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Dressmaking - Hardcover

Alison Smith

 
9781409384632: Dressmaking
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1409384632 ISBN 13: 9781409384632
Publisher: DK, 2012

Synopsis

Want to learn how to make clothes? Discover all the techniques, tools, and patterns you need to sew, alter, and customise your whole wardrobe.

Step-by-step instructions show you how to master all the sewing techniques you need, from choosing the right fabrics to hemming and hand stitching. Then put your skills into practice with 12 basic scalable patterns including how to make a dress and how to make a shirt, and make them your own with ideas for customising them so you can make 30 garments in total.

Packed with sewing ideas, essential advice, and the patterns you need to create beautiful clothes, Dressmaking is the sewing book no seamstress can be without.

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About the Author

Alison Smith is a sewing expert and tutor. Her sewing school, the Alison Victoria School of Sewing, is the largest independent sewing school in England, and offers courses and workshops on all aspects of sewing. Alison regularly speaks at specialist sewing shows and has had projects and articles published in a variety of UK magazines. She is a regular contributor to Sewing World magazine, and appeared on the ITV television series Ladette to Lady teaching dressmaking skills. In 2013 Alison was awarded an MBE for services to sewing and corsetry.

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Publisher
DK
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1409384632
ISBN 13 
9781409384632
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320