Nicole Smith (3)Reseñas

Intermediate sewing. Though the photos are sometimes less than inspiring and don't showcase the construction quite as much as I'd like, the author has put together a thorough breakdown of the process of drafting a skirt to fit perfectly, adapting your pattern to create different styles, and finally adding dozens of different embellishments to fully make it your own. Not so much for the "quick and easy" sewist, but if you want to learn how to draft patterns, this is for you.

Super cute crafty stuff, hopefully not too difficult or unrealistic when it comes to the actual making part. Am eyeing the deer head project; even though I do not live in a dorm :)

I liked this book quite a bit! With Spring approaching, I found some must have styles in here! The best part about all of it was if you take the time to read & draft your pattern as described in the first few chapters of the book, you can manipulate that same pattern for every single skirt in the book! Which is better than standard sized patterns that usually come with these kind of books.
I am an experienced seamstress, but in reviewing this I stepped out of my comfort zone & found it very easy to follow along with the author's directions. I spent close to 3 hours on my preparation for the pattern (I did own all of the tools already). After I chose my fabrics & started sewing, each skirt averaged about 2 hours. Most of the time was in the layout, cut, & iron phase. As you can see, it was extremely easy!
I have successfully made 3 out of the 28 skirts! An entire new wardrobe with excellent embellish ideas & techniques that are offered with each skirt! I will hang on to this book for sometime. It has a wide range of style & can be used for all seasons. The author even incorporated knits into her book which is wonderful. Too many of these books are catered to beginners & don't offer any fun insight into the wonderful world of stretch!