The Dressmaking Book - Alison Smith

From Dorling Kindersley, The Dressmaking Book by Alison Smith is a hardback guide designed to help you design, create and customise your own clothes with confidence. This updated edition refreshes the look and brings together clear, easy-to-follow instruction for every stage of clothes-making, making it a considered choice for anyone building a more personal wardrobe.

Inside, you’ll find more than 80 step-by-step techniques, guidance on choosing fabrics for different projects, and a range of machine sewing techniques to try. The book also includes 13 downloadable patterns that can be adapted to create more than 30 garments, with projects spanning classic dresses, skirts, tops, trousers and jackets. Alongside making new pieces, it also shares ideas for refreshing and reinventing older clothes.

Key features

• More than 80 step-by-step techniques
• 13 downloadable patterns, adaptable to create more than 30 garments
• Step-by-step guides for dresses, skirts, tops, trousers and jackets
• Guidance on choosing fabrics for different projects
• Includes machine sewing techniques
• Ideas for refreshing and reinventing old clothes

Specifications

• Author: Alison Smith
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 304
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 3 February 2021
• Illustrations: Colour illustrations
• ISBN: 9780241459737

Sizing

229 x 276 x 24 mm

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