Product Description

This text contains 23 designs for turning sweatshirts, T-shirts and other cotton garments into bright and cheerful fashions. No sewing is required and detailed instructions explain how to use the full-size patterns with fabric markers and fusible webbing. Washing instructions are included.

Product Details

• Published on: 1995-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

From Library Journal
In this work, designed as a creative outlet for the sewing-impaired or the unwilling, Lose uses ready-made sweatshirts that he embellishes with fabric paints and with fusible webbing appliques. Many of the designs include seasonal themes and are suitable for either children or adults. The quality and wit of the designs set them apart from those found in popular magazines. To put it delicately, these are sweatshirts one would not be embarrassed to wear in public. One caveat: brand-specific information on fabric paints and fusible webbing would have made the supply lists more useful to the rank beginner. This book will rarely languish on the shelves in public libraries.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
It's hard to resist Lose's whimsical creations. The medium here is a 100 percent cotton, long-sleeve sweatshirt that can be emblazoned with one of 23 different designs. Motifs range from holidays (Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Year's Eve, among others) to nature and seasonal ideas, including a grinning carrot-nosed snowman, a huggable teddy bear, and anthropomorphic sunflowers. Included are lists of materials, written directions, and pattern pieces to trace. Metric conversions appended. Barbara Jacobs

Ingram
Turn inexpensive sweatshirts, T-shirts, tank tops, or other cotton garments into bright cheerful, wonderfully whumsical fashions, using 23 of acclaimed artist Patrick Lose's imaginative designs. No sewing is required. Instead, use the full-size patterns with readily available and simple-to-use fusible webbing and fabric writers for fabulous results.