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]
• Copyright: ©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.

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Subject:

Sewing.
Dressmaking.
Needlework.