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to make your own clothes but think it looks too hard? Here
are fifteen projects for simple pieces that will fill your
wardrobe and teach you all the basics of dressmaking.
As it says on the cover inside this book you can find "patterns,
tutorials, tips and advice." Find out what you need to
buy to stock a basic sewing box, get to grips with your sewing
machine and practice basic skills such as darts, zips, pleats
and gathers. The patterns themselves are downloadable; just
print them out in sections and glue them together, then cut
them out. This saves buying a lot of patterns and the instructions
in here are more accessible to a total tyro. There are pages
of layouts too, with advice about sizes. The garments themselves
are either fairly loose or semi-fitted, with sizes ranging
from 10-18. All are pretty classic, and each garment comes
with advice on which figure type it suits best, a couple of
alternative ways of styling it and photos as well as illustrated
instructions. Choose from an A-line skirt, smocked sundress,
baby doll dress, circle skirt, pleated skirt, etc. and upcycle
existing garments with the men's shirt, a skirt and a T-shirt
dress. Many of the garments might appeal more to the younger
stitcher, or at least the young at heart but there is nothing
too quirky in here, nor anything that will date too badly.
If you cannot find a good range of dressmaking materials
locally try www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers.
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