This year, the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) combined the popularity of general crafting with the latest fashion movement to create “fashion crafting.”Consumers are encouraged to make handmade, personal couture and accessories as the focus of crafting in this year’s Crafts Week.
According to NPD Group, an international research firm, the U.S. fashion market is responsible for more than $180 Billion in apparel and accessory sales. According to the Craft & Hobby Association, fashion crafting accounts for $6.1 billion in annual sales.
There are 63 million crafters in America each year. Fashion crafting is an excellent way to introduce crafting and design to a new generation.
“The styles that we see in home and apparel stores are easy to recreate,”Terri Oullete is the national spokesperson of CHA and author “Terri O.’s Easy Embellishing.” “Whether someone’s Generation Y or a Boomer, always crafts or has never crafted before, they can find a wide variety of tools and products at any craft store to help them make their own version of the trendiest looks.”
Terri O. shares some ideas and tips for fashion crafts that will help you express your style using items from your wardrobe and products from your local craft shop.
You can add a designer touch to jeans by adding glue-on crystals.
To enhance the heel of your black pumps, you can use fabric and double-stick taping.
– For kids, use iron-on appliqués and specialty fabric pens to turn a basic backpack into a personalized fashion accessory.
Hot glue is used to attach a beaded trim at the seams of casual clutches to make them more elegant for evening.
Have you lost your earring? To make a pendant from your earring, use basic jewelry-making tools.
Visit this site for more information about crafts and other craft-project ideas. www.craftplace.org.
