The Dressmaking Technique Bible: A Complete Guide to Fashion Sewing Techniques b

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Offers techniques for designing and making clothes, whether you are following a pattern, adding embellishements, or designing garments from scratch. This book includes illustrated instructions, which explain the essential dressmaking techniques. It is suitable for beginners, or those who are already designing or making their own clothes.

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Offers techniques for designing and making clothes, whether you are following a pattern, adding embellishements, or designing garments from scratch. This book includes illustrated instructions, which explain the essential dressmaking techniques. It is suitable for beginners, or those who are already designing or making their own clothes. Calling all dressmakers! This is a fully updated version of the best selling The Dressmaker's Technique Bible, complete with an all-new fabric guide to choosing the right fabric for the right garment. Dressmaking is having a renaissance, driven by hugely successful programmes such as the Great British Sewing Bee and Project Runway. This dressmaking handbook offers all the guidance you need to create beautiful clothes, whether you are following a pattern, adding embellishments or starting from scratch. This is a fully updated, new edition of best selling book, The Dressmaker's Technique Bible, which has sold thousands of copies due to its in depth instruction and comprehensive content. It includes step by step instructions for a wide range of dressmaking techniques from basic patterns through to couture designs making it suitable for beginners as well as more experienced sewers. Easy-to-follow, highly illustrated instructions explain the essential dressmaking techniques - allowing you to work confidently from a pattern to create beautiful clothes that fit perfectly. It features an at-a-glance guide to basic garment shapes and styles, cross referenced with the relevant techniques throughout the book. Suitable for beginners, or those who are already designing or making their own clothes, this is the perfect reference book for anyone interested in dressmaking and sewing.

Author Biography

Lorna Knight studied textiles at Queen Mary University College in Edinburgh. She has worked as a clothes and lingerie designer and currently runs workshops on a range of sewing skills from high street to couture fashions. Lorna writes regularly for various sewing magazines and is the author of The Sewing Stitch and Textile Bible (Krause).

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Getting Started: Essential tools • Sewing patterns2. Stitch Directory: Hand stitches • Machine stitches3. Textile Directory: Choosing fabric • Cutting, sewing and caring for fabrics4. Fabric Manipulation: Seams • Seam finishes • Darts • Tucks • Pleats • Elastic • Gathering • Zips • Bias cut • Internal fabrics 5. Techniques: Waistbands • Hems • Sleeves • Cuffs • Necklines • Collars • Fastenings • Pockets • Linings 6. Embellishment Ideas: Topstitching • Decorative machine stitching • Hand embroidery • Applique • Beads and beading • Adding lace and ribbon • Quilting • Drawn threads • Piping • Couching • Fringing • Smocking • Felting with an embellisher machine • Wing-needle effects • Overlocked edges - rolled, picot and lettuce • Overlocked flatlockingGlossaryResourcesIndex

Long Description

Calling all dressmakers! This is a fully updated version of the best selling The Dressmaker's Technique Bible, complete with an all-new fabric guide to choosing the right fabric for the right garment. Dressmaking is having a renaissance, driven by hugely successful programmes such as the Great British Sewing Bee and Project Runway. This dressmaking handbook offers all the guidance you need to create beautiful clothes, whether you are following a pattern, adding embellishments or starting from scratch. This is a fully updated, new edition of best selling book, The Dressmaker's Technique Bible, which has sold thousands of copies due to its in depth instruction and comprehensive content. It includes step by step instructions for a wide range of dressmaking techniques from basic patterns through to couture designs making it suitable for beginners as well as more experienced sewers. Easy-to-follow, highly illustrated instructions explain the essential dressmaking techniques - allowing you to work confidently from a pattern to create beautiful clothes that fit perfectly. It features an at-a-glance guide to basic garment shapes and styles, cross referenced with the relevant techniques throughout the book. Suitable for beginners, or those who are already designing or making their own clothes, this is the perfect reference book for anyone interested in dressmaking and sewing.

Details ISBN1446304922 Author Lorna Knight Pages 272 Publisher David & Charles ISBN-10 1446304922 ISBN-13 9781446304921 Imprint David & Charles Place of Publication Newton Abbot Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 646.404 Year 2014 Subtitle A Complete Guide to Fashion Sewing Techniques Replaces 9780715329542 Illustrations colour illustrations Short Title DRESSMAKING TECHNIQUES BIBLE Language English Media Book AU Release Date 2014-08-29 NZ Release Date 2014-08-29 Edition Description New Edition Alternative 9781446304921 Audience General Format Hardcover Publication Date 2014-09-26 UK Release Date 2014-09-26 We've got this

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