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| About the Authors | |
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| About Sewing Jackets | |
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| A Little History | |
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| What Makes it Tailored? | |
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| Custom Tailoring Methods | |
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| Today's Easier Tailoring Methods | |
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| Why Learn Tailoring Techniques? | |
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| Optimize Time, Sew an Outfit! | |
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| Pattern Selection | |
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| Select a Pattern with Good Lines for You! | |
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| Choose an Attractive Jacket Length | |
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| Easiest to Most Difficult Styles, Shapes and Details to Sew | |
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| Fabrics | |
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| Choose an Easy Fabric | |
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| Sewing and Shaping Tips for Fashion Fabrics | |
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| Organize your Stash | |
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| Fashion Fabric Care Guide | |
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| Seam Finishes | |
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| Shaping Fabrics | |
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| Terminology | |
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| The Critical Issue: Interfacing | |
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| Where to Interface | |
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| Fusibles vs. Sew-ins | |
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| How to Choose a Fusible Interfacing | |
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| Sew-In Interfacings | |
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| Lining | |
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| Underlining | |
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| Interlining | |
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| Preshrinking and Care of Shaping Fabrics | |
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| Common Questions About Fusibles | |
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| Great Notions for Jacket Sewing | |
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| Cutting and Marking Tools | |
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| Sewing Tools | |
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| Pressing and Seam Finishes | |
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| Pressing Equipment | |
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| How to Press | |
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| Pressing Darts | |
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| Pressing Seams | |
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| Pressing Edges | |
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| Make Sure It Will Fit | |
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| Pattern Size | |
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| Ease | |
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| How to Fit a Pattern | |
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| Tissue-fitting and Common Alterations | |
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| Fitting as You Sew | |
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| Fitting Jackets on Real People | |
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| Marta | |
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| Anastasia | |
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| Laurie | |
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| Sue | |
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| Pati | |
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| Cutting, Marking, and Interfacing | |
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| "Turn-of-cloth" | |
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| Why a Bias Undercollar? | |
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| Change Collar Grain Line | |
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| Straighten Fabric Grainline | |
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| How to Test Fabrics for Shrinkage | |
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| Cutting Layout | |
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| Snip Marking | |
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| Cutting Lining Without a Pattern | |
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| Cutting, Fusing, and Marking Interfacing | |
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| Jacket Front | |
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| Tape the Roll Line | |
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| Sew and Press Darts and Seams | |
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| Patch Pockets | |
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| Double-Welt Pockets | |
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| Pocket Flaps | |
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| Back and Under Collar | |
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| Back Stay Interfacing | |
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| Sew Back to Front | |
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| Under Collar | |
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| Sleeves, Shoulder Pads, and Chest Shaping | |
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| One-piece VS Two-piece sleeves | |
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| Easy Mitered Vent | |
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| Setting in Sleeves | |
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| Two Methods | |
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| Sleeve Heads | |
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| Sleeve Fit | |
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| Shoulder Pads | |
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| Chest Pieces | |
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| Facing, Upper Collar, Lining, and Hems | |
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| Quick-Lining | |
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| Facing | |
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| Upper Collar | |
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| The Dot | |
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| Sewing and Pressing the Outside Seam | |
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| Hems and Jump Hems | |
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| Bagging a Lining | |
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| That "Tricky" Little Front Bit | |
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| An Overview of Bagging | |
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| The Important Reminders | |
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| The Hem Dot | |
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| Bag the Lining | |
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| Finish the Sleeve Hem | |
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| Do As We Say, Not As We Do | |
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| Buttonholes | |
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| Tips for Machine Buttonholes | |
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| Sewing on Buttons | |
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| Bound Buttonholes, Three Methods | |
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| Triangular Buttonholes | |
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| More Pockets | |
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| Inseam | |
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| Single-welt | |
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| Creative Pocket Ideas | |
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| Easy Mitered Back Vent | |
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| Back Vent | |
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| Goof-proof Back Vent in a Lining | |
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| Finishing the Back Vent | |
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| Finishing Touches | |
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| Edgestitching | |
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| Topstitching | |
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| Bias Strips | |
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| Piping | |
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| Decorative Seams & Edge Finishes | |
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| Pocket Lining as Hanky | |
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| Tips That Will Improve All of Your Sewing | |
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| Perfect Princess Seams | |
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| Sew With Stable Side on Top | |
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| Understitching | |
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| Staystitching | |
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| Patience and Memory Savers | |
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| Two Left Sleeves? | |
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| Plaids and Stripes | |
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| Layout | |
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| Cutting | |
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| Sewing | |
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| Men's Jackets | |
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| Differences from Women's Tailoring | |
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| Fabrics | |
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| Front Chest Piece | |
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| Sleeves | |
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| Index | |
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| Other Products from Palmer/Pletsch | |