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Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket
Contributor(s): Editors of Creative Publishing Internati (Author)
ISBN: 1589236092     ISBN-13: 9781589236097
Publisher: Quarry Books
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Sewing
- Crafts & Hobbies | Fashion
Dewey: 646.433
LCCN: 1073879
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.2" W x 10.9" (0.95 lbs) 128 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Tailoring is the complete photo guide to sewing jackets and coats.

Written by sewing professionals, this book teaches the trusted, proven methods for sewing tailored jackets with impeccable details and perfect fit. Written for the intermediate sewer who wants to move on to more challenging projects, this book ensures success with detailed, step-by-step instructions, more than 400 photos, in-depth discussions about products and how to use them.

Tailoring offers guidance for every aspect of tailoring a jacket:

  • Fitting and pattern alteration
  • Fabrics and tools
  • Interfacings
  • Interlinings
  • Seams and finishes
  • Hand stitches
  • Collars
  • Pressing
  • Topstitching
  • Shaping shoulders
  • Setting in sleeves
  • Sewing pockets
  • Vents, and
  • Making perfect buttonholes