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How to Use, Adapt, and Design Sewing Patterns: From store-bought patterns to drafting your own: a complete guide to fashion sewing with confidence

Lee Hollahan

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Tailor sewing patterns for personalized wardrobe designs.

Imagine turning a store-bought pattern into a garment that feels completely your own. That's the empowering skill Lee Hollahan imparts in this comprehensive guide. Covering the essentials, right from the tools to the final stitches, and leading up to designing from scratch, it's the book that could transform how you dress—literally. If you're ready to take your sewing to a bespoke level, here’s your mentor in pages.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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How to Use, Adapt, and Design Sewing Patterns: From store-bought patterns to drafting your own: a complete guide to fashion sewing with confidence

by Lee Hollahan
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ISBN: 9780764144257
Author: Lee Hollahan
Publisher: B.E.S.
Date of Publication: 2010-03-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.99
(rated by 273 readers)

Description

An accomplished fashion designer shows people who make their own garments how to improve on store-bought sewing patterns by adjusting the clothing item's length and other details to reflect personal taste and create a custom fit. The book's opening chapters present an illustrated guide to the tools, equipment, and fabrics needed for making garments, while also serving as a miniature textbook to teach basic sewing techniques. Chapters that follow offer detailed instruction in adapting and altering a store-bought pattern to suit individual tastes. Alterations include adding flare, and modifying the shapes of bodices, arm holes, neck lines, sleeves, and skirts. The book's concluding chapters instruct on designing one's own patterns from scratch. Author Lee Hollahan demonstrates to her readers that once they understand how to adapt a store-bought pattern, they are well on their way to custom designing their own wardrobe. More than 500 instructive illustrations.
 

Tailor sewing patterns for personalized wardrobe designs.

Imagine turning a store-bought pattern into a garment that feels completely your own. That's the empowering skill Lee Hollahan imparts in this comprehensive guide. Covering the essentials, right from the tools to the final stitches, and leading up to designing from scratch, it's the book that could transform how you dress—literally. If you're ready to take your sewing to a bespoke level, here’s your mentor in pages.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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