The Dressmaker's Companion: A practical guide to sewing clothes

The Dressmaker's Companion: A practical guide to sewing clothes

2nd The Dressmaker's Companion ed.

Paperback (30 Apr 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Patternmaker and sewing expert Elizabeth Haywood offers you a comprehensive sewing reference like no other. Are you comfortable with a sewing machine? Moved beyond the sewing basics? Here's the book you'll refer to again and again for reliable, practical, easy-to-follow advice.

Among the many techniques included, you'll learn how to...

Install any type of zip

Sew a perfect dart, first time

Make a concealed front

Fit sleeves to large upper arms

Pleat perfectly

Sew a men's waistband

Cuff a pair of trousers

Make a pattern for a jacket lining (and then sew it)

Develop your sewing skills, master new techniques and discover the answer to your sewing questions. With over 3,000 detailed illustrations, step-by-step instructions, clever ideas, troubleshooting and fitting advice all arranged in 41 chapters, The Dressmaker's Companion will enable you to sew with confidence.

Winner of the 30th Benjamin Franklin Award for best craft book and silver medal winner for best large format cover.

Book information

ISBN: 9780646985473
Publisher: Cooatalaa Press
Imprint: Cooatalaa Press
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Edition: 2nd The Dressmaker's Companion ed.
Language: English
Number of pages: 460
Weight: 1198g
Height: 211mm
Width: 297mm
Spine width: 29mm