Dressmaking
The Complete Step-by-Step Guide
Published on 3. September 2012
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-4093-8463-2 (ISBN)
Description
Dressmaking gives you all the tools you need to make, alter and customise your own clothes, from choosing the right fabrics to key techniques such as hemming and hand stitching. Create a complete wardrobe with 12 basic scaleable patterns and step-bystep instructions for classic items such as pencil skirts, dresses and jackets plus how to customise them to make them your own so you can make 30 garments in total. Dressmaking is packed with essential advice, inspiration and the patterns
you need to create beautiful clothes making this superb value and the dressmaking bible no seamstress can be without.
you need to create beautiful clothes making this superb value and the dressmaking bible no seamstress can be without.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1943 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4093-8463-2 (9781409384632)
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Person
Alison set up her own shop, Fabulous Fabric, and sewing school, the Alison Victoria School of Sewing, near her home in Leicestershire. Her school is the largest independent sewing school in England and offers courses and workshops on all aspects of sewing. Alison is a regular contributor to Sewing World magazine, and has appeared on the ITV television series Ladette to Lady teaching dressmaking skills.