Couture techniques : the home sewing guide to creating designer looks.
- East Petersburg, PA : Fox Chapel Pub., 2011.
- 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
- Illustrated guide to sewing .
Includes index
Premium fabrics -- Getting the right fit -- Couture techniques
"Illustrated Guide to Sewing: Couture Techniques guides readers through the characteristics that separate basic sewing from couture such as a custom fit, meticulous handwork, and quality construction. Starting with an overview on important topics such as working with fine fabrics, custom fitting garments, and hand stitching, readers will go on to learn how to create one-of-a-kind fashions that have shape, strength, and beauty with close-up chapters on creating couture collars, necklines, sleeves, and more"--Publishers description
English text.
9781565235342
Sewing.
Dressmaking.
Tailoring (Women's)
CIR TT 519.5 / C68 2011
646.4'04 / C837 2011
Includes index
Premium fabrics -- Getting the right fit -- Couture techniques
"Illustrated Guide to Sewing: Couture Techniques guides readers through the characteristics that separate basic sewing from couture such as a custom fit, meticulous handwork, and quality construction. Starting with an overview on important topics such as working with fine fabrics, custom fitting garments, and hand stitching, readers will go on to learn how to create one-of-a-kind fashions that have shape, strength, and beauty with close-up chapters on creating couture collars, necklines, sleeves, and more"--Publishers description
English text.
9781565235342
Sewing.
Dressmaking.
Tailoring (Women's)
CIR TT 519.5 / C68 2011
646.4'04 / C837 2011