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Published by DK, 2021, hardcover, large format, illustrated, index, 304 pages, condition: new.
Tailor-make your wardrobe with this essential dressmaking guide.
Discover everything you need to know to design, create, and customize your clothes. Guiding you through every stage of clothes-making in a clear, easy-to-understand way, The Dressmaking Book contains everything you need to make timeless wardrobe staples that can be easily adapted to suit your style.
Choose the perfect fabrics for any project, try your hand at a range of machine-sewing techniques, and put your new-found knowledge to use with 13 downloadable patterns that can be adapted to create more than 30 stylish garments.
With step-by-step guides and patterns to make classic dresses, skirts, tops, trousers, and jackets, alongside ideas for refreshing and reinventing your old clothes, The Dressmaking Book has everything you need to ditch fast fashion and create stunning, original clothes to suit your style.
An essential instructional reference manual authored by renowned textile specialist Alison Smith MBE. This guide serves as a comprehensive tool for both absolute beginners looking to leave fast fashion behind and experienced sewers aiming to perfect their construction skills.
Over 80 Core Techniques: Step-by-step instructions with detailed, close-up photography covering machine-sewing, hand-stitching, and pattern alterations.
Access to 13 downloadable garment patterns (including trousers, skirts, tops, dresses, and jackets) that can be adapted into 31 unique clothing designs.Fabric and ToolÂ
Expert guidance on selecting tools and understanding fabric behavior, drape, and weave.
All practical garment projects are categorized by difficulty so readers can steadily track and advance their tailoring abilities.
