Dressmaking: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Making your Own Clothes

✍ Scribed by Alison Smith

• Publisher: DK ADULT
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 322
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Perfect for anyone interested in sewing — whether it's updating an old top or creating an A-line skirt from scratch — Dressmaking covers everything one needs to know to make, alter, and customize clothes. Sewers will discover what supplies to buy and how to use them, the best fabrics to choose based on drape and weave, how to understand patterns and alter them, and the essential general techniques to master — plus patterns and detailed step-by-step instructions are provided for a skirt, dress, shirt, tee, jacket, and pair of pants — including suggested variations! Finishing up with tips and inspiration on alterations, repairs, and customizing any clothes, from dealing with holes and tears to lengthening and shortening sleeves, this handy guide is the dressmaking bible no budding seamstress should be without.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents 4......Page 6
INTRODUCTION 6......Page 9
ABOUT THIS BOOK 8......Page 10
TOOLS & MATERIALS 10......Page 12
FABRICS 34......Page 36
PATTERNS & CUTTING OUT 50......Page 52
GENERAL TECHNIQUES 78......Page 80
GARMENTS 128......Page 130
The Skirts 130......Page 132
Classic A-line skirt 132......Page 134
Button front A-line skirt 136......Page 138
Classic tailored skirt 138......Page 140
Tailored evening skirt 143......Page 144
Classic pleated skirt 146......Page 148
Topstitched pleated skirt 152......Page 154
The Dresses 154......Page 156
Classic shift dress 156......Page 158
Short-sleeved shift dress 161......Page 162
Square-neck shift dress 164......Page 166
Sleeveless shift dress 167......Page 168
Short sleeveless shift dress 170......Page 172
Classic waisted dress 174......Page 176
Short-sleeved waisted dress 179......Page 180
Sleeveless waisted dress 181......Page 182
Waisted cocktail dress 185......Page 186
Classic empire waist dress 190......Page 192
Sleeveless empire waist dress 195......Page 196
Long empire waist dress 198......Page 200
The Pants 202......Page 204
Classic tailored pants 204......Page 206
Tapered capri pants 208......Page 210
Classic palazzo pants 210......Page 212
Wide-leg shorts 216......Page 218
The Tops 218......Page 220
Classic shell top 220......Page 222
Tie-neck top 224......Page 226
Long-sleeved tunic 226......Page 228
Classic princess-line blouse 228......Page 230
Short-sleeved blouse 233......Page 234
The Jackets 236......Page 238
Classic boxy jacket 238......Page 240
Boxy jacket with collar 242......Page 244
Classic shawl collar jacket 246......Page 248
Lined shawl collar jacket 251......Page 252
MENDING & REPAIRS 254......Page 256
CUSTOMIZING 262......Page 264
PATTERNS 276......Page 278
GLOSSARY 312......Page 314
INDEX 316......Page 318
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 320......Page 322

✦ Subjects

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