The well-tailored jacket, always in style, is one of the most challenging, popular, and satisfying sewing projects. Tailoring is the classic guide to the required techniques. Step-by-step instructions and close-up photographs help hobby sewers get professional results. Tailoring covers all three tailoring methods (custom or hand, machine, and fusible) and the complete process from fabric selection to finishing touches. There are detailed instructions on adjusting the pattern for proper fit, which is critical for good results. Tailoring is all about impeccable details, and Tailoring shows how to achieve them, from the roll of the collar to a perfect pocket.
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Creative Publishing international is a worldwide publisher of how-to books. The company's current retail offering includes over 300 titles on topics covering home improvement, home decorating, sewing, crafting, hunting & fishing, and photography. Over the past 15 years, CPi has developed high-quality photography step-by-step books with nationally recognized brand partners like Black & Decker and Singer.
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96 of 96 people found the following review helpful
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"Tailoring : The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket" is the BEST book on sewing a classicly tailored jacket - and I have read ALL of them! There are step-by-step pictures and excellent explanations. I found it much easier and more helpful than the Cabrero text. The book explains both the hand couture and machine methods of jacket tailoring. To supplement this text I'd also recommend Mary Ellen Flury's book, "Tailoring Ladies Jackets" along with anything by Sandra Betzina and Kenneth D. King.
73 of 73 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fully illustrated guide to the three main methods of tailoring: custom tailoring done by hand, machine tailoring, and tailoring using fusible interfacing. The book is quite comprehensive, covering the entire process of making a tailored jacket from selecting the materials, including a detailed section on different types of interfacings, through fitting the pattern, cutting and marking, and all steps of construction for the three methods. There is an illustrated guide to the tools used in tailoring, detailed instructions for several kinds of pockets including patch pockets, lined patch pockets, welt pockets, single welt pockets and welt pockets with flaps, and a section on bound buttonholes. Linings are also covered, including hand installation of linings, machine installation of linings, partial linings, and how to make partial or full linings for an unlined jacket pattern. The book focuses on jackets with notched collars, explaining that these require the most tailoring, but shawl collars are also covered. Other types of collars are not specifically addressed.
The book is clear and comprehensive, and a great choice for anyone wishing to learn tailoring. I do have a few criticisms. Some things are explained in great detail, such as the pockets and a section on threads, equipment and techniques for hand sewing. Some others are not and omit a few details that would have been helpful. For instance, the book explains that taping the front is done in custom tailoring but not necessary in machine or fusible tailoring, and it clearly explains how to tape the front step by step and with full color photo illustration. It doesn't explain why taping the front is important or what it does. I found out courtesy of one of Claire Schaeffer's couture patterns for Vogue that taping the front weights it so that the fronts of the jacket hang perpendicular to the floor even when the jacket is open instead of slanting. The book mentions jump pleats in the lining section but doesn't explain how to form one. There is a section comparing the three methods and examples of how one might use a combination of methods, but it doesn't really explain the pros and cons of each method. The author also seems to have a few personal biases, such as recommending against silk as a lining material because it can get water stains under the arms.
Overall it is a very good guide but I would recommend supplementing it with other books if you really want to get into the subject.
The book is clear and comprehensive, and a great choice for anyone wishing to learn tailoring. I do have a few criticisms. Some things are explained in great detail, such as the pockets and a section on threads, equipment and techniques for hand sewing. Some others are not and omit a few details that would have been helpful. For instance, the book explains that taping the front is done in custom tailoring but not necessary in machine or fusible tailoring, and it clearly explains how to tape the front step by step and with full color photo illustration. It doesn't explain why taping the front is important or what it does. I found out courtesy of one of Claire Schaeffer's couture patterns for Vogue that taping the front weights it so that the fronts of the jacket hang perpendicular to the floor even when the jacket is open instead of slanting. The book mentions jump pleats in the lining section but doesn't explain how to form one. There is a section comparing the three methods and examples of how one might use a combination of methods, but it doesn't really explain the pros and cons of each method. The author also seems to have a few personal biases, such as recommending against silk as a lining material because it can get water stains under the arms.
Overall it is a very good guide but I would recommend supplementing it with other books if you really want to get into the subject.
54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
By Bill Brand
Format:Paperback
This Book is the best Book ever produced in regards to Tailoring with step by step instructions and lots of Pictures to follow. However I was hoping that this would be a different kind of Book than the one I already own. This is a reprint of the Singer Reference Library Book about Tailoring which was published in 1988. I was looking for this Book for many Years and I am glad to know that another Publisher seem to have aquired the rights to the Singer Books.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW! Tailoring bonanza!
Great book with amazing photos and fabulous techniques for every kind of tailoring! So incredibly useful and well laid out -I can see it being dog-eared in my library in no time!
Published 2 months ago by Melissa Wayne
1.0 out of 5 stars
Tailoring by Creative Publishing
This book is a re-packaged, re-marketed book previously published as a Singer sewing book on tailoring. With a new cover you might be fooled, as I was, to the tume of 18.84. Read more
Published 8 months ago by BernieLear
4.0 out of 5 stars
Home sewer amping up to tailoring.
I'm an experienced home sewer, taking the skills up a notch my teaching myself tailoring. This waa among the three books I purchased, on recommendation. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Likes quality
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for women's tailoring
This book is good if you only want to do women's tailoring and is limited to jackets only, no tailored pants. Read more
Published 11 months ago by annah
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Tips
I'm not a very experienced tailor but I alreay know a lot of tips and methods of sewing. This book is basically about HOW to sew not only a good jacket, but all garments.
Published 21 months ago by Denis Mioshi
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not for beginners
This is an excellent book for those who know how to sew. Making a well fitting jacket requires a lot of time and patience and hand sewing. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ms. Virginia A. Klemm
5.0 out of 5 stars
seamstress kudos
When I showed this to my seamstress, she was happy to see it. Whatever your interest, you can't have too many books.
Published 22 months ago by James C. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good overview of tailoring with photos
I have read that this book was once part of the excellent Singer Sewing series, and I would believe that, since it follows the exact same format. Read more
Published 23 months ago by JonShops
3.0 out of 5 stars
Confusing content
The content in the book appears top notch, however I bought this book to try and get into tailoring/hobby sewing under the impression this was a book on tailoring jackets... Read more
Published on January 21, 2011 by N. Daly
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for advanced tailors
This is a great book for people who know a great deal about sewing and tailoring. I grew up in a clothing company, went to 2 fashion design schools, always worked in the business... Read more
Published on December 27, 2010 by Mario Iliev
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