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How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur
ISBN: 9780020119302 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur" is a practical, detailed guide to the techniques of sewing with skins and furs. From pre-sewing operations to finishing touches, here are illustrated instructions for every step in creating luxurious garments.
"How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur" is a practical, detailed guide to the techniques of sewing with skins and furs. From pre-sewing operations to finishi...
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Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
ISBN: 9780486404851 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the turn of the century, ladies of privilege could easily afford their own dressmakers, and even middle-class housewives occasionally employed competent seamstresses. But many women did their own sewing, often relying on Dressmaking, Up to Date, a how-to book published by the Butterick Publishing Company. First published in 1905 and widely considered the first modern American sewing book, this extremely rare volume is published here complete and unabridged.
This Butterick manual provides clear and concise instructions for altering patterns, hand-sewing stitches, and creating... At the turn of the century, ladies of privilege could easily afford their own dressmakers, and even middle-class housewives occasionally employed comp...
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Medieval Costume and How to Recreate it
ISBN: 9780486429854 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clear-cut and accurate in its guidance, this volume depicts medieval clothes and accessories not as inanimate museum exhibits but as items of vital interest and well worth recreating. Unlike conventional costume histories, which tend to classify their contents by era, this volume portrays the clothing of the twelfth through 15th centuries according to the wearer's social class. Here are the garments of royalty, clerics, doctors, merchants, musicians, knights, artisans, farmers, and laborers -- all magnificently illustrated with images from tapestries and illuminated manuscripts as well as in...
Clear-cut and accurate in its guidance, this volume depicts medieval clothes and accessories not as inanimate museum exhibits but as items of vital in...
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Make Your Own Dress Patterns: With Over 1,000 How-To Illustrations: A Primer in Patternmaking for Those Who Like to Sew
ISBN: 9780486452548 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Anyone who can work through the labyrinthian directions for sewing that accompany the commercial pattern can surely learn the comparatively simple and clear rules for pattern making," says nationally acclaimed sewing expert Adele Margolis. Her profusely illustrated primer allows you to create your own fashionable patterns and personalized commercial patterns. You'll learn how to design and execute everything from skirts, dresses, and blouses to sportswear, jackets, and children's clothing. You'll also find tips for: shaping fabric to your figure; mastering the art of flares, flounces,...
"Anyone who can work through the labyrinthian directions for sewing that accompany the commercial pattern can surely learn the comparatively simple an...
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60 Civil War-Era Fashion Patterns
ISBN: 9780486461762 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assembled from vintage issues of Peterson's Magazine, a popular nineteenth-century "ladies" periodical that premiered in 1842, here is an authentic gallery of Civil War-era clothing patterns for women, children, and men. The author of many books on historic fashion, Seleshanko has compiled this new, original volume of wonderfully usable antique garment designs to delight costume designers, historians, Civil War reconstructionists, and antiques collectors alike
During the 1860s, the Civil War left Americans with shortages of all kinds -- including clothing resources.... Assembled from vintage issues of Peterson's Magazine, a popular nineteenth-century "ladies" periodical that premiered in 1842, here is an auth...
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Answers: A User's Guide to Retirement
ISBN: 9780595297085 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Did you know that less than half of all Americans turning age 65 will ever need nursing home care, according to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality? Did you know that some retirement communities will double your monthly fee when you need more care? Do you know what unique challenges women or seniors of color face in retirement?
"Answers" raises the questions that no one else talks about. It offers personal insights on death and dying, life in different levels of care in a retirement community, and how you can avoid some of the nightmares of growing old. Tim Johnson... Did you know that less than half of all Americans turning age 65 will ever need nursing home care, according to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Researc...
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Dress Fitting: Basic Principles and Practice
ISBN: 9780632064991 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionized dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education and her works are classics: fashions change but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not. To be able to understand what is happening when observing a defect is already to have an idea of how to correct it. Here problems of figure, posture and of pattern adjustment are clearly explained so that the dressmaker can, with the confidence that comes with practical...
The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionized dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her tea...
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Heavenly Handmade Bags: Over 25 Designs to Stitch, Knit, Embroider and Embellish
ISBN: 9780715321430 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With Heavenly Handmade Bags crafters will learn to make beautiful bags using simple embroidery, knitting, beading and patchwork techniques. You?ll find: -A Step-by-step techniques section and stitch library to help you get a professional looking finish -Over 25 exciting projects using gorgeous fabrics, threads and ribbons to create highly fashionable bags -Full color charts and templates From simple bags that can be made in an evening to more advanced projects, crafters of all skill levels will love creating and using these fashionable projects.
With Heavenly Handmade Bags crafters will learn to make beautiful bags using simple embroidery, knitting, beading and patchwork techniques. You?ll fin...
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Sew Pretty Homestyle: Over 50 Irresistible Projects to Fall in Love with
ISBN: 9780715327494 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Readers will learn to create beautiful accesories to enhance their home using stunningly simple but incredibly effective techniques. A subtle color palette and lovable designs combine to create a fresh and fun collection of over 35 projects. Easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous color photos and delightful illustrations accompany each project. With ideas for the enitire home from the kitchen to childrens bedrooms, Sew Pretty Homestyle has a project to suit everyone's taste.
Readers will learn to create beautiful accesories to enhance their home using stunningly simple but incredibly effective techniques. A subtle color pa...
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Rip it !
ISBN: 9780743268998 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why spend tons of money on humdrum designer duds when it's possible to revamp a piece you already own to create a guaranteed original that looks, fits, and feels just the way it should? Rip It shows how simple and fun it can be to transform a tired wardrobe into hip, one-of-a-kind new looks without spending a dime. Elissa Meyrich, owner and teacher at the popular New York sewing boutique Sew Fast Sew Easy, has been passing her sewing secrets and style tips on to students for years. Now she shows beginners and experienced sewers everywhere how to customize pieces found at...
Why spend tons of money on humdrum designer duds when it's possible to revamp a piece you already own to create a guaranteed original that looks, f...
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The Art of Manipulating Fabric
ISBN: 9780801984969 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials - are seemingly endless. To describe them all would be to describe the entire history of sewing. In "The Art of manipulating Fabric," Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form - a flat piece of cloth and a threaded needle - she categorizes all major dimensional techniques, show how they are related, and give examples of variations both traditional and modern. The result is an... The possibilities for three-dimensional manipulation of fabric - gathering, pleating, tucking, shirring, and quilting woven materials - are seeming... |
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Teach Us to Number Our Days
ISBN: 9780819217653 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This practical handbook for homes and church communities helps to enrich the Christian celebration of Advent through the creation and use of an Advent calendar. Written for people of all skill levels, Baumgarten provides instructions for a calendar made of paper or junk mail, a no-sew felt version, and a fabric version for more advanced sewers.
Teach Us To Number Our Days, however, is more than a simple crafts' book. Baumgarten provides readers with a brief history of the development of Advent in the Christian calendar, as well as detailed explanations of the various Christian symbols that... This practical handbook for homes and church communities helps to enrich the Christian celebration of Advent through the creation and use of an Advent...
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Elegant Stitches: An Illustrated Stitch Guide & Source Book of Inspiration
ISBN: 9780914881858 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Helps readers learn about silk ribbon stitches, crazy-quilt stitches, composite stitches, and left-handed stitches.
Helps readers learn about silk ribbon stitches, crazy-quilt stitches, composite stitches, and left-handed stitches.
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Couture: The Art of Fine Sewing
ISBN: 9780935278286 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ideal for sewers with an interest in quality, style, and individuality, this book reveals techniques once only known to the seamstresses in the couture houses of Paris.
Ideal for sewers with an interest in quality, style, and individuality, this book reveals techniques once only known to the seamstresses in the coutur...
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Sewing with Sergers: The Complete Handbook for Overlock Sewing
ISBN: 9780935278583 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Jackets for Real People: Tailoring Made Easy!
ISBN: 9780935278668 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition of a popular tailoring guide is double in size, adds color photography, and features new and speedier techniques that embrace fusible interfacing and an all-machine-sewn lining technique used in ready-to-wear. More than 700 photos and illustrations accompany instructions detailed enough to allow a beginner who has never taken a sewing class to glide through chapters on patterns and fabrics, proper cutting and marking, methods for pressing and seam finishing, and how-tos that ensure a perfect fit. The choice and tailoring of collars, buttonholes, pockets, and mitered back...
This new edition of a popular tailoring guide is double in size, adds color photography, and features new and speedier techniques that embrace fusible...
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The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-of-the-Century Patterns with Instructions and Fashion Plates
ISBN: 9780963651723 / Angielski / Miękka / 463 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Voice of Fashion contains a comprehensive selection of women's styles from rare originals of 14 magazines published from 1900 through 1906. The 79 patterns in this book include afternoon, evening, ball, and wedding gowns; home and maternity wear; suits and blouses for day and business; lingerie; outer coats; and outfits for riding, golf, and other sports. Each pattern has a fashion plate, plus instructions for drafting and assembly. Additional fashion columns and plates supplement the information on fabrics, trims, and construction. A substantial glossary explains period fabric names and...
The Voice of Fashion contains a comprehensive selection of women's styles from rare originals of 14 magazines published from 1900 through 1906. The 79...
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Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 2: Evening, Bridal, Sports, Outerwear, Accessories, and Dressmaking 1877-1882
ISBN: 9780963651761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fashions of the Gilded Age is a rich pattern source for those who create period costumes for theater, film, living history, reenactment, bridal wear, or dolls. It's a valuable identification and dating tool for costume historians and vintage clothing collectors. The 184 patterns and 598 illustrations in Volume 2 are drawn from numerous rare original sources. Each pattern is accompanied by practical instructions, and often by an exquisite fashion plate. Most pattern components, such as bodices and overskirts, can be exchanged with those of other patterns. The patterns can be enlarged by...
Fashions of the Gilded Age is a rich pattern source for those who create period costumes for theater, film, living history, reenactment, bridal wear, ...
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Needlework and Crafts - Every Woman's Book on the Arts of Plain Sewing, Embroidery, Dressmaking, and Home Crafts
ISBN: 9781406791402 / Angielski / Miękka / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a complete guide to needlework and crafting, with information on plain sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, and a variety of other home crafts. Profusely illustrated and full of simple instructions and handy tips, this volume is highly recommended for the novice crafter, and would make for a fantastic addition to any home collection. Contents include: Contents Include: Plain Sewing, Fastenings, Plain-Sewing Trimmings, Your Sewing Machine, Hand Embroidery, How to Work your Gift Transfers, Home Dressmaking, Mending, Crochet, Raffia Work, Stencilling, Barbola, Simple Ways...
This vintage book contains a complete guide to needlework and crafting, with information on plain sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, and a variety of ot...
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157,87 |
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Till Cheating Do Us Part: A Guide to Relationship & Marital Bliss
ISBN: 9781425772666 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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