The Weekend Sewer's Guide to Dresses: Time-saving Sewing with a Creative Touch
- ISBN-10
- 1579900151
- ISBN-13
- 9781579900151
- Category
- Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Lark Books
- Author
- Kate Mathews
Description
The Weekend Sewer Series shows home sewers how to make a handsome new garment quickly by modifying familiar patterns to create new and different designs. Focusing on one type of garment per book, each book offers hundreds of tips and helpful hints for quick and efficient sewing, step-by-step instructions for creatively modifying favorite patterns for a new look, and much more. 100 color photos and 100 illustrations.
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