Fashion Sewing for Everyone

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Margolis, Adele P.

Crafts & Hobbies

DOUBLEDAY

Hardcover, detail oriented to help you make better fitting clothing. Darts, bodice, slacks, skirts.

Design Your Own Dress Patterns

Bantam/Doubleday/Dell

1971 Doubleday &amp; Co. First fly page has been removed. Clean and unmarked, tightly bound, brown boards. Dust jacket is a mess and only "acceptable", has been repared with tape, not price clipped. Proceeds benefit Oro Valley Public Library.

Design Your Own Dress Patterns: A Primer in Pattern Making for Women Who Like to Sew

Clothes that fit can be an art. Many attempt to achieve the look, but fall short. This guide will help a seamstress take the task of creating designs that not only look like a million bucks, but fit like it too.

How to Make Clothes That Fit and Flatter

ABOUT THIS BOOK -- Adele Margolis' classic The Complete Book of Tailoring was originally released in the early 1960's with a slightly different title. In 1978 she released this, the revised and enlarged edition. BOOK DETAILS -- cloth over boards; released with dustjacket; 462 pp; b&amp;w illustrations throughout. TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS -- Find the Fabric, Fabric and Pattern Coordinated, Tools, The Character of Cloth and How to Utilize It, Layout Logic, The Shape of Fashion, And Sew a Fine Seam, Special Fabrics, Henming Ways, Classic Tailoring is a Many-Layered Thing, Stripped-Down: Unstructured, Unlined.

The Complete Book of Tailoring

DOUBLEDAY COMPANY

All your sewing questions answered! The book has over 1000 how-to entries arranged in alphabetical order with detailed step-by-step illustrations.

Encyclopedia of Sewing

Covers geometric patterns, darts, pattern modifications, seams, necklines, pockets, collars, sleeves, closings, and finishing

Make Your Own Patterns: A Primer in Pattern Making for Those Who Like to Sew

Parenting & Relationships

"Anyone who can work through the labyrinthian directions for sewing that accompany the commercial pattern can surely learn the comparatively simple and clear rules for pattern making," says nationally acclaimed sewing expert Adele Margolis. Her profusely illustrated primer allows you to create your own fashionable patterns and personalized commercial patterns. You'll learn how to design and execute everything from skirts, dresses, and blouses to sportswear, jackets, and children's clothing. You'll also find tips for: shaping fabric to your figure; mastering the art of flares, flounces, pleats, and tucks; creating fashionable necklines, pretty pockets, stylish sleeves, and much more. Simple step-by-step directions and more than 1,000 illustrations show how to successfully complete apparel for work, home, and play that reflects your personal style and taste.

Make Your Own Dress Patterns: With over 1,000 how-to illustrations: A Primer in Patternmaking for Those Who Like to Sew (Dover Crafts: Clothing Design)

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Dover Publications

Combining the convenience of a dictionary with the instructiveness of an encyclopedia, this one-of-a-kind reference has the answers to all your sewing questions. With a wide range of reference topics, this encyclopedia will quickly become a favored resource for answering in-the-moment puzzles as well as more in-depth study. With more than 1,000 alphabetized how-to entries and detailed step-by-step instructions, The Encyclopedia of Sewing covers a wide range of methods and common problems – from basic garment construction to inserting zippers, sewing hems, working with difficult fabrics and more. Written by Adele Margolis, a well-respected and fun-to-read source of tailoring knowledge for generations, this comprehensive and timeless guide belongs in every sewer’s home. Includes over 3,000 illustrations for “at a glance” reference for any situation!

Echo Point Books & Media

The Easy-to-Follow Classic Guide to Turn Your Designs into Working Patterns 
"Anyone who can work through the labyrinthian directions for sewing that accompany the commercial pattern can surely learn the comparatively simple and clear rules for pattern making,"-Adele P. Margolis, renowned sewing expert.Overflowing with useful information, this primer offers simple instructions for converting your own designs into working patterns. Written by Adele Margolis, a nationally-acclaimed expert in pattern making, tailoring and dressmaking, this must-have guide will take you step-by-step through darts, sleeves, necklines, closings and silhouettes. With Margolis's guidance, you will quickly learn how to use this information to create your own custom-made patterns.Applicable to every type of fashion, and featuring more than 1,000 illustrations-from skirts and dresses to sportswear and jackets-How to Design Your Own Dress Patterns will help you easily shape your fabric to your figure, creating fashionable necklines, mastering the art of flares, flounces, pleats and so much more. 
This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1635610931).

How to Design Your Own Dress Patterns: A primer in pattern making for women who like to sew

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Fashion Sewing for Everyone

Design Your Own Dress Patterns

Design Your Own Dress Patterns: A Primer in Pattern Making for Women Who Like to Sew

How to Make Clothes That Fit and Flatter

The Complete Book of Tailoring

Encyclopedia of Sewing

Make Your Own Patterns: A Primer in Pattern Making for Those Who Like to Sew

Make Your Own Dress Patterns: With over 1,000 how-to illustrations: A Primer in Patternmaking for Those Who Like to Sew (Dover Crafts: Clothing Design)

Encyclopedia of Sewing

How to Design Your Own Dress Patterns: A primer in pattern making for women who like to sew