayan’s awe-inspiring remote-control fiberglass Airplane dress from 2000. The compilation, while certainly subjective, is sure to receive nods of recognition along with a gasp or two of surprise.

Following the success of The Homemade Home, Sania Pell now turns her attention to a younger audience, creating a stylish, innovative, contemporary and child-friendly collection of 50 projects for parents to make with and for their offspring. There are ideas for decorating the nursery and children's bedrooms, with great storage tricks, display ideas, and decorations ranging from a space-travel themed banner to headboard embellished with silk flowers. When it's playtime, choose from making planes from balsa wood, sewing simple yet fun costumes, or creating a fabulous play boat from a metal bath tub and a canvas sail. There are suggestions for the garden too, including a waterproof picnic rug and a play tent which utilizes the washing line rather than cumbersome tent poles. There are even quick ways to customize children's store-bought clothing by adding collars, appliqu�, and buttons. If you can thread a needle, hold a paintbrush, or wield a glue gun, you will find this book packed with inspirational ideas.