Illustrated Guide to Sewing: Couture Techniques: The Home Sewing Guide to Creating Designer Looks

Learn sewing methods that will never fall out of fashion! Sew your own couture designs! We've all admired the work of top fashion designers. Couture techniques can be seen on the red carpet and the runways of New York, Paris, and Milan. You can't pick up Vogue, InStyle, or Elle from the newsstand without being amazed and inspired. These couture garments are made of the finest fabrics and craftsmanship with exquisite fit and impeccable seams. How do dressmakers and tailors do it? How do they create such elegant, bespoke fashion? Now, thanks to the Illustrated Guide to Sewing: Couture Techniques, you can create your own designer-quality apparel by learning the details that separate basic sewing from couture sewing...*Easy-to-follow instructions to guide you through basic steps *Photographs and drawings to walk you through the sewing process *The basics of couture techniques *Designed for experienced dressmakers looking to expand their knowledge and abilities. Let editor and experienced seamstress Peg Couch guide you through the methods of custom fitting and handwork that, when combined with high-quality fabrics, will result in your own specially-tailored couture design. You'll learn how to create amazing collars, necklines, sleeves, and much more. With Peg's advice, you will be able to craft your own one of a kind garments with the strength, shape and beauty of any runway dress or outfit!

Author: Fox Chapel Publishing, Colleen Dorsey
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 03/01/2011
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.99h x 7.53w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781565235342

About the Author
Fox Chapel Publishing: - Fox Chapel Publishing publishes books, magazines, patterns, and videos for do-it-yourself enthusiasts. We inspire and inform readers who enjoy a variety of crafts and hobbies, including woodworking, arts and crafts, home & garden, outdoor projects, cooking and much more. Our greatest joy comes from working with talented craftspeople to make their designs and techniques available for everyone who shares the love of creating things by hand. We publish two magazines, Woodcarving Illustrated and Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts, and have over 1000 backlist titles including Design Originals, Heliconia Press, and Plain White Press imprints.Couch, Peg: -

Peg Couch is editorial director at Fox Chapel Publishing, where she has served as editor for scores of illustrated how-to craft books, including Dutch Oven & Cast Iron Cooking, Spiked Desserts, Edible Party Bouquets, Grilling Gone Wild, Easy Campfire Cooking, and Cake Pops, Cupcakes & Other Petite Sweets. Fox Chapel Publishing crafts information for a hands-on world, by publishing high quality, tightly focused, and reasonably priced books.

Dorsey, Colleen: -

Colleen Dorsey is a writer specializing in the craft and hobby industry, and an editor at Design Originals and Fox Chapel Publishing. Colleen has edited books on many topics, including foam and paper crafts, jewelry making, and children's crafts. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in creative writing, and in her spare time she enjoys writing fiction, making jewelry, and upcycling findings into crafty new items.

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