Record details

• ISBN: 1561585416
• ISBN: 9781561585410
• Physical Description: 90 pages : illustrations pb
• Publisher: Newtown, Conn. : Taunton Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A Trip to the Fabric Store 6 -- Grainline 9 -- Choose the Correct Pattern Size 12 -- Making a Duplicate Pattern 14 -- Tissue- and Pin-Fitting 16 -- Making Your Mark 19 -- Shrink before You Sew 22 -- Pattern Layouts 24 -- With-Nap Layout Basics 26 -- Cutting Out 28 -- Preventive Sewing-Machine Maintenance 30 -- Needle and Thread 32 -- Straight Pins 34 -- Secrets of Machine Needles 36 -- Presser Feet 38 -- Construction Threads 40 -- Must-Have Tools 42 -- Perfect Seams 44 -- Staystitching 46 -- Sew a Perfect Seam from Beginning to End 48 -- Easing in a Seam 50 -- Directional Sewing 52 -- Trimming and Grading Seams 54 -- Clip & Notch for Smooth Curves & Sharp Corners 56 -- Understitching 58 -- Flat-Felled Seams 60 -- Pressing 101 62 -- Utility Stitches 64 -- Ripping Out Stitches 68 -- Fastening Threads 70 -- Sewing in a Zipper 72 -- Darts Build Shape into a Garment 74 -- Pleats 76 -- Great Gathering--A Sure Thing 79 -- Bias Strips Made Easy 82 -- Perfect Piping 84.

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Sewing.
Dressmaking.