Dressmaking : the complete step-by-step guide to making your own clothes

Dressmaking The complete step-by-step guide to making your own clothes

Alison Smith

Book - 2012

Discusses how to make, alter, and customize clothes; create a wardrobe complete with thirty garments; and mend and repair worn items.

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Subjects
Dressmaking.
Tailoring (Women's)
Sewing.
Clothing and dress.
Published
New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing 2012.
Language
English
Main Author
Alison Smith (-)
Edition
1st American ed
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
320 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
ISBN
9780756698201
  • Tools & materials
  • Basic sewing kit
  • Needles and pins
  • Threads
  • Measuring and marking tools
  • Cutting tools
  • Notions
  • Useful extras
  • Sewing machine
  • Serger
  • Pressing aids
  • Fabrics
  • Wool fabrics
  • Cotton fabrics
  • Silk fabrics
  • Linen fabrics
  • Synthetic fabrics
  • Patterns & cutting out
  • Reading patterns
  • Body measuring
  • Altering patterns
  • Making a toile
  • Cutting out
  • General techniques
  • Stitches for hand sewing
  • Machine stitches and seams
  • Reducing seam bulk
  • Darts
  • Gathers
  • Interfacings
  • Facings
  • Collars
  • Waistbands
  • Sleeves
  • Pockets
  • Hemlines
  • Zippers
  • Buttons
  • Hooks and eyes and snaps
  • Garments
  • The skirts
  • Classic A-line skirt
  • Button front A-line skirt
  • Classic tailored skirt
  • Tailored evening skirt
  • Classic pleated skirt
  • Topstitched pleated skirt
  • The dresses
  • Classic shift dress
  • Short-sleeved shift dress
  • Square-neck shift dress
  • Sleeveless shift dress
  • Short sleeveless shift dress
  • Classic waisted dress
  • Short-sleeved waisted dress
  • Sleeveless waisted dress
  • Waisted cocktail dress
  • Classic empire waist dress
  • Sleeveless empire waist dress
  • Long empire waist dress
  • The pants
  • Classic tailored pants
  • Tapered capri pants
  • Classic palazzo pants
  • Wide-leg shorts
  • The tops
  • Classic shell top
  • Tie-neck top
  • Long-sleeved tunic
  • Classic princess-line blouse
  • Short-sleeved blouse
  • The jackets
  • Classic boxy jacket
  • Boxy jacket with collar
  • Classic shawl collar jacket
  • Lined shawl collar jacket
  • Mending & repairs
  • Unpicking stitches
  • Darning a hole
  • Repairing fabric under a button
  • Repairing a damaged buttonhole
  • Mending a split in a seam
  • Mending a tear with a fusible patch
  • Repairing or replacing elastic
  • Repairing a broken zipper
  • Customizing
  • Lengthening a skirt with a contrast band
  • Turning jeans into a skirt
  • Adding a collar and pockets to a dress
  • Embellishing a dress with sequins and beads
  • Embellishing a T-shirt with flowers
  • Adding a ribbon trim to a cardigan
  • Patterns.
Review by Library Journal Review

The trademark characteristics of DK's books-extensive color photographs and straightforward presentation-are present yet again in British dressmaking instructor Smith's first book. All of the basics of garment sewing are included, from sewing techniques to supplies, but the highlight of the book is the information about adjusting patterns and sewing specific garment features, such as in-seam pockets or invisible zippers. Patterns for several garments are included, but they need to be printed, drafted by hand onto pattern paper, or enlarged on a copier. VERDICT While there's enough basic information here for novices, Dressmaking works better as an encyclopedic reference for experienced garment sewists. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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