Sewing secrets from the fashion industry : proven methods to help you sew like the pros
Entry/Object ID
TT519.5.S47 1996
Description
Look over the shoulders of sewing experts as they show you how to cut and sew the professional way. From sample rooms to production sewing factories, the authors gleaned the best and the fastest garment-sewing techniques and treatments.
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Kristen Huntley Estate
Notes
Gift of Kristen Huntley Estate, March 2023.
Lexicon
Search Terms
dressmaking, tailoring (women's)
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Susan Huxley
Publisher
Rodale Press
Place Published
City
Emmaus, PA
Date Published
1996
ISBN
0875967191, 9780875967196
LCCN
95046499
Notes
Length: 248
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Getting started -- Equipment -- Fit -- Slopers -- Alterations for patterns and blocks -- The sloper shortcut to fast pattern alterations -- Making a muslin -- Seam allowances -- Fabric -- Interfacing -- Laying up and cutting out fabric -- Tips and techniques -- Awl -- Backstitching -- Bias binding -- Buttons, buttonholes, and lappage -- Chain stitching -- Collars -- Corners -- Crack stitching -- Crowding -- Cuffs -- Darts -- Hems -- Kick pleats, slits, and vents -- Lapel -- Lining a skirt or vest -- Matching seams -- Mitered corners -- Pintucks -- Plackets -- Pockets -- Pressing -- Seam finishes using a sewing machine -- Sighting -- Sleeves -- Spaghetti tubing -- Topstitching -- Understitching -- Waistbands -- Yoke -- Zippers -- Putting it all together -- Hallmarks of a quality garment -- Blouse -- Pants -- Skirt -- Vest -- Buyer's guide -- Glossary.
