A new edition of the best-selling fabric guide includes all-new updated information on the selection of the best fabrics for a variety of projects and how to make the most of them, including new tips and more than three hundred color photographs.
"All new fabric savvy takes the guesswork out of choosing the best fabric for any sewing project.
The fabric-lover's guide to cloth offers preshrinking instructions and advice on layout, marking, interfacing, and hemming.
The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion is the ultimate guide for home-sewers, fashion students, aspiring designers, and Project Runway fans who want to learn everything they need to know to choose and use quality fabric.
Claire Shaeffer provides this key information for 88 of today's most popular fabrics.
The body of the curtain does not extend to the tracks ; either a mesh band ( figure 8-62 ) or strips of fabric suspended between the track and the curtain are used to allow airflow in the room ( and water LEFT 8-61 Cubicle curtains are ...
With step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and how-to photos in this guide, you’ll learn professional design alterations for your favorite men’s, women’s, and children’s commercial sewing patterns.
Every sewer has to make pattern alterations at one time or another and this book provides a fresh approach to this normally complex subject.
Volume 1 contains over 500 tips and techniques with chapters on: Timesavers, Fit, Marking, Needle & Thread, Seams, Details, Pockets, Closures, Topstitching, Notions, Equipment and Storage.
Swatches is the ultimate user-friendly guide to anyone looking for design inspiration, taking a less historical but no less expansive view of the world of fabric than Abrams' 'Textile Designs:...
Introduces timesaving techniques for fitting and finishing garments, shows how to adapt patterns for a more professional look, and includes tips on solving specific sewing problems.