Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket

Tailoring is the complete photo guide to sewing jackets and coats.

Written by sewing professionals, this book teaches the trusted, proven methods for sewing tailored jackets with impeccable details and perfect fit. Written for the intermediate sewer who wants to move on to more challenging projects, this book ensures success with detailed, step-by-step instructions, more than 400 photos, in-depth discussions about products and how to use them.

Tailoring offers guidance for every aspect of tailoring a jacket:

• Fitting and pattern alteration
• Fabrics and tools
• Interfacings
• Interlinings
• Seams and finishes
• Hand stitches
• Collars
• Pressing
• Topstitching
• Shaping shoulders
• Setting in sleeves
• Sewing pockets
• Vents, and
• Making perfect buttonholes

ISBN-13: 9781589236097

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Quarry Books

Publication Date: 05-01-2011

Pages: 128

Product Dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.40(d)

The editors of Creative Publishing international have created dozens of the best-selling books on home improvement, landscaping, home decorating, sewing, crafting, hunting and fishing, and photography. All books are exhaustively researched, written, photographed, and edited by veteran staff members with years of experience in their areas of expertise.

Table of Contents

Contents
How to Use This Book 
Making Selections 
The Standards of Tailoring 
Selecting a Pattern 
Selecting a Tailoring Fabric 
Interfacings for Tailoring 
Selecting Linings 
Special Notions for Tailoring 
Tip & Tools 
Cutting & Marking Tools 
Pressing Equipment 
Tools & Stitches for Handwork 
Before You Sew 
Getting a Good Fit 
Marking a Test Garment 
Preparing the Pattern 
Preparing the Fabric
Tailoring Techniques 
Constructing the Jacket 
Shaping the Undercollar 
Shaping the Jacket Front 
Shaping the Jacket Back 
Tailoring a Notched Collar 
Tailoring a Shawl Collar 
Tailoring Pockets 
Tailoring Sleeves 
Tailored Hems
Finishing Techniques 
Linings 
Interlining a Jacket or Coat 
Partially Lined Jackets 
Topstitching 
Buttons & Buttonholes 
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