Sewing for Plus Sizes: Design, Fit and Construction for Ample Apparel - Hardcover

Deckert, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561582840 ISBN 13: 9781561582846

Publisher: Taunton Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

This guide for home sewers and dressmakers is for those who wear a size 14 or larger. It gives guidance on how to select designs, proportions, colours and fabrics that enhance and flatter the dimensions, and how to adjust standard patterns.

About this title

From the Author

Why I Wrote Sewing For Plus Sizes
I wrote Sewing for Plus Sizes: Design, Construction and Fit for Ample Apparel because I wanted to share with other large women the sewing skills that I had to learn the hard way. We all need clothes for work, play and special occasions, but if you're plus sized, you know how hard it can be to find ready to wear clothes that you really want and need. Even though we don't get taller as we get fatter, much ready to wear clothing and patterns for plus sizes are drafted to fit only statuesque, hour-glass shaped plus-sized figures, and not the bounty of body shapes common among large women. Also, the ready to wear industry makes assumptions about the taste and income levels of plus-size women that probably don't match your life style at all. This book teaches readers who sew to surmount this dilemma, by making the kind of attractive, comfortable, durable, and fashionable clothes that will enable them to live full and happy lives. In my 30-some years of sewing, I've worn every size from a 12 to a 32. Along the way, both as a home sewer and as a custom clothier, I developed fast and fearless techniques for selecting styles, adjusting and enlarging patterns, and making design modifications that enhance fit and comfort for large women. Sewing for Plus Sizes teaches these sewing techniques with an abundance of easy to follow instructions, clear photos, and illustrations. I hope readers will enjoy the snippets of humor scattered throughout the book, and its can-do and supportive point of view. I'm especially excited about the numerous, beautifully photographed, fashion- forward sample garments, modeled on sizes 18, 24, and 32. They will inspire you to look and feel fabulous! Read this book through once like a novel, then go back and try the techniques to sew clothing that fits your body and your life!

About the Author

Deckert, who designs and makes plus-size fashions, is a frequent contributor to Sew News, Threads, BBW, Radiance, and PACC News. She is a charter member of the Professional Association of Custom Clothiers and has over 30 years of sewing experience.

Edition details

• Publisher: Taunton Press Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1561582840
• ISBN 13: 9781561582846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160