The Great Put on: Sew Something Smashing!

For any one who sews items to wear the information and illustrations are mandatory. The subject areas covered will help one to picture techniques and determine how to proceed. This information is a "READ BEFORE you start a project".

This was a great read and I do mean read. Probably the first instruction book that I've ever read cover to cover. Normally I would leap to the photos and after finding one that caught my eye, I would then look for the instructions.It was not the case with "The Great Put On". This book would be a must for anyone considering making something different. I can see amazing possibilities just hanging in my closet in the form of clothing items that haven't seen the light of day for a few years. If you've put on a dress size or two recently, I'm sure you must have some of your favourite things still waiting for the day when you'll lose that weight. Ha - I'm still waiting but can now see being able to alter a few things quite easily to make them wearable - NOW!I would recommend this book to anyone considering designing for a living. So many innovative ideas that could be shaped into your own original designs without too much trouble. If you want to add something truly unique to your sewing - this is the book for you.Now, not to put a damper on this review, but it could have used just a few more colour photos of completed garments.

This book has some fabulous ideas for using unusual collectables as buttons, other jewelry and small objects to take simple garment and make them one of a kind.Directions and ideas are great but they are for intermediate or advanced sewers. However, even beginners can benefit from the ideas and realize that patterns are a start to sewing not an end. That simple to complex modifications can be made and these take the ordinary to the extraordinary. Directions are minimal but the ideas open up a new level of sewing and creating -- the craft of sewing is elevated to the art of clothing.Facinating book well worth the expense and reading. Wish there were more pictures and more explicit direction but a great book.