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Look over the shoulders of sewing experts as they show you how to cut and sew the professional way. From sample rooms to production sewing factories, the authors gleaned the best and the fastest garment-sewing techniques and treatments.
Sew fast. Sew smart. Make clothes that look better than ready-to-wear. Hundreds of step-by-step photographs and easy-to-understand directions help you:
* Master bound button holes
* Imitate professional seam finishes on your machine
* Create an innovative button placket
* Eliminate ease stitching and basting
* Sew a lined vest in three hours without any hand stitching
* Choose a pocket and waistband that's right for you
* Use industry techniques to interface like the pros
* Make clothing that fits perfectly no matter what your size
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Susan Huxley | | Hardcover: | 256 pages | | Publisher: | Rodale Books | | Publication Date: | April 15, 1996 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0875967191 | | Package Length: | 11.2 inches | | Package Width: | 8.7 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 14 reviews |
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16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent resource! Sep 16, 2005
This book is worth it's weight in gold! I have been sewing for many, many years and immediately found things in the book that I never knew about. Great pictures and explainations and worth getting for even the most skilled seamstress as you will most likely find something new in this book. The best by far of any sewing book I have purchased. Would recommend highly! A good "read"!
21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
some good ideas Mar 23, 2005
I wanted to know the techniques that make a garment look store bought rather than home made. This book had lots of great tips. No hand sewing at all.........why can't the pattern companies follow this lead ? Easy to read, quick reference information. My only complaint is the photographs can be a little difficult to see..............dark coloured fabric with dark coloured thread or perfectly matching threads so that you can't clearly see the example - should have used contrasting threads.
Anyway, I enjoyed it and would recomemend it.
Karen
35 of 35 found the following review helpful:
Great text for sewing students Jul 22, 2003
I am a sewing teacher at a college, and I discovered this book in the library as I was looking for texts to improve my skills and knowledge. I got so excited about the book that I read it from cover to cover. I am going to propose that we include this book as one of our textbooks for my Advanced Clothing Construction class to help them learn better sewing techniques and improve their skills. I like all the helpful hints throughout the book, as well as the alphabetical organization. I also like the pictures that show exactly how to measure yourself, and I think the book explains techniques pretty well. The only thing that I think needs improvement is that it is hard to see what they are illustrating in many of the photographs. The reason is because they used bright colored fabrics that look identical on the right and wrong sides, and the thread blends in so well that it is difficult to see. However, if you can follow directions, you can still understand how to do the techniques because their step-by-step directions are pretty good. I want to get one of these books for myself.
54 of 54 found the following review helpful:
Excellent, Most Complete Reference Feb 08, 2002
I've been sewing for over twenty years, and have authored over a dozen crafts and quilting books. Just yesterday I checked this book out of the library and am thrilled at this discovery and am here on Amazon to order a copy.
The book gets into much more detail than most texts, and answers little questions that other books don't touch. The depth reminds me of articles in Threads. Things like: how and when to use feed dogs to your advantage; the nitty gritty on prewashing and how to test; excellent illustrated fabric ID photos and instructions (for all those pieces of yardage we have stored away;) )...
This book is an excellent deal at Amazon's price (Why did another reviewer complain? And BTW, I checked out the plaid cuff in question--it wasn't opened up fully!) and will be a welcome--and much used--addition to the sewer's library.
27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
Good book for "intermediate/beginners" Aug 01, 2001
I'd still classify myself as a beginning sewer, but this book is very helpful. I've got a Singer Sewing book that has illustrations that are less clear, in my opinion. This book certainly doesn't take the place of a basic reference, but I'm pleased that I bought it, and I've been referring to it a lot. I consider this book a replacement for someone nearby who is an experienced sewer who would drop by my house and say things like, "you know, you can use invisible thread for that..." and things like that that I'd never know about otherwise. I do have to agree with the reviewer who said the colors of the fabric in the book are not the easiest to look at. As far as I can tell, this is true of all sewing books that include color photographs.
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