A Guide to Fashion Sewing

ISBN-13: 9781628921847 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 416 str.

Connie Amaden-Crawford

Opis

A Guide to Fashion Sewing, 6th Edition, provides a comprehensive fashion sewing resource for beginning and advanced sewers alike. Readers will learn how to assemble and construct designs of various styles using proven industry methods for more than 100 sewing applications. Chapters cover everything from sewing equipment, measurements, and fabric selection to actual garment assembly. Filled with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and large, clear illustrations, this book is an indispensable resource for constructing quality garments. Accompanying video demonstrations help readers learn at their own pace basic sewing skills and techniques such a seams, darts, bias binding, zipper, and garment assembly.The new edition features an updated design, new industrial sewing machine information and photographs, and expanded information on tailoring. Amaden-Crawford has added convenient metric measurement equivalents to the text, helpful project checklists to aid self-assessment of completed project, and 1/2 scale patterns to make sample garment assembly easier than ever before.PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501395284. STUDIO Instant Access can also be purchased or rented separately on BloomsburyFashionCentral.com.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Sewing Machine and Sewing Equipment 2. Identifying Fashion Fabrics Equipment 3. Body Types and Size Charts 4. Planning a Design and Selecting Fabric 5. Method to This Madness 6. Stitches 7. Seams 8. Darts 9. Pleats and Tucks 10. Bias and Bias Treatments 11. Sewing with Knits 12. Zippers 13. Pockets 14. Sleeves 15. Collars 16. Necklines 17. Facings 18. Linings 19. Tailoring 20. Waistlines 21. Hems 22. Closures Glossary of Sewing Terms Appendix A: Project Checklists Appendix B: Pattern Blocks Appendix C: Yardage Conversion Table Appendix D: Fabric Resources Index Video Contents: Lesson One: The Sewing Machine and Sewing Equipment Lesson Two: Seams Lesson Three: Darts Lesson Four: Bias and Bias Treatment Lesson Five: Zippers Lesson Six: Planning a Design and Selecting Fabric Lesson Seven: Garment Sewing Process