Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

by Czachor, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9781501316494
• ISBN10: 1501316494
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781628921823
• Format: Display
• Copyright: 2016-02-11
• Publisher: Fairchild Books

Summary

With over 500 step-by-step color photos and instructions in a user-friendly format, Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics is a professional guide to sewing with common knits and stretch fabrics such as jersey and spandex. Czachor explains the basics of working with knit fabrics and stretch woven fabrics, and how the stretch ratio impacts the design. The book covers industry methods for knit garment construction, including coverage of collars, facings, closures, bands and hems, waistline finishes, and pockets within respective chapters on t-shirts, tops and sweaters, dresses, skirts and pants, jackets, activewear, swimwear, and lingerie. The final chapter covers specialty techniques such as finishing details, embellishments, felting, and fabric manipulation.

Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics provides all the tools to professionally complete the garments and advance the designer’s skill and understanding of the unique properties of knits and stretch wovens.

Features
- Covers industrial and home sewing machines, overlock machines, and coverstitch machines, plus supplies, needles and threads used to construct knit garments
- Learning objectives, Sewing Tip and Important boxes, key terms, sample exercises at different levels of complexity, review questions, and designer profiles in each chapter
- Includes a Fabric Form template and Sample Checklist to help readers develop their own resource book of sample techniques, swatches of knit, stretch, and stretch woven fabrics

Introducing Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics 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
- Access downloadable files for the patterns used to create the sewing samples throughout the text, the Fabric Form template, and the Sample Checklist

This bundle includes Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics and Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics STUDIO Access Card.

Author Biography

Sharon Czachor is an adjunct instructor in the fashion department of Harper College in Illinois, USA, and has also taught at the College of DuPage, Illinois, US.

Table of Contents

Extended Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Getting to Know Knits and Stretch Fabrics
2. What You Need to Sew and Overlock Knits and Stretch Wovens
3. Sizing Knits
4. Preparing Knits and Stretch Woven Fabrics for Stitching
5. Stitching Knits with a Sewing Machine
6. Stitching Knits with an Overlock and Coverstitch Machine
7. T-Shirts, Tops and Sweaters
8. Dresses: Pullover, Wrap, Knit LBD
9. Skirts and Pants
10. Jackets: Classic French Cardigan and Sweater Jacket with Scarf
11. Activewear and Swimwear
12. Lingerie
13. Creating Texture with Pleats, Tucks, Gathers, Ruffles and Trims
Appendix A: Fabric Form
Appendix B: Sample Checklist
Appendix C: Resources and Where to Buy
Appendix D: Manufacturing Industry Forms
Glossary
Credits
Index