Opening & Closing: Closures

Like to sew? Like to make a signature work? This book has how to make buttons, ties, closures, cords and all in a very exciting way. Though some of the pictures seem dated (80's over-the-top ornamentation) and though this book is in black and white except for some opening large photographs, this will stimulate your creativity. People who should read this: those doing polymer clay ornamentation and jewelry, people interested in creative bookbinding and scrapbooking (why? Ideas for novel closures apply to books as well as jackets.) Also handweavers, who are looking for unique ways to make their craft stand out at craft fairs. Also of course anyone who sews their own clothes or designs clothes for sale. Highly Recommended.

This book has fascinating ideas on how to take every day closures and turn them into an intergral part of the garment rather than just a functional necessity. Good explainations of how to incorporate unusual and non standard closures into garments before they are cut out. Directions are adequate and pictures good for closure but a full garment picture with inset of closure would be more effective. Full garments were on TV program and really showed how these closures were such a part of the total that they did not stand out as closures. Book is excellent and shows what can be done with a little imagination, recycling unusual small objects and basic to advanced sewing skills. A book for anyone who appreciates the unusual and loves to sew.