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From graphic designer–turned–fashion designer Natsuno Hiraiwa comes Shape Shape, an ingenious collection of signature vests, collars, blouses, tops, skirts, and shrugs that can all be worn in a variety of ways and that are created for sewists of all skill levels. Designs feature draping and fastening fabric cut from single flat cloth, artfully twisting fabric, and folding fabric in origami-like fashion.
You’ll find unique construction guidance, one-of-a-kind garments that are fit for all ages, as well as a pattern insert. Shape Shape offers everything you need to sew minimally constructed designs with maximum visual impact.
You’ll find unique construction guidance, one-of-a-kind garments that are fit for all ages, as well as a pattern insert. Shape Shape offers everything you need to sew minimally constructed designs with maximum visual impact.
About the Author
Natsuno Hiraiwa combines her formal training in fashion design with her background in graphic design to create artistic garments. She studied fashion design for three years in Paris and majored in graphic design at art college in Japan.
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a sad disappointment - NO, wait it gets worse., Feb 10 2012
By A. Taecker "Goddess of the Pizza Stone" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shape Shape: Sewing Clothing Patterns to Wear Multiple Ways (Paperback)
Of the 19 supposed garments in this book, only six are garments and not terribly inspired. Of the six, perhaps two are something that is actually wearable by real people with jobs & a real life. The directions are somewhat vague, I would not recommend this for a beginner.I had high hopes for this book but can only say it is a sad disappointment.
Here is where things get a whole lot worse.
After looking at the "patterns" I am downgrading my review to absolutely not. The 'patterns' are all on two sheets of paper, two BIG sheets of paper. With the exception of one spiral scarf, which is shaded, all the lines are the same weight, same point size, exactly the same. It is maddening to try to follow them. Unless you are prepared to color the lines with a sharpie and then trace them off, you will get to use two patterns after you cut them out. Two - one from each sheet of paper. Your other option is to take the sheets to someone who copies blueprints for large scale copies and then you should be prepared to pay a LOT ($10+) for each copy. And each garment you want to make will take its own copy.
If you'd like to see the garments, the publisher's online store has a preview. Interweave doesn't do previews at Amazon.
To qualify my comments, I am not a novice seamstress. I've been sewing since I was seven and am now well beyond that. Hand tailored wool suits that fit perfectly, tailored garments for clients with dowager's humps, wedding dresses, window treatments, alterations, etc. I have a degree in apparel design and have co-authored a book on garment construction. This isn't my first rodeo with a pair of dressmaker shears.
If you are a book collector and want eye candy, you might like this book. If you are after "Sewing Clothing Patterns to Wear Multiple Ways" (as the cover touts), I would have a never recommend this book to you. The concepts are intriguing and unique - which is what prompted me to purchase. The book seems way over-hyped and the patterns, if you can call them that are a nightmare. I'm sorry to say it, I had high hopes for intriguing sculptural garments and didn't get them.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Shamefully Disappointing!, Feb 27 2012
By ALoopintheWoods - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Shape Shape: Sewing Clothing Patterns to Wear Multiple Ways (Paperback)
I really dislike leaving bad reviews, as once a book goes into production often the author has little say over how it is presented....but Interweave Press has grossly mislead us in this case and it simply must be said how terrible this book is as it is presented. The concept of the book is awesome - if indeed convertibility were the concept of this book, but it is NOT! There are very few items in here that convert or transform into another option. In most cases, the other option is simply that it is reversible with a different fabric. Also, very few of the 19 designs are shown in more than one way. Really? No photographs to show the transformations - cheap! At most, 2-3 of the projects have a photograph with the 2nd option. But I don't consider a skirt worn with joining in front, and then the joining in back to be authentically convertible. I mean c'mon.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Uninspired, Feb 17 2012
By OP - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Shape Shape: Sewing Clothing Patterns to Wear Multiple Ways (Paperback)
I bought this book with high hopes. But, I was completely disappointed. There are very few full garments and they are not at all interesting. I've been sewing for 20 years - I certainly wouldn't need a pattern to make most of what is included in the book - that's if I was interested in any of it. If you know how to sew I would definitely not recommend this book.
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