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Reader's digest complete guide to sewing

Also Known As: Complete guide to sewing

Table Of Contents

  • Sewing essentials
  • A place to sew
  • Tools and supplies
  • Sewing machine
  • Patterns, fabrics and linings
  • Taking measurements
  • Patterns
  • Fabrics
  • Linings
  • Making clothes that fit
  • Fitting methods
  • Basic patterns alterations
  • Advanced pattern alterations
  • Designing your own patterns
  • Skirt master pattern
  • Dress master pattern
  • Blousemaster pattern
  • Collar master pattern
  • Sleeve master pattern
  • Trousers master pattern
  • Preparing to sew
  • Sewing preliminaries
  • Cutting
  • Marking methods
  • Basic stitches
  • Sewing by hand
  • Hand stitches
  • Machine facsimiles of hand stitches
  • Seams
  • Direction of stitching
  • How to make a seam
  • Seam finishes
  • Princess seams
  • Darts and tucks
  • Darts
  • Tucks
  • Pleats
  • Waht pleats are
  • Pleating methods
  • Zip in pleated garments
  • Adjusting pleat fit
  • Gathering shirring, smocking and ruffles
  • Gathering
  • Shirring
  • Smocking
  • Ruffles
  • Necklines
  • Neckline facings
  • Piped necklines
  • Bound necklines
  • Banded necklines
  • Collars
  • Types of collars
  • Flat collars
  • Rolled collar
  • Standing collars
  • Waistlines, waistbands and belts
  • Waistline seams
  • Waistbands
  • Belts
  • Sleeves and cuffs
  • Sleeves
  • Sleeve finishes
  • Cuffs
  • Pocjets
  • Types of pockets
  • Patch pockets
  • In-seam pockets
  • Front-hip pockets
  • Hems and other edge finishes
  • Hems
  • Decorative hem finishes
  • Finishing corners
  • Problem hems
  • Zip fasteners
  • Types of zips
  • Centred zip
  • Lapped zip
  • Fly-front zip
  • Concealed zip
  • Buttons and other fasteners
  • Types of buttonholes
  • Bound buttonholes
  • Worked buttonholes
  • Buttons
  • Hooks and eyes
  • Snap fasteners
  • Tailoring
  • Tailoring preliminaries
  • Basic tailoring procedure
  • Sewing for the family
  • Sewing for children
  • Mending, alterations and renovations
  • Sewing for the home
  • Loose covers
  • Cushions
  • Bedspreads
  • Curtains

Subject

Sewing / Dressmaking

Details

Published Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, 1983,
Language English
Material 528 p.
ISBN 0895770261
Location
TCDC Bangkok - Closed Stack

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