Upcycle Your Wardrobe: 21 Sewing Projects for Unique, New Fashions Review and Giveaway

As many of my regular readers know I love to up-cycle items whenever possible. The last project I up-cycled was a maxi dress I purchased at Target. I did not like the top but loved the pattern and the way the dress hung to the floor. This dress sat in my closet each season, and when summer would roll around I would try to rig the dress into a skirt and wear it that way. This never really worked the way I hoped and it never looked quite right when I was wearing it. This went on for a couple of summers until I finally purchased a new sewing machine.

Having a new sewing machine finally allowed me to open my mind to the possibility of cutting the dress at the top and giving me that bottom part I desired. One night, when I was unable to sleep inspiration hit me and I knew how to cut the dress, while preserving the skirt. I eagerly pulled out my sewing machine and got the scissors out, and immediately got to cutting and resewing. After about 45 minutes what resulted was a skirt with a matching scrunchie where there was a full dress an hour before.

I was lucky that the dress and skirt were not ruined by my naïve efforts as this easily could have been the case. I was recently given the chance to review “Upcycle Your Wardrobe: 21 Sewing Projects for Unique, New Fashions” by Mia Fuhrer and as I thumbed through it I saw many other directions I could have taken on that simple up-cycled dress.

The idea behind “Upcycle Your Wardrobe: 21 Sewing Projects for Unique, New Fashions” is taking those older, slightly over/under worn clothes and making them into something that you would want to wear again. The book includes instructions and color pictures to assist in your up-cycling project and includes many ways to add a up-cycled punch to your otherwise outdated closet. The book also includes a brief refresher on the materials and tools used as well as a dictionary with often used vocabulary in the book. Also included are color diagrams of the sewing techniques and patterns you may run into throughout the book.

I wish I would have had this book when I undertook the maxi dress/skirt conversion as I could have built off a couple of the ideas in this book. If you are a fan of up-cycling or are new to the idea, I would recommend this book – it has simple projects that can add complexity to any outfit!

To learn more about Upcycle Your Wardrobe by Mia Fuhrer: 21 Sewing Projects for Unique, New Fashions.

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Let me start by saying that the products featured in this post were provided to me free of charge courtesy of Schiffer Publishing LTD. This post may have affiliate links but this in no way will influence the review to follow and all opinions are my own.

GIVEAWAY: We will be awarding one person one copy of Upcycle Your Wardrobe: 21 Sewing Projects for Unique, New Fashions by Mia Fuhrer. US entrants only. I will be randomly choosing 1 person on September 18 (9/18/2015) to receive this creative and idea filled book! To enter complete the entries below! Winner will be notified by me by email and prize will be fulfilled by Schiffer Publishing LTD! Remember you have 48 hours to claim prize, or I will choose another winner. GOOD LUCK!!!

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