Easy Guide to Sewing Linings

Easy Guide to Sewing Linings

Author: Connie Long

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 9781561582259

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Discusses all of the available options when adding linings to clothing, explaining how to make a lining pattern when the garment pattern doesn't include one, how to choose the best lining style, and how to line different types of fabric


Easy Guide to Sewing Pants

Easy Guide to Sewing Pants

Author: Lynn MacIntyre

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9781561582334

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Explains how to make a properly fitted pair of pants from start to finish, with tips on taking measurements, choosing patterns and fabrics, adjusting commercial patterns, and adding zippers and waistbands


Easy Guide to Sewing Skirts

Easy Guide to Sewing Skirts

Author: Marcy Tilton

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781561580880

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Provides step-by-step instructions for skirt construction, including techniques for pockets, darts, waistbands, pleats, and hems


Tailoring

Tailoring

Author: Creative Publishing International

Publisher: Creative Publishing International

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1589236092

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Tailoring is the complete photo guide to sewing jackets and coats. Written by sewing professionals, this book teaches the trusted, proven methods for sewing tailored jackets with impeccable details and perfect fit. Written for the intermediate sewer who wants to move on to more challenging projects, this book ensures success with detailed, step-by-step instructions, more than 400 photos, in-depth discussions about products and how to use them. Tailoring offers guidance for every aspect of tailoring a jacket: fitting and pattern alteration, fabrics and tools, interfacings, interlinings, seams and finishes, hand stitches, collars, pressing, topstitching, shaping shoulders, setting in sleeves, sewing pockets, vents, and making perfect buttonholes.


A Beginner's Guide to Making Skirts

A Beginner's Guide to Making Skirts

Author: Wendy Ward

Publisher: CICO Books

Published: 2016-10-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781782493709

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All the techniques, clear step-by-step artworks, and patterns you need to make 24 wonderful skirts All the techniques, clear step-by-step artworks, and patterns you need to make 24 wonderful skirts INCLUDES THREE FULL SIZE PATTERN SHEETS FOR US DRESS SIZES 4 TO 22 Follow Wendy Ward’s tutorials to make a wide range of stylish skirts. From 8 basic shapes—circle, A-line, stretch pencil, wrap, bubble, tailored pencil, front-opening, and culottes—you will learn the skills to make variations that have pockets, color blocking, gathers, ruching, darts, and much more. All the basic techniques you will need are also explained, so you’ll feel confident with essentials like inserting zippers, attaching waistbands, gathering, pleats, making buttonholes, and adding linings. There are also handy hints and tips on how to take measurements and on choosing the right fabric. Skirts are the perfect first garment for beginner dressmakers, and there are some really simple designs here—the jersey pencil skirt is just two pieces of fabric with an elasticated waistband! So arm yourself with this book, some fabric, and Wendy’s sewing wisdom, and you’ll be on your way to updating your wardrobe with unique skirts that are a perfect fit.


Easy Guide to Sewing Jackets

Easy Guide to Sewing Jackets

Author: Cecelia Podolak

Publisher: Taunton

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781561580873

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Offers advice and instructions for sewing classic collarless jackets, from choosing patterns and fabrics to using the latest sewing techniques


Decorative Dressmaking

Decorative Dressmaking

Author: Susan Jane Thompson

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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"A Phoebe Phillips editions book"--T.p. verso. Includes index.


Oliver + S Building Block Dress

Oliver + S Building Block Dress

Author: Liesl Gibson

Publisher:

Published: 2016-09-15

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780692687253

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Imagine it. Make it! You don't need to be a designer or pattern maker to create and sew the dress of your dreams. Let Liesl Gibson, founder and designer of Oliver + S sewing patterns, show you how to alter the elements of a pattern to make exactly the dress you imagine. Oliver + S Building Block Dress: A Sewing Pattern Alteration Guide shows you how to customize all the elements of a basic dress pattern. With the included Building Block Dress pattern and Liesl Gibson's detailed pattern alternation instructions, you'll learn how to create almost any dress you can imagine. Let Liesl show you how to change sleeves, silhouettes, pockets, necklines, hems, closures, and linings. By combining the elements presented in the book, you'll be able to make thousands of unique dresses. The only limit is your imagination! Use the skills you learn in this book to customize other patterns as well. With these techniques, you'll look at sewing patterns as just the starting point for your creative expression.


High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers

High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers

Author: Claire B. Shaeffer

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2001-02-24

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781579544157

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In High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers internationally known sewing expert Claire Schaeffer reveals the secrets of high-fashion legends such as Geoffrey Beene, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Liz Claiborne, and Calvin Klein. Claire's illustrated, step-by-step instructions let you duplicate the design details made famous in expensive ready-to-wear. Plus, Claire's timesaving patternmaking and copying methods can be used to create one-of-a-kind, original garments. Only a few simple tools and patternmaking skills are needed to copy your favorite garments.


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.