The Little Bodice Book: A Workbook on Period Bodices (Little Costume Workbooks) - Softcover

Ambrose, Bonnie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896761312 ISBN 13: 9780896761315

Publisher: Quite Specific Media Group, 1995

Synopsis

Ambrose has extensive experience designing and cutting costumes. She has discovered some time-saying and simple methods for building hats and period clothing and is sharing her knowledge in this charming minibook series. Each book is extensively illustrated and is 4 x 6, paper, saddle stitched, with a four-color cover.

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Paperback

From the Author:

Review in Lady's Gallery Vol IV,Is2
Bonnie Holt Ambrose has been making period costumes and hats for over 22 years in her own theatrical supply company. In her Little CostumeWorkbooks she shares her simple and time-saving mathods for making hats and period clothing. Each book guides the reader step-by-step through the construction process. These small paerbacks fit comfortably in one hand. Each page covers one step og the making of a bodice or a hat. Line drawings illustrate the clear, succinct directions. The books include lists of materials and tools needed and tips on how to change the trim and the fabric to change the look and period of the project. The Little Hatmaking Book shows how to build wide brimmed turn of the century and sweetheart hats in about ten easy steps. Making a bodice is more complicated, but the simple drawings and guidance are reassuring to the novice seamstress. Thereare patterns and instructions to make Victorian, Rococo, Restoration and Elizabethan bodices with a veriety of sleeves. With these two books and a little imagination a costumer can readily create a wardrobe of outfits evoctive of several periods. Other books in the series include The Little Hatmaking Book, The Little Bodice Book, The little dressmaking book and the Little Corset construction book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quite Specific Media Group
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0896761312
• ISBN 13: 9780896761315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56