Author: Christine Timmons Publisher: Taunton ISBN: 9781561580712 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 95
Book Description
Gathers seventeen articles from past issues of Threads magazine that discuss design and offer sewing tips, including as leather piping and sequin embellishment, working with unusual fabrics, pleating straight skirts, creating zip-out linings, and sewing with flat-fell seams
Author: Wendy Ward Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small ISBN: 180065104X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 491
Book Description
Wendy Ward teaches you all the skills you need to refashion garments and reuse fabric from existing pieces you already own, plus ways to use leftover scraps to make household items and to customise your clothes. Each chapter focuses on a different technique, for instance novel ways to join small fabric pieces, using larger pieces to make pieced household items and clothing, and easy ways to refashion existing clothing. Her 'minimal waste' mentality will help you to make garments based on your body measurements, and there's a useful section on mending techniques. Wendy also covers the ethical issues involved in buying new, from shopping locally to choosing your fibres carefully and supporting small businesses and other crafters. There is a comprehensive chapter covering all the sewing techniques used, from seam and hem basics through to tips on unpicking recycled garments. Each section includes projects using the techniques covered – a total of 20 makes that can be adapted to the materials you have to hand.
Author: Editors of Threads Publisher: Taunton Press ISBN: 9781561580941 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 102
Book Description
Since its first issue in 1985, THREADS magazine has been the creative forum where sewing and needlework experts and enthusiasts share their knowledge. Whatever your skill level, this collection of articles from THREADS will help you get the results you want on all your sewing projects--including zippers, collar points, welt pockets, silk buttonholes, and much more.
Author: Connie Amaden-Crawford Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1628921846 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 416
Book Description
A Guide to Fashion Sewing, 6th Edition, provides a comprehensive fashion sewing resource for beginning and advanced sewers alike. Readers will learn how to assemble and construct designs of various styles using proven industry methods for more than 100 sewing applications. Chapters cover everything from sewing equipment, measurements, and fabric selection to actual garment assembly. Filled with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and large, clear illustrations, this book is an indispensable resource for constructing quality garments. Accompanying video demonstrations help readers learn at their own pace basic sewing skills and techniques such a seams, darts, bias binding, zipper, and garment assembly. The new edition features an updated design, new industrial sewing machine information and photographs, and expanded information on tailoring. Amaden-Crawford has added convenient metric measurement equivalents to the text, helpful project checklists to aid self-assessment of completed project, and 1/2 scale patterns to make sample garment assembly easier than ever before. PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501395284. STUDIO Instant Access can also be purchased or rented separately on BloomsburyFashionCentral.com.
Author: Lily Fulop Publisher: The Countryman Press ISBN: 1682684350 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 211
Book Description
In with the old, out with the new—reclaiming your closet and reducing fashion waste starts here. Repair your favorite socks with style, add flair with personalized patches, and turn ripped jeans into an embroidered masterpiece. For beginner and experienced makers, Lily Fulop's guide to mending and upcycling is your colorful companion to ditching fast fashion and extending the lifecycle of all your favorite clothes. Fulop's vibrant step-by-step illustrations make mending easier than every, demystifying techniques and displaying unique ways to show off your personality. And when your mending possibilities run out, she has simple yet striking solutions to repurpose fabric, including braided rugs, crocheted pillows, and more. Say hello to sustainable inspiration.
Author: Claire B. Shaeffer Publisher: Taunton Press ISBN: 1600853358 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Fashion historian Shaeffer opened the door to the exclusive realm of haute couture in her authoritative guide to the techniques that define couture sewing. And now, "Couture Sewing Techniques," has been revised and updated throughout. Full color.
Author: Publisher: Taunton Press ISBN: 9781561580484 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 102
Book Description
Since its first issue in 1985, Threads magazine has been a creative forum where needlework enthusiasts, fashion professionals, and people who sew share their knowledge. Here, construction methods and techniques used in making jackets, coats, and suits by such world-famous designers as Dior, Armani, and Issey Miyake are explored.
Author: Yoshiko Tsukiori Publisher: ISBN: 9780143203902 Category : Dressmaking Languages : en Pages : 87
Book Description
Japanese craft books are loved the world over for their beautiful and practical design, unique aesthetic, and their clear, meticulous and educational instruction. Translated into English for the first time, Stylish Dress Book contains 26 projects for beautiful dresses and blouses. Elegant and loose-fitting, the pieces in this book are designed to be worn in any season and are suitable for women of all ages. The easy-to-follow instructions are accompanied by detailed diagrams and gorgeous full-colour photographs. The full-sized pattern sheets have been adapted for Western sizing and run from AU 6 - 16. IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Correction: The sleeve pattern piece for Dress Y, pictured p. 34, How to Make p. 82, is missing from the pattern sheet. Clik the link in the left side navigation pane to download the Y Sleeve pattern piece.
Author: Threads Publisher: ISBN: 9781627101141 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
28 years of instruction, tips, techniques, and tools to make you a better sewer. The Threads Magazine Archive is a tool no sewer should be without. In one amazingly easy-to-search disc, you'll enjoy 28 years of content from America's most trusted sewing magazine. That's all 170 issues of Threads, starting with issue #1 and including all the issues from 2013. You'll get the classic articles, timeless techniques, a wealth of information on the hottest topics, plus insight from our most popular contributors – all the expert advice you need to sew well-made clothes that fit and flatter. And with the 2013 Threads Magazine Archive, that information is right at your fingertips. It's a breeze to search through, and you'll know that every project, technique, and tip you find here comes from a credible source, including iconic designers, renowned instructors, and industry professionals. Our collection from 2013 includes articles you won't find anywhere else, such as Louise Cutting's “A Better Collar” in #166, showing you how to smooth away bulky points and edges for a neater look. For a more durable and comfortable waistband, Susan Khalje has the solution in “Build a Better Waistband” in issue #165. Get pants you'll love to wear with a breakthrough process you'll find in issue #168's “A Great New Way to Fit Trousers.” And for casual wear you'll love our piece from #169, “Why Bother Sewing Jeans?” where we get three designers to weigh in on why they love sewing dungarees. After hearing from them – Kenneth D. King, Jennifer Stern-Hasemann, and Angela Wolf – you'll be hooked, too. Order this year's Archive collection to ensure you get these can't-miss pieces! See experts design, cut, sew, and fit the styles they're famous for At Threads we turn to the experts to see what they're showcasing now, and we help you recreate the results for yourself. Look at the top names you'll meet in our 2013 Threads Magazine Archive: Louise Cutting – A contributing editor and the creator of Cutting Line Design Pattern Company, Louise demystifies the complexities of duplicating designer looks. In issue #157 you can see how she uses a vintage tailoring technique called “half lining” to add structure without bulk.Susan Khalje – As a contributing editor and blogger at ThreadsMagazine.com, Susan has made a study of vintage attire. From creating great godet skirt panels to new uses for hand stitching, she shows how to apply timeless ideas to today's garments. See four exciting examples in “Vintage Details” featured in issue #155.Mary Ray – A Threads contributing editor, Mary teaches apparel construction and pattern design at the college level. She enjoys making involved, detailed garments and is influenced by fiber content and color. You'll want to read “Tissue-Weight Wovens” in #161. Mary offers simple solutions to control tissue-weight fabrics while maintaining their airy quality to produce sumptuous, translucent garments.Kenneth D. King – You'll learn so much from this Threads contributing editor, renowned for his haute couture eveningwear. To apply his subtle but effective technique for comfortable sleeves, take a look at “Add a Gusset to a Sew-in Sleeve” featured in September 2011.Claire B. Shaeffer – Professional design studios swear by this instructor and author of Couture Sewing Techniques, and you can learn from her too, as she walks you through the intricacies of working with lace and six no-fail ways to edge it perfectly. It's right there in “Lace Edges” in issue #157.