The Complete Book of Sewing Shortcuts

The Complete Book of Sewing Shortcuts

Author: Claire B. Shaeffer

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780806975641

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Demonstrates time-saving sewing techniques used by the fashion industry which are adaptable for home use.


The Complete Book of Sewing

The Complete Book of Sewing

Author: Chris Jeffreys

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780789496584

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Packed with computer-aided designs, information on new types of fabrics, and specially commissioned photos, this comprehensive guide maintains its original appeal, while enticing a whole new generation of readers.


Couture Sewing Techniques

Couture Sewing Techniques

Author: Claire B. Shaeffer

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780942391886

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Couture Sewing Techniques presents the finest sewing techniques in the world as they're actually practiced in couture workrooms.


1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts & Tips

1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts & Tips

Author: Deepika Prakash

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1610581024

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Get invaluable advice from sewers like you with this handy reference. This practical reference guide features the best hands-on sewing tips culled from the popular sewing website PatternReview.com, a community of more than 200,000 members. You’ll also find special how-to features by PatternReview.com’s master teachers and pattern designers, including Kenneth D. King, Susan Khalje, Sarah Veblen, Shannon Gifford, and Anna Mazur. Best of all, these words of wisdom—more than 1,000 tips in all—will provide you with new solutions to the trickiest problems and show you how to save time, money, and materials. Praise for 1,000 Clever Sewing Shortcuts & Tips “A must-have book for every sewer’s library. Whether you’re a burgeoning beginner or a seasoned seamstress, this book will teach you more than a few new tricks. Honestly, I couldn’t put it down! It’s packed full of creative tips and great ideas, shared as always, sewer to sewer!” —Margo Martin, Executive Director, American Sewing Guild, Inc. “The only thing better than a good tip is more good tips, no? It’s all very well to get an expert’s tips, but what’s really needed when tip gathering is a hive-mind’s best discoveries, and there’s no busier, buzzier sewing hive than Deepika’s PatternReview, so you KNOW they’re in here, those tips you haven’t head, haven’t yet tried, haven’t yet imagined. Welcome to the Hive!” —David Coffin, former editor of Threads magazine and author of Making Trousers for Men and Women


Sewing Shortcuts

Sewing Shortcuts

Author: Pamela J. Hastings

Publisher: Sterling

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806906553

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"New ways to make better use of decorative [machine] stitches, to perfect clothing construction, to use presser feet and the serger, and to inspire the decorator in you."--Jacket.


The Complete Book of Sewing

The Complete Book of Sewing

Author: Chris Jeffreys

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781405312950

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The ultimate sewing guide for all skill levels, from basic seamstress to the aspiring Vivienne Westwood. Detailed photographs cover every sewing technique from sewing a basic hem to creating a couture look-alike. Inspiring step-by-step guide for any sewing enthusiast who wants to create, alter and repair his or her clothes in style.


Speed Sewing

Speed Sewing

Author: Janice S. Saunders

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780442224882

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Soeed Sewing will build self-confidence in anyone willing to give home sewing a second chance. If your machine is lying dormant because you have never been sure how to master it--or if you are actively sewing but want to try new techniques to capture the full potential of your machine--Jan Saunders will show you the most effective ways to put it to good, creative use.


Sew Any Fabric

Sew Any Fabric

Author: Claire Shaeffer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2003-11-10

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1440220336

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Fabric Basics at Your Fingertips Have you ever wished you could call an expert and ask for a five-minute explanation on the particulars of a fabric you are sewing? Claire Shaeffer provides this key information for 88 of today's most popular fabrics. In this handy, easy-to-follow reference, she guides you through all the basics while providing hints, tips, and suggestions base don her 20-plus years as a college instructor, pattern designers, and author. In each concise chapter, Claire shares fabric facts, design ideas, workroom secrets, and her sewing checklist, as well as her sewability classification to advice you on the difficulty of sewing each fabric. Color photographs offer further ideas. The succeeding sections offer sewing techniques and advice on needles, threads, stabilizers, and interfacings. Claire's unique fabric/fiber dictionary cross-reference over 600 additional fabrics. An invaluable reference for any one who sews, Sew Any Fabric provides practical, clear information for novices and inspiration for more experienced sewers who are looking for new ideas and techniques.