Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt | Megan Nicolay

Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt | Megan Nicolay | It is a starting point

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	Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt Megan Nicolay Workman Publishing Company, 2006 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 133 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Make it yours. This inspirational guide with DIY attitude has everything you need to know about the world?s great T-shirt: how to cut it, sew it, deconstruct it, reconstruct it, and best of all, transform it. ? Features more than 100 projects (plus 200 variations) for customized tees, tank tops, tube tops, T-skirts?even handbags, a patchwork blanket, iPod cozies, leg warmers, and more. ? Not a DIY expert? Not to worry. More than one third of the projects are no sew, meaning anyone who can wield a pair of scissors can put a personal stamp on her wardrobe. But the sewing basics are here too: backstitch and whipstitch, gather and ruche, appliqué and drawstrings. ? And the mission statement for Generation T: Ask not what your T-shirt can do for you; ask what you can do for your T-shirt. And then Do-It-Yourself!

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Generation T

Saw this at a friends house, and then bought it for my niece for Christmas. I looked through it when I received it, and some of the creations are incredible! I know my niece will have a great time making her own clothes! Can't wait to give it to her!

It is a starting point

We found this book in the library and I had to buy it. I got my daughters and some of their friends together and we cut and sewed and followed the directions. The best part was seeing the creative possibilities. The worst part was seeing that the T you make would not be able to withstand a lot of wear. I realized that if you want to keep the creation you make then you would have to get out the sewing machine and do some real sewing.

We did notice that the t need to be fited and looked at on your body before you cut. We had one girl that wanted to make the halter and following the directions in the book made the halter so small and short that she was uncomfortable with the whole project (even though the picture shows a lot of room in the torso). So making sure of the design before hand is very important.

But the girls did have fun and will be doing it again.

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Great - if you're under 25, hip and thin.

When I first flipped through this book I thought: fab! how imaginative. Unfortunately having looked at it more closely there isn't anything I think I could make that wouldn't make me look tragic. The ideas are mostly centred around the idea of cutting up a very large T-shirt and making it with minimal sewing into something hipper, close fitting and a little punk-inspired - plenty of rips and slashes. Even using the theme of the book, rather than the specific ideas doesn't help me much. I'm sure if I was 16 I'd love it. I write as a warning that the target audience for this book is relatively narrow ie young and that isn't something you might work out from reading the blurb. Well at least I didn't. Yes as you get older you can still be on-trend, but I really think it's better to leave looks such as slashed clothing or the barely-there items etc to the younger crowd.

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No sewing?

This book has little machine sewing projects in it. If you want to learn to just cut up Tees than this is a good book and I give 'em credit for the creativity. But I was looking for more sewing projects with Tshirts.

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