Transforming pre-loved clothes into stylish, unique garments for your baby or toddler is great for the environment, great for your bank balance and, most of all, great fun!
In Restyle & Restitch for Little Ones, you will find 30 sewing projects for creating stylish baby clothes, from newborns to two-year-olds, including trousers, dresses, sweaters, mittens, rompers and socks. The projects are accompanied by colourful, full-size patterns to help you make the most of your repurposed clothing.
You will discover how best to change the size of any of the patterns in the book to suit your own child's measurements, and how to choose the most appropriate clothing to use rather than convert, taking into account the young wearer's safety.
The projects are complemented by gorgeous photographs of the author's own children and their friends modelling the restyled outfits, and by Linnea's extra hints and tips for making the most of your well-worn items.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Turning old into new
Saving the planet
Changing the size
Before you start
Safety
Fabric printing
Overview
Romper
Romper with bows
Changing bag
Oversized tee
Bib
Mittens
Top
Onesie
Leggings
Bodysuit
Pig
Frilled romper
Dungarees
Trousers
Bloomers with bib
Bows
Shirt dress
Shoes
Wool socks
Party collar
Gym bag
Sleepsuit
Bloomers
Roomy bodysuit
Long bib
Frilly dress
Cot bedding set
Quilt
Coat
Cardigan
Acknowledgments
Designs for transfer paper
Patterns
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About Linnea Larsson
The author, Linnea Larsson, is primarily an architect; since 2009, she has designed offices and homes for an architectural firm based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Linnea also has her own company, for which she designs villas and summer cottages.
In addition, she likes to paint in watercolour; she has had a couple of exhibitions and was awarded a scholarship from the University of Gothenburg in 2009. In 2010 she won a design competition run by Åhléns, a leading department store in Sweden.
Linnea lives with her partner and their two children in Gothenburg. She loves to sew, and shares her simple, sweet, environmentally friendly sewing projects and patterns on her blog, gorecreateblog.wordpress.com
Linnea can also be found on Instagram under the handle @go_recreate
