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Bold & Beautiful Easy-Sew Clothes: 15 Unstructured Designs That Fit and Flatter Every Shape, and Are Simple to Make Paperback – April 2, 2013

by Habibe Acikgoz (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 252 ratings
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Sew stylish separates featuring swinging silhouettes that flatter every body type. The tunics, vests, dresses, jackets, and skirts are both easy and comfortable to wear, and with one-size-fits-all construction they are easily made up and adaptable to make a look that suits you. Included are concise instructions for getting the fit right, and choosing fabrics, plus all the dressmaking basics every sewer needs to know to make up the projects in the book. Additionally, there are a variety of ideas for making the clothes your own, including how to alter the fit to suit your shape or style, or personalize your pieces with pockets, pleats, and drawstrings.

- Each piece has been designed with flowing, elegant lines that skim the body, to create a bold, dramatic and very flattering silhouette.

- These beautiful clothes are as easy to make as they are to wear - just print out the pattern in your size from the CD, and follow the straightforward step-by-step instructions in the book.

- Illustrated guides explain all the sewing skills you need to construct each garment and give it the perfect finishing touch.

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    8.75 x 0.47 x 8.16 inches
  6. ISBN-10
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"For those who fancy that loose linen look, and for women seeking clothing that is both stylish and modest, this book is an absolute godsend, and will be deeply appreciated." ―Publishers Weekly

About the Author

HABIBE ACIKGOZ creates stylish clothes for modern women. Designed to suit all ages and body types, she takes elements of traditional dress from the Ottoman Empire and uses them to embellish garments which appeal to women around the world. Habibe was born in Turkey and studied pattern-making and tailoring before moving to London in 2000. After working as a dressmaker for three years, she began designing clothes and selling them at design fairs through specialist boutiques and online.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1250023653
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2013
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Pap/Com
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781250023650
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250023650
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 0.47 x 8.16 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers love the patterns and styles in this sewing book, with one noting how it helps create a flattering wardrobe. The instructions receive mixed feedback - while some find them easy to follow, others say they require skill to assemble. Moreover, customers find the book interesting and fun, appreciate its comfort, and like the fabric options, with one highlighting its use of classic natural fabrics. Additionally, they appreciate the variety of pocket options. However, the practicality of the book receives negative feedback, with customers finding it not very practical.

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107 customers mention "Design"86 positive21 negative

Customers love the patterns and styles in the book, with one customer noting how the designs help create a flattering wardrobe.

"...Most of the clothing items have many pattern pieces - I thing you can actually pin some of them together and not have so much sewing involved...." Read more

"I admit I mostly just like looking at this book. Wonderful clothes in it...." Read more

"First of all I love these designs. They are so beautiful and a refreshing change up on the lagenlook scene. "Bold & Beautiful" Yes! "..." Read more

"...The pictures a just wonderful, and I do appreciate the pattern pieces layout included on the same page with each design. Very well thought out...." Read more

26 customers mention "Creativity"26 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the creativity of the book, with several noting its good ideas and concept, while one customer mentions how it makes them think expansively.

"Love, love, love this book and the patterns. Perfect for my time of life and the comfortable clothing I love to wear...." Read more

"...It is bold and beautiful. It's a collection. It's inspiring...." Read more

"...This book fulfills a need for women of a certain demographic the style and comfort they desire in their wardrobe, and to be able to achieve said..." Read more

"...I DO feel the book has some interesting creative ideas not seen elsewhere, but the majority of the designs are unflattering, and strange, and the..." Read more

21 customers mention "Interest"21 positive0 negative

Customers find this sewing book interesting and fun, with one customer noting it serves as a good resource for starting clothing projects.

"...Really fun patterns. Can't wait to get started!!!" Read more

"...Bold & Beautiful will provide a woman with some sewing skill the ability to tailor her wardrobe for much less than two or three pieces would cost if..." Read more

"Interesting book. I'm an experienced sewer/designer. The patterns in this book are ridiculous to count on for use...." Read more

"...The harem pants are very comfortable and the tunic on the cover is fun!..." Read more

16 customers mention "Comfort"16 positive0 negative

Customers find the clothes comfortable and easy to wear.

"...Perfect for my time of life and the comfortable clothing I love to wear. Linen fabric works fabulously with these patterns...." Read more

"...Not to discourage the buying, because the garments do look and feel wonderful, but buy with full awareness that careful checking needs to be done..." Read more

"...book fulfills a need for women of a certain demographic the style and comfort they desire in their wardrobe, and to be able to achieve said wardrobe..." Read more

"...you look at the core of the patterns, the pieces are charming and comfortable. It would not be difficult to leave off a tail or pocket...." Read more

8 customers mention "Fabric quality"8 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the fabric choices in the book, with one mentioning the use of classic natural materials, and another noting that linen works fabulously for the designs.

"...Linen fabric works fabulously with these patterns...." Read more

"...If you like the loosey-goosey linen styles that are so popular right now, you will love this book! It is fantastic – – excellent excellent excellent...." Read more

"...the strongest aspect of this book: solid colors in beautiful, understated fabrics, intricate shapes, asymmetrical cuts, and natural fibers...." Read more

"...The CD for printing patterns is included and works well. Since this book is out of print, I am happy to have a great copy at a reasonable price." Read more

8 customers mention "Pocket options"6 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the variety of pocket options in the book.

"...It is bold and beautiful. It's a collection. It's inspiring...." Read more

"...Fullness can be controlled with a fixed band... the options are endless...." Read more

"...12. From the finishing point, some pockets gave me great pain: too many layers to stitch through, or instructions suck...." Read more

"...on how to make them up - even a section on how to make those gorgeous pockets. Glorious book. Glad I bought it. Thanks, Habibe!" Read more

57 customers mention "Instructions"31 positive26 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the instructions in the book, with some finding them very easy to follow and noting that the drafting process is not difficult, while others report that the instructions are minimal, require skill to assemble, and lack step-by-step illustrations.

"...However, the patterns are so easy to assemble once printed and if you iron on light or medium weight interfacing it really stabilizes the pattern..." Read more

"...The book is well written but the instructions are not detailed enough that a beginning sewer would be able to easily navigate the construction of..." Read more

"...There are - in this book. The pictures are beautiful, the instructions are orderly and concise for even a novice seamstress...." Read more

"...The instructions are good enough, and the styles classic and easy enough, that I think even a beginner would do well with this book...." Read more

9 customers mention "Practicality"0 positive9 negative

Customers find the book not very practical.

"...8. Instructions are minimal and are not well thought out - sometimes order of putting pieces together doesn't make sense; sometimes the explanation..." Read more

"...This is not a book for beginning sewers! For the most part, it is not "easy sew" either." Read more

"...There is nothing resembling a guide sheet, so you have to figure out what the author means...." Read more

"...This is a royal pain in the patoot and definitely NOT worth the hassle." Read more

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I was so pleasantly surprised with this book. It was 100% the book I hoped for. Great reading, great pictures, great inspiration. The patterns are easy to follow and the writing clear and concise. I would buy any similar book written by the same author. Five stars.
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  • Bonny E.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous women's clothing patterns
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2015
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    Love, love, love this book and the patterns. Perfect for my time of life and the comfortable clothing I love to wear. Linen fabric works fabulously with these patterns. Printing the patterns out is a little tedious and can be expensive.... average pattern is 48 pages. However, the patterns are so easy to assemble once printed and if you iron on light or medium weight interfacing it really stabilizes the pattern pieces. I've made several items and used the basic top in a sewing class. Most of the clothing items have many pattern pieces - I thing you can actually pin some of them together and not have so much sewing involved. The pieces are all for visual effect and simplification is sometimes the way to go. Overall, I rate this an A+ and would love to see a follow up book of new patterns.
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  • weisswoman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great linen clothes
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2014
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    I admit I mostly just like looking at this book. Wonderful clothes in it. There is a cd of the patterns and it's intended that you print the patterns out on about a zillion pieces of paper on your home printer. I intend to take it to a place that makes blue prints and bypass what sounds like a super annoying and time consuming process. That said, most of the clothes seem doable. There are way more pattern pieces than usual, but if you look closely at the diagrams, it's clear that many of them are duplicates - in other words, rather than giving one piece and cutting four pieces from it - there are 4 pieces that are all the same. I also noticed that the models are standing on their tippy toes, especially wearing the pants. They are barefoot, and I'm guessing those pants are super long - how many 5 ft 2 inch models have you seen? So, I expect I would have to shorten them about a foot to fit me - and likely the rest of the garmets as well - however, I am used to that - just saying if you haven't done much sewing, that most patterns are made for 5 ft 5" women - and these look as though they are longer even than that. So, do compare the length with garments that you already know fit you.
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  • LeAnn
    4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful design but not so much for short women
    Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2013
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    First of all I love these designs. They are so beautiful and a refreshing change up on the lagenlook scene. "Bold & Beautiful" Yes! "Easy Sew" Not so much. So I'm going to go through some of the things I've noticed as problems and then tell you why you might want to buy this book.

    As others have mentioned, many of the designs have many pattern pieces and some of them have complicated assembly. The book is well written but the instructions are not detailed enough that a beginning sewer would be able to easily navigate the construction of other than the simplest designs in this book.

    The other problem I have with this book is that most of the designs are not well suited to those of us who are on the short side. I'm 5'3" (about 160 cm) Couple that with those of us who are short and a bit robust in the bust and you will end up wearing a tent pretty quickly. The other problem I have with this book is that there are no finished garment measurements. While there is multi-sizing of patterns on the CD that comes with the book, most of those are in a range over many sizes. For example one pattern comes in sizes 10-16 and 18-24 (US). While these patterns are designed to be roomy, that's a huge size range. Five of the patterns come in one size only. And one of those actually says it will fit a size 10-28. If you are tall, maybe you can do that. But those of us on the other end of the height spectrum will not wear this well. Although some of the more complicated patterns do come in a larger range of sizes so fitting might be easier.

    As for altering these patterns, it can be done for a some the simpler designs. I've made the simple tunic and quickly found from measuring the pattern that was in my size, that it was going to be way to large. Even using the small size (US 8-10 when I'm more of 16) the finished garment would have been way too roomy and tent like for a short girl. Even on with a larger bust. I also found that the neck opening was a bit too small so I had to modify that as well. But with all of those caveats, the tunic turned out beautifully when I made adjustments to fit me better.

    The fabric for all of the designs is specified as linen. However, except in only a couple of cases, the weight of the linen is not specified. There is a lot of fabric in these designs, a lot of drape. I can't see anything other than handkerchief linen being suitable for most.

    Linen fabric is moderately expensive and I do so love linen. I would recommend that if you are sewing any of these patterns that you do a muslin mock up to begin with. I did this with the simple tunic and made a lot of adjustments before actually committing the linen to the scissors. You will thank yourself later :-)

    Why would you buy this book??

    1) Even if you only make one or two patterns out of this book the price alone is a considerable cost savings over individual patterns. It's got 15 unique design not just variations on a few.

    2) It is bold and beautiful. It's a collection. It's inspiring.

    3) If you've got some sewing experience and a bit of experience altering patterns, you'll be able to make up some unique clothing that is just exactly you.

    Yes, I am happy with this book despite the fact that I have some problems with the sizing proportions of the designs.
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  • Metalette
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2013
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    I have been a fan of Habibe Designs for years, and always gave a sigh when looking at all the beautiful clothing on her website. Unfortunately, they were a tad pricy for me. When I saw this book, I was in "Linen clothes Heaven"!!!! I love this book, and can't wait to get started on my own new wardrobe featuring a majority of the 15 designs included. With a little tweaking, I bet I can alter them and come up with another 15 or so designs.:) The pictures a just wonderful, and I do appreciate the pattern pieces layout included on the same page with each design. Very well thought out. I can see why some people may have problems with this book though.. These patterns are not for the timid, nor are they for the novice seamstress. Printed patterns use LOTS of paper, as anyone who sews a lot would know. The patterns are not 'Hard' to make, but a high comfort level with your own skills is a must to get enjoyment from these patterns. Cannot wait for the next installment of Habibe Designs!!!
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  • Lourdes G de Almeida
    5.0 out of 5 stars libro costura
    Reviewed in Mexico on February 20, 2018
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    Me encanto el libro. Tiene todos los patrones de la fotos presentadas, excelentes instrucciones y muy buenos tips para costura.
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  • hillbilly
    1.0 out of 5 stars Tent clothes
    Reviewed in Germany on September 24, 2013
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    I'm afraid I sent this book straight back. Unless you really want to look like a ship in full sail this really isn't the sewing book for you! The clothes are all tent like and then - if you want to add them large pockets to add to the already considerable dimensions. A larger lady would look enormous and a thinner one as though she was dressed in a tent!! I really can't say anything about the instructions or patterns as I didn't get that far. This really wasn't how I'd imagines it to be from the description. There are some modern, unusually shaped clothes about. They come from trendy shops and are extremely expensive - if that's what you're hoping to sew this is certainly not the right book!!
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  • madhu
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bold and Beautiful
    Reviewed in France on December 16, 2013
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    Explications tres claires, facile a monter une fois qu'on a telecharger le patron et des modèles que j'adore.
    Il est vrai qu'il faut etre calé en couture pour pouvoir l'utiliser mais les explication sont la pour nous y aider.
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  • Amazon Customer
    1.0 out of 5 stars About to sew cloth book
    Reviewed in India on August 28, 2018
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    Very bad experience. I suggest not to buy it. Book doesn't have step by step instructions. I wish I get my money back. I don't want to keep book. I realise, I am in loss.
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  • Jill A
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, fun designs
    Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2015
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    Beautiful, fun designs! Easy to print out patterns from the cd, tape the pieces together, and voila. I've made several items so far and will definitely make more. Best for lightweight material with a soft drape. So far I've used light linen blend, and cotton voile. Next I'm thinking of trying jersey.
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