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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012
Description
This text shows you how to take a pattern, make some smart adjustments, and end up with clothes that give you a great, flattering fit. It includes information on selecting fabrics and styles to fit your shape, how to personalise a pattern to your own style, and how to draft your own pattern from scratch.
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Publisher
Guild of Master Craftsman
Pub. Date
2008
Description
If you're looking for a tailor-made little black dress, one that fits you perfectly and complements your body shape, the answer might be to make it yourself. Even if you have never before sewn a stitch, expert dressmaker Simon Henry will guide you through the process of making the perfect LBD.
Author
Publisher
That Patchwork Place
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Machine-quilting pro Lori Kennedy has taught hundreds of quilters how to start and, more importantly, how to improve their machine quilting. Now she's packed her vast knowledge, and more than 150 up-close photos, into 25 hands-on lessons you can turn to anytime you need guidance. Each lesson has a practice session and questions to help you evaluate what worked and where you may need a bit more practice. Whether you stitch your way through a lesson...
Author
Publisher
Search
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Got a dressmaking problem you can't solve? Curious to know more about a specific technique? Want to know how to construct a garment? This book will come to your rescue, answering 200 questions on a vast range of dressmaking topics. Chapters cover sewing equipment, measurements and fitting, cutting out fabric, machine stitching, and much more.
Author
Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Before appearing on the BBC's 'The Great British Sewing Bee', Chinelo Bally had never used a sewing pattern. She wowed the judges with her ability to create stylish, fitted garments using a freehand cutting method that was taught to her by an aunt. In this book, Chinelo lets us in to the secret of how she does it. Using a series of basic garment blocks, she explains how this innovative technique can be used to create a whole wardrobe of fashionable...
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Publisher
Kyle Books
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Timeless, stylish, and effortlessly chic, a capsule wardrobe is composed of perfectly fitting go-to pieces that can be dressed up or down. It is the perfect antidote to teh overstuffed drawers and ill-fitting cheap outfits that are the result of years of fast fashion on the high street. In this practical, refreshing book, seamstress Arianna Cadwallader and designer Cathy McKinnon present patterns and instructions for the five key pieces that will...
Author
Publisher
David and Charles
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Liberty prints are the world's most desirable fabric range. This book shows Liberty lovers how to use these highly sought-after fabrics to create beautiful sewn items for little girls. 15 step-by-step projects range from full-size bed quilts and dresses to small-scale replicas for dolls using simple sewing techniques.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty?s Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty?s Personal Advisor, Curator, Wardrobe and In-house Designer. As the first person in history to hold this title, she shares a uniquely close working relationship with The Queen.In The Other Side of the Coin, The Queen has personally given Angela her blessing to share their...
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Publisher
Charnwood
Pub. Date
2022.
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Description
At the height of the Holocaust, twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop, the Upper Tailoring Studio, was established by the camp commandant's wife Hedwig Hoss, and patronized by the wives...
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2021
Description
At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp were selected to design, cut and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop - called the Upper Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Hoss, the camp commandant's wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers. Here,...
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Publisher
Quadrille Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Description
This title accompanies sewers at all levels on their creative journey. Starting with the 'foundation' chapter, sewers can choose from a collection of garments that will ease them into the world of sewing. Moving on to the 'inspiration' chapter, sewers are encouraged to look around them and seek inspiration from alternative sources beyond the high street and look at ways of incorporating that inspiration in their fabrics choices and garment silhouettes....
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Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2007
Description
A reinvention of the post-war sewing how-to, this is a hold-your-hand guide that marries attitude and instruction, that speaks the language of today's crafters while teaching them everything they need to know from winding a bobbin to sewing a dart to customising a pattern.