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A Guide to Fashion Sewing, 6th Edition, provides a comprehensive fashion sewing resource for beginning and advanced sewers alike. Readers will learn how to assemble and construct designs of various styles using proven industry methods for more than 100 sewing applications. Chapters cover everything from sewing equipment, measurements, and fabric selection to actual garment assembly. Filled with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and large, clear illustrations, this book is an indispensable resource for constructing quality garments. Accompanying video demonstrations help readers learn at their own pace basic sewing skills and techniques such a seams, darts, bias binding, zipper, and garment assembly.
The new edition features an updated design, new industrial sewing machine information and photographs, and expanded information on tailoring. Amaden-Crawford has added convenient metric measurement equivalents to the text, helpful project checklists to aid self-assessment of completed project, and 1/2 scale patterns to make sample garment assembly easier than ever before.
Introducing A Guide to Fashion Sewing STUDIO--an online tool for more effective study!
~Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips~Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions~Watch videos with step-by-step demonstrations basic sewing skills, including techniques such as seams, darts, bias bindings, zippers and garment assembly~ Access downloadable files for patterns to accompany chapter projects~ Gather your tools with an updated info on fabric and materials resources~ Redeeming the code inside this card will give you full access to the content previously contained on the DVD or CD packaged with the book A Guide to Fashion Sewing 6th Edition.
This bundle includes A Guide to Fashion Sewing 6th Edition and A Guide to Fashion Sewing STUDIO Access Card.
Connie Amaden-Crawford is President and CEO of Fashion Patterns by Coni, a member of the Sewing Hall of Fame, and a licensed designer for The McCall Pattern Company under the Butterick label. She is author of The Art of Fashion Draping, 4th Edition (Fairchild Books, 2012).
Preface Acknowledgements1. The Sewing Machine and Sewing Equipment2. Identifying Fashion Fabrics Equipment3. Body Types and Size Charts4. Planning a Design and Selecting Fabric5. Method to This Madness6. Stitches7. Seams8. Darts9. Pleats and Tucks10. Bias and Bias Treatments11. Sewing with Knits12. Zippers13. Pockets14. Sleeves15. Collars16. Necklines17. Facings18. Linings19. Tailoring20. Waistlines21. Hems22. ClosuresGlossary of Sewing TermsAppendix A: Project Checklists Appendix B: Pattern BlocksAppendix C: Yardage Conversion Table Appendix D: Fabric Resources IndexVideo Contents: Lesson One: The Sewing Machine and Sewing EquipmentLesson Two: SeamsLesson Three: DartsLesson Four: Bias and Bias TreatmentLesson Five: ZippersLesson Six: Planning a Design and Selecting FabricLesson Seven: Garment Sewing Process
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