It's all about fun, fashion, and color! Fifteen fast projects to sew by machinePattern-Free Fashions & Accessories encourages young machine-sewers to express their creativity by making simple clothes, accessories, and room accents. The early chapters teach just the basics they need, and the instructions for each project helps readers apply and master each skill, so new sewers build confidence as they go. The 15 projects range from cosmetic bags and throw pillows to belts, embroidered jeans, and a sassy, two-tiered skirt. There's even a chapter on "changing" your old clothes into a spectacular something new!
This sewing book is good for a novice but I wonder about the durability of many of the projects: the Jazzed Jeans and the Button Change Purse, for starters. Some of the basic instructions were different from what I'd learned. (Iron a seam flat and then iron it open, is what I'd been told.) The bags and totes are cute but the skirts and belts seem a bit shapeless. Good and plentiful photography.