Dressmaking: The Easy Guide: Mix and match skirts, sleeves and necklines for over 80 stylish variations

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Find out more about layering here. 90dISBN: 9781782218913Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 06/19/2023Library Journal 07/01/2023 pg. 5"), hips 92-109cm (36-43"). 66 Essex Road, Islington, London N1 8LR This is the ultimate guide to how to make your own clothes even if you have never done so before. There are step-by-step instructions for 14 key dressmaking techniques such as setting in sleeves, creating pleats and sewing darts. These are accompanied by clear diagrams and photographs. There are fully graded paper patterns for all the garments so you can get started immediately. You can also choose to add a sweet, classic Peter Pan collar, or in-seam pockets, to your garment.

• Basic techniques needed are covered at the start of the book - including seam allowances, notches, cutting out, pinning, machine sewing and finishing.
• There are 4 style options each for sleeves and necklines, including a flared sleeve, a capped sleeve, a sweetheart neckline or a boatneck; and 5 skirt options, including a fitted pencil-style skirt, a zhuzhy circle skirt, and an A-Line, with or without pleats.
• The basic sewing kit you need is covered, as well as fabric advice and advice on lining.
• The 5 patterns can be put together to create 80 different dress styles; adapted to make 4 different skirts or 4 tops; or the pattern for the straight skirt can be joined to any of the bodice patterns to make a straight dress.
• You can even create a skirt as a separate, simply by adding a waistband or facing.
• You can also choose to add a sweet, classic Peter Pan collar, or in-seam pockets, to your garment.
• Nothing is left unexplained; and stunning images of the finished dresses, on a mannequin and on a model, are interspersed throughout the book to inspire your own finished pieces.