Crafting Wearables: Blending Technology with Fashion

© Sibel Deren Guler, Madeline Gannon, and Kate Sicchio 2016

Sibel Deren Guler, Madeline Gannon and Kate Sicchio, Crafting Wearables, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1808-2_4

4. Cutting and Sewing

Sibel Deren Guler¹ , Madeline Gannon² and Kate Sicchio¹

(1)Brooklyn, New York, USA

(2)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

This chapter serves as a crash course in sewing and working with fabric. If you have never learned how to sew or need a refresher, consider this chapter a guidebook for the projects in the remainder of the book. You will need to acquire a basic sewing set, which is described in the next section, and some fabric. These materials can be found at most craft stores or at a fabric store, if there is one local to your area. You could also cut up an old article ...