tailoring

A color-illustrated comprehensive guide to sewing that presents step-by-step instructions for twenty projects and covers equipment and fabrics, cutting, stitches and seams, neckline finishes and collars, waistlines and belts, sleeves and sleeve finishes, pockets, hems, fastenings, tailoring, patchwork, and quilting.

Brief text and numerous illustrations and diagrams explain how to make, mend, and alter clothes.

Provides instructions, tips, and patterns for teenage girls who want to sew fashionable clothing, including skirts, tops, jackets, purses, and scarves.

A step-by-step guide to sewing from pattern selection to a finished garment.

Contains illustrated instructions to creating over 100 projects and fashions from T-shirts including customized tees, tank tops, skirts, handbags, and a patchwork blanket.

Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to create unique, stylish clothing out of items found at thrift stores, explaining how to rebuild and refashion various items that reflect the seamster's individuality and style.

Features numerous full-color photographs that highlight the characteristics of various historical and modern styles of Asian dress.