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200 sewing tips, techniques & trade secrets / Lorna Knight.

Knight, Lorna. (Author).

Summary:

Presents techniques to speed up sewing time, improve skills, and complete projects with a professional finish.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780312615772
  • ISBN: 0312615779
  • Physical Description: 160 pages : color illustrations -- ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st U.S. edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155), glossary and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Tools and equipment -- Essential equipment -- Needle know-how -- Pin pointers -- Great gadgets -- Pressing points -- Sewing machine tips -- Modern machines -- Clever cutting -- Troubleshooting for machines -- Material matters -- Fiber facts -- Choosing fabrics -- Working with tricky fabrics -- Storing fabrics -- Working with color -- Pattern and printed fabrics -- Texture and weight -- Sourcing fabrics -- Special products -- Threads and more threads -- In stitches -- Sewing by hand -- Magical machine stitches -- Buttonholes -- Machine embroidery -- Serging ahead -- Sewing techniques -- Using paper patterns -- Joining fabrics -- 3-D shaping -- Desirable draping -- Pleats -- Hemming -- Best ways with edges -- Luxury linings -- Underlinings -- Interfacings -- Perfect pockets -- Decorating fabrics -- Achieving quick effects -- Beading -- Twisted tucks and folds -- Smocking -- Quilting -- Appliqué -- Couching -- Silk ribbon embroidery -- Making tassels and fringes -- Piping -- Flower making.
Subject:
Sewing.
Dressmaking.
Needlework.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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