How to Use, Adapt, and Design Sewing Patterns: From store-bought patterns to drafting your own: a complete guide to fashion sewing with confidence

Hollahan, Lee

ISBN 10: 0764144251 / ISBN 13: 9780764144257

Editore: Barron's Educational Series, 2010

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Explains the process of using and adapting commercial sewing patterns, and shows how to create original patterns.

Product Description: An accomplished fashion designer shows women who make their own garments how to improve on store-bought sewing patterns by adjusting the clothing item's length and other details to reflect personal taste and create a custom fit. The book's opening chapters present an illustrated guide to the tools, equipment, and fabrics needed for making garments, while also serving as a miniature textbook to teach basic sewing techniques. Chapters that follow offer detailed instruction in adapting and altering a store-bought pattern to suit individual tastes. Alterations include adding flare, and modifying the shapes of bodices, arm holes, neck lines, sleeves, and skirts. The book's concluding chapters instruct on designing one's own patterns from scratch. Author Lee Hollahan demonstrates to her readers that once they understand how to adapt a store-bought pattern, they are well on their way to custom designing their own wardrobe. More than 500 instructive illustrations.

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Titolo: How to Use, Adapt, and Design Sewing ...
Casa editrice: Barron's Educational Series
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good