Reconstructing Clothes For Dummies
Chapter One
The Ins, Outs, and Inside-Outs
of This Book
In This Chapter
* Understanding how it all began
* Defining reconstruction methods
* Discovering which method is best for you
* Playing with ideas and projects
* Figuring out where you're coming from and where you want to go
* Checking out some ethically sound eye candy
Before I knew what reconstructing clothing was, I was doing it. Heck, I
was doing it as soon as I knew how to use a pair of scissors and thread
a needle! Just as my dolls all had crew cuts, they also had tricked-out reconstructed
clothing.
Like most reconstruction creatrixes, my initial impetus for heading down this
path was a desire to do things differently. Patterns bored me and made me
feel boxed in tight to someone else's rules. Existing clothes that I found at the
mall (my only choice for shopping) were always lacking. They were especially
lacking the individuality that I was compelled to express. I wasn't a rebellious ... read full excerpt from: Reconstructing Clothes For Dummies ebook
