Women who prefer making dresses for themselves, but are curvy and full-bodied, are all too aware of the limitations that are part of working with commercial patterns
Dressmaking for Real Women : How to Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns to Flatter the Curves You Want to Keep and Drape the Ones You Don't available on February 15 2024 from BiggerBooks for 19.98
Dressmaking For Real Women: How To Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns To Flatter The Curves You Want To Keep And Drape The Ones Y available on November 14 2015 from Indigo for 27.5
Dressmaking for Real Women : How to Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns to Flatter the Curves You Want to Keep and Drape the Ones You Don't available on April 16 2015 from ECampus for 17.91
ISBN bar code 9781438000954 ξ1 registered February 15 2024
ISBN bar code 9781438000954 ξ2 registered November 14 2015
ISBN bar code 9781438000954 ξ3 registered July 21 2013
Product category is Dressmaking for Real Women : How to Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns to Flatter the Curves You Want to Keep and Drape the Ones You Don't, 9781438000954, Book, Textbook Book
This book shows them how to take a standard commercial pattern intended for a larger size, then cut it back and make the kinds of adjustments that will result in a stylish garment with a flattering fit. They will learn to-- Measure their figure accurately and recognize details in the pattern that require correcting Make accurate adjustments at every strategic point, including shoulders, necklines, busts, sleeves, armholes, waist, and hips Add their own original features to personalize the pattern, such as collars, cuffs, and decorative details Select the best fabrics for their garment''s drape or structure Dressmaking for Real Women also provides a refresher course on general sewing techniques. Printed in full-color throughout, the book features more than 400 instructive illustrations.
^Knight, Lorna (2014). Dressmaking for Real Women : How to Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns to Flatter the Curves You Want to Keep and Drape the Ones You Don't, Barrons Educational Series Inc. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9781438000954 (revised Feb 2024)
^Dressmaking For Real Women: How To Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns To Flatter The Curves You Want To Keep And Drape The Ones YIndigo. ISBN 9781438000954 (revised Nov 2015)
^ (2013). Dressmaking for Real Women : How to Adapt Your Store-bought Patterns to Flatter the Curves You Want to Keep and Drape the Ones You Don'tECampus. ISBN 9781438000954 (revised Apr 2015)