Dressmaking : the complete step-by-step guide to making your own clothes / Alison Smith.

Author: Smith, Alison (Alison Victoria).

Edition: 1st American ed.

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : DK Publishing, 2012.

ISBN: 9780756698201
0756698200

Description: 320 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject: Dressmaking.
Tailoring (Women's).
Sewing.
Clothing and dress.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: Tools & materials -- Basic sewing kit -- Needles and pins -- Threads -- Measuring and marking tools -- Cutting tools -- Notions -- Useful extras -- Sewing machine -- Serger -- Pressing aids -- Fabrics -- Wool fabrics -- Cotton fabrics -- Silk fabrics -- Linen fabrics -- Synthetic fabrics -- Patterns & cutting out -- Reading patterns -- Body measuring -- Altering patterns -- Making a toile -- Cutting out -- General techniques -- Stitches for hand sewing -- Machine stitches and seams -- Reducing seam bulk -- Darts -- Gathers -- Interfacings -- Facings -- Collars -- Waistbands -- Sleeves -- Pockets -- Hemlines -- Zippers -- Buttons -- Hooks and eyes and snaps -- Garments -- The skirts -- Classic A-line skirt -- Button front A-line skirt -- Classic tailored skirt -- Tailored evening skirt -- Classic pleated skirt -- Topstitched pleated skirt -- The dresses -- Classic shift dress -- Short-sleeved shift dress -- Square-neck shift dress -- Sleeveless shift dress -- Short sleeveless shift dress -- Classic waisted dress -- Short-sleeved waisted dress -- Sleeveless waisted dress -- Waisted cocktail dress -- Classic empire waist dress -- Sleeveless empire waist dress -- Long empire waist dress -- The pants -- Classic tailored pants -- Tapered capri pants -- Classic palazzo pants -- Wide-leg shorts -- The tops -- Classic shell top -- Tie-neck top -- Long-sleeved tunic -- Classic princess-line blouse -- Short-sleeved blouse -- The jackets -- Classic boxy jacket -- Boxy jacket with collar -- Classic shawl collar jacket -- Lined shawl collar jacket -- Mending & repairs -- Unpicking stitches -- Darning a hole -- Repairing fabric under a button -- Repairing a damaged buttonhole -- Mending a split in a seam -- Mending a tear with a fusible patch -- Repairing or replacing elastic -- Repairing a broken zipper -- Customizing -- Lengthening a skirt with a contrast band -- Turning jeans into a skirt -- Adding a collar and pockets to a dress -- Embellishing a dress with sequins and beads -- Embellishing a T-shirt with flowers -- Adding a ribbon trim to a cardigan -- Patterns.