Beschreibung:
"Tailoring "is the complete photo guide to sewing jackets and coats. Written by sewing professionals, this book teaches the trusted, proven methods for sewing tailored jackets with impeccable details and perfect fit. Written for the intermediate sewer who wants to move on to more challenging projects, this book ensures success with detailed, step-by-step instructions, more than 400 photos, in-depth discussions about products and how to use them. Tailoring offers guidance for every aspect of tailoring a jacket: fitting and pattern alteration, fabrics and tools, interfacings, interlinings, seams and finishes, hand stitches, collars, pressing, topstitching, shaping shoulders, setting in sleeves, sewing pockets, vents, and making perfect buttonholes.
Contents How to Use This Book Making Selections The Standards of Tailoring Selecting a Pattern Selecting a Tailoring Fabric Interfacings for Tailoring Selecting Linings Special Notions for Tailoring Tip & Tools Cutting & Marking Tools Pressing Equipment Tools & Stitches for Handwork Before You Sew Getting a Good Fit Marking a Test Garment Preparing the Pattern Preparing the Fabric Tailoring Techniques Constructing the Jacket Shaping the Undercollar Shaping the Jacket Front Shaping the Jacket Back Tailoring a Notched Collar Tailoring a Shawl Collar Tailoring Pockets Tailoring Sleeves Tailored Hems Finishing Techniques Linings Interlining a Jacket or Coat Partially Lined Jackets Topstitching Buttons & Buttonholes Index