The Sweat Shop Book

US EDITION

Crafts from the Paris Sewing Café

Martena Duss & Sissi Holleis

Sweat Shop, the first sewing café; in Paris, was designed to inspire community and creativity. Here, its spirit and style are celebrated through an eclectic mix of sewing, knitting, and crocheted projects, recipes, shopping tips, and flamboyant "master class" features that bring the Paris couturiers into your home.

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FILED UNDER: Craft & Hobbies (Ivy Press), Craft & Hobbies (Ivy Publishing)

Published: Sep, 2011

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Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis opened Sweat Shop in March 2010. Carving a niche in Paris society, they have featured in Vogue, Elle, and the New York Times.

We've all realised by now that crafting isn't just for members of the WI, and Sweat Shop The Book, is full of inspiring ideas to get you making, doing and mending. thevintageguidetolondon.com

a book that fosters free-styling, individuality and innovation and I can imagine it inspiring many late-night sewing sessions on the floors of bedrooms in suburbia, halls of residence, and college dorms. flossieteacakes

160 pages
h 280mm x 210mm
paperback
full colour throughout
26,000 words
Printed ISBN:978-1-907332-88-3

The following rights for this title have already been sold:

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US
Canadian

Projects from Sweat Shop The Book in Popular Crafts Magazine

Ivy Press team up with Popular Crafts magazine to bring you spring sewing inspiration with project patterns from The Sweat Shop Book. The Sweat Shop Book embodies the ‘less buying – more trying!’ spirit of the original Sweat Shop Sewing Cafe in Paris, with an an eclectic [...]

Emily Owen Jan 31, 2012

Paris homecoming for Sweat Shop book!

After the success of their Selfridges pop-up, our Paris-based authors are back in the 10th arrondissement and looking forward to celebrating their new book on home soil. Félicitations Martena et Sissi! If you happen to be in Paris on Monday, why not take a [...]

Nikki Tilbury Sep 30, 2011

The Sweat Shop Book – Parisian café couture in London

Our authors of our new title The Sweat Shop Book, Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis, created a mini-version of their Parisian café couture Sweat Shop right in the middle of London. Martena and Sissi had a fantastic looking pop-up shop in Selfridges and were [...]