All you really need are a sewing maching,thread and fabric.You can get the more expensive fabric on Ebay and you can find machines for very cheap even brand new.Walmart has inexpensive stuff too
No I didnt make anything from this book,I look at them to get ideas for my business.Its the only book I have ever seen that shows how to make shower curtains from regular fabric and supplies you can get in a fabric store. So you could do a whole matching bathroom.With all the awesome fabric out there it would be really awesome.