Product Description

For every bride frustrated by the exorbitant costs and uneven quality of available wedding accessories, this book provides a smart, sophisticated alternative! Jacquelynne Johnson shows how to make a wide variety of elegant (and highly affordable!) personal accessories for the bride, wedding party and attending friends and family.

Readers will find 20 fun, fabulous projects inside. Each one is inexpensive and easy-to-make, using nothing more than simple embellishing techniques and a glue gun. And while the vast majority are "no-sew," those requiring a little needle and thread can be mastered by beginners in minutes.

Projects include:

-Wearable accessories, including bridal veils, headbands, shawls and handbags

-Creative embellishments--add beads, ribbons, craft flowers and lace to store-bought items such as gloves, shoes and hosiery

-Wedding accessories, including a ring pillow, flower girl basket, unity candle and toasting glasses

-Gifts and keepsakes, including memory quilts, a keepsake box and a wedding portfolio

Each project is illustrated with clear, step-by-step photographs and instructions--all the information readers need to create a memorable, magical wedding at half the cost!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #390550 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Jacquelynne Johnson has been a seamstress for more than thirty years and teaches sewing classes in the USA. She has been creating custom bridal dresses and accessories for private clients for more than fifteen years.

Customer Reviews

A nice wedding-idea book w/Great possibilities!
I just received this book, and upon looking it over, I'm SO excited to get started making beautiful wedding accessories. The projects look very easy and classy, while also appearing to be cost effective (to make rather than buy already made) and creative.

Perhaps you won't use every craft just as it's pictured, but you'll probably either create something VERY close to it or you'll come up with something perfect for your special day by the crafts offered.

If you want to add YOUR special touch to your wedding, then I recommend this book to help you achieve that goal!

A Little Disappointing
My daughter is getting married next spring and I was hoping to find some unique ideas and get some inspiration. But, in my daughter's case, there was virtually nothing a older 20's something would like. The styles were very traditional and not particularly distinctive.

Most of the general information on sewing techniques (both hand and machine) were pretty basic. I'd say if you were an intermediate sewer you probably already know much of this info. But, if you less experienced with "dressy" fabrics (satins, lace, etc.), this book would be very informational or a good refresher of techniques you might have forgotten. Good illustrations with pictures and descriptions.

You could also use these ideas for a "renewal of vows" ceremony or a special anniversary.

Best of success with your Bridal sewing!