This title offers many embellishment techniques for adding special details to sewing projects and for personalizing garments. It contains step-by-step instructions for the use of dressmakers, needlecrafters and craft enthusiasts. Readers are shown how to use lace and applique, how to create woven or crocheted buttons, and how to use bindings as a decorative element. Techniques are presented on layering transparent fabrics for special effects, trimming with beads, and fashioning fabric roses. Openwork embroidery is demonstrated using a basic sewing machine. There are also ideas for decorating with delicate hem stitches and employing decorative knots as fastenings.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Okay details,
By Needles (NYC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Distinctive Details (Threads On) (Paperback)
I'm going to keep this book, but I was initially disappointed by the dated look of the examples. Even though it was printed in 1995 it looks as if the styles are more likely culled from Threads articles from the decade before... making them something like twenty years old. But the techniques are sound, as with all Taunton books. I am especially intrigued by an article on felted fabric using a double needle stitch to create an aran-look sweater.
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A bargain, because it's not new, and it's very handy to have the techniques (from Threads Magazines) all organized in one book. The instructions and techniques are great. Machine embroidery, self-fabric embellishment, beading, heirloom sewing, and many, many more. The models and shoulder pads are definitely not current, but that doesn't bother me. If it bothers you, you may want to look for a new book with similar techniques.
11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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don't you dare bother!,
By Miriam (NYC) - See all my reviews
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this is as interesting as flipping through the magazine. i have owned it for years and never look at it. it is only a compilation of old articles that appeared in threads - some useless, some helpful. there is no organization to it whatsoever. don't bother!
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for the San Francisco design firm Jeanne Marc, ordinary construction details like seams and zipper plackets are not just functional elements of a garment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prey rnd, button mold, steel crochet hook, beading thread, crochet cotton, clock pattern, hook the thread, tapestry needle, chain stitch, bias strips, seed beads, seam allowances, design line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Distinctive Details, Jeanne Marc, Geoffrey Beene, New York, Roberta Carr, Lois Ericson, Mary Ellen, San Jose, Susan Kahn, The Fabric Carr New!
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for the San Francisco design firm Jeanne Marc, ordinary construction details like seams and zipper plackets are not just functional elements of a garment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prey rnd, button mold, steel crochet hook, beading thread, crochet cotton, clock pattern, hook the thread, tapestry needle, chain stitch, bias strips, seed beads, seam allowances, design line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Distinctive Details, Jeanne Marc, Geoffrey Beene, New York, Roberta Carr, Lois Ericson, Mary Ellen, San Jose, Susan Kahn, The Fabric Carr New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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