This book contains 17 different articles on making your own stylish, casual clothes taken from "Threads" magazine. They include information on many foolproof sewing techniques and the wide variety of design ideas will enable readers to get a finished look on ready-to-wear garments that will last for years. The book contains practical advice on many aspects of home sewing, including: sewing stretch fabrics for sport and leisure garments, manipulating pleated fabric to make a distinctive waistcoat or jacket, making reversible jackets, creating a perfect raincoat suitable for all seasons, embellishing old clothes, making a perfect shirt collar and much more.
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There are all sorts of shortcuts and techniques that will make clothes fashioning simple, say the editors of Threads magazine. If grades in Home Ec 101 threatened entrance into college, choose another craft. But for those adept with machines, needles, and thread, these 17 articles compiled from past issues provide some unusual yet casual designs and ideas to copy. Leather piping and sequins embellish a vest, and leftover material is transformed into rather elegant jackets. There are tips and patterns for working with unusual fabrics, such as spandex blends, knit yardage, and melton. Technical how-tos are also covered in careful detail for such aspects as pleats for straight skirts, zip-out linings for outerwear, and flat-fell seams. Barbara Jacobs
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Packed with clever tricks for sewers,
By Kathleen Valentine "So Many Books, So Little ... (Gloucester, MA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is a collection of articles from past issues of Threads magazine but that is a good thing because Threads articles are always packed with information, good tips, excellent diagrams and photography and I always feel as though I just learned something. In this book there are a variety of projects all of which offer sewers the opportunity to expand skills, be more creative, and learn. One article shows ways to make unique, designer-looking vests using piecing techniques, applique and trim. Another shows techniques for creating reversible jackets including how to select fabrics and techniques for invisible finishes.
Probably my favorite article includes information and instructions for making clever closures, tabs, loops, etc. that can make a plain shirt or jacket look like an expensive boutique treasure. I have quite a collection of these Threads books but this one is the one I use most often.
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the simplest concept in design is the straight line. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eased seam, rainwear fabrics, pleat allowances, regular pleat, swimwear elastic, traditional kilt, reversible garment, last pleat, kilt skirt, permanent lining, inverted pleat, insulated lining, garment edge, button width, predominant line, lap line, seam allowance, plastic pattern, hem allowance, original jacket, double needle, hip measurement, machine stitch, collar band, bias strips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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the simplest concept in design is the straight line. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eased seam, rainwear fabrics, pleat allowances, regular pleat, swimwear elastic, traditional kilt, reversible garment, last pleat, kilt skirt, permanent lining, inverted pleat, insulated lining, garment edge, button width, predominant line, lap line, seam allowance, plastic pattern, hem allowance, original jacket, double needle, hip measurement, machine stitch, collar band, bias strips Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Yvonne Taylor, Street Fabrics, Suzen Hahn, Diane Ericson, Ellen Gienger, Linda Faiola New!
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- Tartans: Their Art and History by Ann Sutton on page 34
- Sewing Magic! by Barbara Hellyer on page 73
- Design and Sew It Yourself: A Workbook for Creative Clothing by Lois Ericson on page 47
- Tartans: Their Art and History by Rh Value Publishing on page 34
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