Download Fabric Savvy full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Fabric Savvy ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
| Author | : Sandra Betzina |
| Publisher | : Taunton |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Dressmaking materials |
| ISBN | : 9781561585731 |
The fabric-lover's guide to cloth offers preshrinking instructions and advice on layout, marking, interfacing, and hemming.
| Author | : Sandra Betzina |
| Publisher | : Taunton Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781631868412 |
"All new fabric savvy takes the guesswork out of choosing the best fabric for any sewing project. Each of the 107 fabrics features detailed information on laying out, marking, and cutting the fabric; choosing the best thread, needle, stitch length, and presser foot; pressing; finish details; and more"--Back cover.
| Author | : Sandra Betzina |
| Publisher | : Taunton |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781561586622 |
A new edition of the best-selling fabric guide includes all-new updated information on the selection of the best fabrics for a variety of projects and how to make the most of them, including new tips and more than three hundred color photographs.
| Author | : Nicole Mallalieu |
| Publisher | : C&T Publishing Inc |
| Total Pages | : 106 |
| Release | : 2017-11-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1617453129 |
A fashion expert’s techniques, tips, and tricks for transforming your favorite garment patterns—one small detail at a time! Add or remove pockets. Adjust the neckline. Create new cuffs. Swap a zippered back to a button front. With step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and how-to photos in this guide, you’ll learn professional design alterations for your favorite men’s, women’s, and children’s commercial sewing patterns. Whether you have basic sewing skills or are a confident dressmaker, you can learn to be your own fashion designer! “Each chapter focuses on a specific topic, and Mallalieu provides a concise explanation and expert tips, as well as numerous diagrams and photographs . . . Skilled sewists interested in altering their favorite patterns will find an abundance of advice.” —Library Journal
| Author | : Mood Designer Fabrics |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 503 |
| Release | : 2015-09-01 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 161312872X |
“Designers, we’re going to Mood!” More than 10 years ago, Tim Gunn and Project Runway introduced millions of viewers to New York’s ultimate fabric mecca, Mood Fabrics. Now, the experts behind this fabric power- house bring their fabric and fashion know-how—plus their behind-the-scenes stories—to the sewing public. The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion is the ultimate guide for home-sewers, fashion students, aspiring designers, and Project Runway fans who want to learn everything they need to know to choose and use quality fabric. Drawing upon the expertise of the Mood staff, the book teaches readers the fundamentals—from where fabric is produced to the ins and outs of its construction—and features a fabric-by-fabric guide to cottons and other plant fibers, wools, silks, knits, and other specialty fabrics.
| Author | : Claire Shaeffer |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2003-11-10 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1440220336 |
Fabric Basics at Your Fingertips Have you ever wished you could call an expert and ask for a five-minute explanation on the particulars of a fabric you are sewing? Claire Shaeffer provides this key information for 88 of today's most popular fabrics. In this handy, easy-to-follow reference, she guides you through all the basics while providing hints, tips, and suggestions base don her 20-plus years as a college instructor, pattern designers, and author. In each concise chapter, Claire shares fabric facts, design ideas, workroom secrets, and her sewing checklist, as well as her sewability classification to advice you on the difficulty of sewing each fabric. Color photographs offer further ideas. The succeeding sections offer sewing techniques and advice on needles, threads, stabilizers, and interfacings. Claire's unique fabric/fiber dictionary cross-reference over 600 additional fabrics. An invaluable reference for any one who sews, Sew Any Fabric provides practical, clear information for novices and inspiration for more experienced sewers who are looking for new ideas and techniques.
| Author | : Nicole Vasbinder |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2012-01-07 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1620337312 |
Even the best sewists will encounter problems, snags, and little glitches in their work. Expert sewist and author Nicole Vasbinder's Sewing Solutions is an indispensable reference filled with invaluable advice you can trust. Organized by stages, you'll find: • Detailed advice for the sewing process, including pros and cons, and basic considerations of working in each step. • An easy-to-follow layout providing basic information as well as step-by-step techniques for making bias tape, sewing trims, buttonholes, zippers, hems, and more. • Easy-tonavigate color-coded cross-references available for quick referencing. • Troubleshooting tips that advise how to deal with every sewing situation. Whether choosing the right tools, reading patterns correctly, or everything in between, Sewing Solutions will prove to be an essential sewing companion.
| Author | : Kate Henderson |
| Publisher | : Martingale |
| Total Pages | : 214 |
| Release | : 2014-01-14 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 1604683767 |
This exciting collection features fresh, bright designs inspired by traditional blocks, as well as a few all-new block designs. Discover a wide variety of patterns for everyone from novices to experts--at a terrific value. Use convenient precut 2 1/2" strips or dive into your stash--and create a quilt that's uniquely your own Select from 18 fun projects and try new techniques such as flying geese, half-square triangles, triangle corners, chain piecing, and strip piecing Enhance your quilt design by making clever use of leftover strips in pieced borders and scrappy bindings
| Author | : Ingrid Johnson |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 124 |
| Release | : 2015-09-24 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1628926570 |
J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit, 11th Edition reinforces the study of textiles for students in fashion design, merchandising, interior design, product development and home furnishings. The kit contains 114 (2"x 3") fabric samples, a fabric key, 40 special assignments, heavy-weight sample sheets to mount and analyze fabrics, and a pick glass - all contained in a three-ring binder. The swatches are organized in the order in which they are covered in the text: fibers, yarns, weaves, knits, dyeing, printing and finishes. Swatches represent the types of fabrics currently available to fashion and interior designers in the field, making this resource an excellent addition to any professional library. ~The text contains instructions and a new video tutorial that takes students through the process of assembling their swatch kit and using a pick glass. ~A Fabric Key identifies the swatches by number and fabric name, description and fiber content. ~Assignments are designed to reinforce the text and classroom lectures and have been developed by FIT instructors to broaden student's understanding of key concepts in textiles through hands-on labs and problem solving activities. ~Students will successfully develop keen observation, analysis and report writing skills. ~Fabric Science Swatch Kit is an ideal companion to Fabric Science, 11th Edition (ISBN 9781501395369) or can also be used alone or in conjunction with any textiles textbook. New to this Edition ~New STUDIO includes a new video tutorial explaining how to assemble the Swatch Kit and use a pick glass ~New smart textiles, performance fabrics, knits, and sustainable swatches added to the kit ~Instructor's Resources now include a new Fabric Sample Answer Sheet with filled-in fabric pages for easy grading Fabric Science Swatch Kit STUDIO Resources ~Review concepts with fabric flashcards including 10x magnified views of all swatches and fabric details ~Watch videos with step-by-step demonstrations on how to compile the swatch kit ~Access a Quick Fabric Swatch Guide featuring each of the 114 swatches with its name and number Instructor's Resources ~ Instructor's Swatch Set including 7" x 12" samples of each fabric (ISBN 9781501313677) ~ Instructor's Guide ~ Fabric Sample Answer Sheet PDF with filled-in fabric pages for easy grading ~ PowerPoint Presentations including front, back and 10x magnified views of each fabric swatch PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing ISBN 9781628926576 does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please purchase the Book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501316517. STUDIO Instant Access (ISBN 9781501316692) can also be purchased or rented separately on www.BloomsburyFashionCentral.com.
| Author | : Deborah Moebes |
| Publisher | : Krause Publications |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2012-12-22 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781440229473 |
5 tracks x 5 projects x Loads of Versatile Techniques = 25 Awesome Projects to Master Sewing! In Stitch Savvy, there are 5 tracks (home decor, handbags, kids' items, quilting and clothing), and each track has 5 projects that start simple and build up your skills. But wait, there's more! Cross-referenced techniques allow you to skip around and explore certain skills. (You loved the box pleats in the Sashiko curtains? Check out the A-line skirt with the peek-a-boo pleat!) So customize your sewing education! Work your way through all the Home Decor projects--from simple to more advanced. Want to ease into sewing? Start with the Level 1 projects in each track. Love piping? Jump from track to track to explore all the ways you can use piping. This book is designed specifically to allow you to grow your skills, pursue projects you crave and test the waters outside your comfort zone--and make some seriously cute projects as you do. BONUS CD includes 13 PDF patterns for apparel, accessories and home decor, quilting guides and more!
