Vintage Made Modern: Transforming Timeworn Textiles into Treasured Heirlooms

Price 14.80 - 22.48 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 499991632589, 9781611801231

Brand Roost Books

Author

Producer Roost Books

Pages 136

Year of production 2014

Binding 190x230

Create modern heirlooms using vintage materials--a collection of 35 innovative projects showcasing the exceptional beauty in timeworn textiles. Vintage Made Modern is a book devoted to recycling just as generations before us have, utilizing timeworn textiles with histories of their own. With a little resourcefulness, gentle care, and some creative repurposing, the 35 innovative projects in this book breathe life back into these textiles, refresh their beauty, and create new memories. Whether iT be Granny"s well-worn apron, a threadbare family quilt, or a tattered tea towel you picked up at the thrift shop, each of these textiles has a tale to tell. Vintage Made Modern will have you collaborating with makers from the past and continuing stories composed long ago, with you becoming part of the narrative.