Couture Sewing: Tailoring Techniques

Name: Couture Sewing: Tailoring Techniques
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ISBN: 9781600855047

ISBN-10: 1600855040

ISBN-13: 9781600855047

Edition: 2013

Authors: Claire B. Shaeffer

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If you want your notched collars to lie smoothly, like Ellen Tracy's, or your buttonholes finished to custom-tailored perfection, or your interfaced hems to have the impeccable look of Chanel, this isthebook to have. Tailoringpresents sewing methods used in the European ateliers of Paris, Rome, and London. Via the DVD, Shaeffer will instruct readers in essential techniques such as making a bound buttonhole, converting darts to ease, creating a patch pocket, interfacing a hem, hand-stitching a fly zipper, and fitting sleeves. Where there is a trick or shortcut for a sewing method (without lowering the quality) Shaeffer demonstrates it, along with a host of more complicated tailoring…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/19/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 7.95" wide x 9.84" long x 0.37" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Claire B. Shaeffer is an internationally recognized expert in fashion design history, and construction techniques for haute couture and high-end ready-to-wear. She is a long-time designer for Vogue Patterns, a frequent contributor to Threads magazine, and the author of numerous books.