title: Sew Teen: Make Your Own Cool Clothes
author:  Sheila Zent 
description: Grade 7-10Zent presents 21 projects and accessory designs that will appeal to budding seamstresses and novice stitchers alike, although teens should know the basics of using a sewing machine or have assistance. The book opens with sections on tools, sewing vocabulary, taking measurements, fabric styles, sewing techniques, maneuvering corners, and an icon key. Each project includes a section on calculations and measurement, a shopping list, cutting instructions, and tips on sewing with many types of fabrics. The step-by-step instructions include drawn renderings to assist with the construction and full-color photographs of teen models wearing each garment or accessory. For sewing material for the younger crowd, try Judy Ann Sadler<i>'s Sewing</i> (Kids Can, 1997).<i>G. Alyssa Parkinson, Highland Township Library, MI</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Invitation  
   _Since Sky’s been gone, I’m amazed by what her presence meant in this
  house.There’s less_  
   _laundry.There’s more food, but ofa less interesting kind.The post is piling
  up—why does she get_  
   _so many bloody catalogs? I always get the good parking spot right in front
  of the walkway. And_  
   _the house is quiet: there are no vibrations that tell me I’m not alone, that
  my cousin is with me._  
   _Now I’m here, and there’s no getting around it—male laundry is boring. I
  wear jeans and shirts_  
   _and socks and underwear.Those four things, day and night, summer and winter.
  Sky’s clothes are_  
   _so much more complicated—all sorts of weird girl-type articles of clothing,
  things I couldn’t_  
   _even name. Morgan doesn’t seem to have as many varieties of clothes as Sky.
  She mostly wears_  
   _corduroys or jeans, shirts or sweatshirts. Plain underwear, no bra, ever.
  (Excellent.) It’s_  
   _funny—she doesn’t ever deliberately try to be sexy. She doesn’t have to.
  Ju