The Dressmaker's Technique Bible: A complete guide to fashion sewing - Softcover

Knight, Lorna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896896943 ISBN 13: 9780896896949

Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Construction techniques, tips for working from a pattern, suggestions for fabrics, and applying embellishments are provided in a colorful guide with more than five hundred photos for creating basic and couture garments of various shapes and styles.

About this title

About the Author:

Lorna Knight specialized in textiles at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh. After working as a designer’s assistant, she spent ten years teaching Design and Technology in middle schools in the UK before setting up a business designing and making lingerie and running workshops teaching a wide range of sewing skills. She continues to run workshops that involve passing on hints and tips from both the couture and high street fashion worlds, enabling her students to create their own garments and projects. Lorna also writes regularly for Sewing World magazine and has contributed to many sewing books and other fashion sewing publications. She is also the author of The Sewing Stitch and Textile Bible (Krause). She resides in Edinburgh, Scotland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0896896943
• ISBN 13: 9780896896949
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 256