The Dressmaking Technique Bible - Lorna Knight

The Dressmaking Technique Bible

A Complete Guide to Fashion Sewing Techniques

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2014
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-1-4463-0492-1 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
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.

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).

Introduction
1. Getting Started: Essential tools • Sewing patterns
2. Stitch Directory: Hand stitches • Machine stitches
3. Textile Directory: Choosing fabric • Cutting, sewing and caring for fabrics
4. 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 flatlocking
Glossary
Resources
Index

Verlagsort Newton Abbot
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 202 mm
Gewicht 720 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Handarbeit / Textiles
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Familie / Erziehung
ISBN-10 1-4463-0492-2 / 1446304922
ISBN-13 978-1-4463-0492-1 / 9781446304921
Zustand Neuware
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