- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Taunton Press (Jan 15 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1561581089
- ISBN-13: 978-1561581085
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 19.8 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #347,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Now you can sew beautiful blouses every time. Easy Guide to Sewing Blouses will lead you through each step of making a blouse that fits and flatters. You'll learn how to choose the right pattern, find the fabric that suits it best, and put the two together. Packed with techniques and tips that most patterns don't tell you about, this book will help you learn skills you'll use every time you sew, including how to choose a flattering pattern; understand the back of a pattern envelope; customize your pattern for a better fit; work with silky, sheer, and other difficult fabrics; know which interfacing to use; add details that give your blouse a ready-to-wear look; get a perfectly pointed collar; set in a sleeve; and make an elegant button loop that actually fits the button; . Whatever your skill level, Easy Guide to Sewing Blouses will help you produce stylish garments with ready-to-wear quality and a personal fit.
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A step-by-step guide for making beautiful blouses with a ready-to-wear look that also flatter and fit. The author shows sewers her techniques and methods for creating their own stylish, custom-sewn blouses. Readers will learn how to choose patterns, select fabrics that suit them best, and confidently customize and sew professional-looking blouses. 161 full-color photos. 16 drawings.
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Pattern shopping is filled with possibilities, and there are lots of wonderful blouse styles to choose from. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Pattern shopping is filled with possibilities, and there are lots of wonderful blouse styles to choose from. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very helpful book!,
By happy lady "cyn_the_win" (Provo, UT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Easy Guide to Sewing Blouses (Paperback)
I can't say enough about Chapter 4 in this book, entitled, "The Best Sewing Techniques." I have already used this chapter to make a blouse. The author's instructions are SUPERIOR to those of pattern manufacturers. I've never taken a class on shirts/blouses and have always relied on the instructions included in a pattern. Not this time around! I used the author's detailed and very easy to understand instructions along with the beautifully detailed colored photos to construct a blouse just this week. The biggest difference in this shirt and others I've made is definitely the collar and facing. Makes you wonder why pattern companys don't let you in on these VERY EASY changes we can all make to make our blouses look tailored instead of homemade.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect companion to David Page Coffin's Shirtmaking,
By pitsam (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Easy Guide to Sewing Blouses (Paperback)
Currently my favorite sewing book. Make that my favorite book. It's very useful for sewing shirts as well as blouses. The most useful chapter is no.4, The Best Sewing Techniques. As opposed to Mr. Coffin's illustrations, (another excellent book) this one has very clear color photographs of each technique and it's various steps. Her techniques appear to come from the within the industry and should be part of any serious sewer's arsenal. The instructions are some of the clearest I've come across. Don't sew another yoked shirt/blouse until you've looked at the technique shown here. Ms. Long's work, shown as examples, is absolutely flawless. The beauty is in the crisp execution of details such as welt pockets and plackets. This book inspires me to improve and perfect my sewing skills towards that of Connie Long's.
5.0 out of 5 stars
very informative book,
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This review is from: Easy Guide to Sewing Blouses (Paperback)
In 15 years of amateur home sewing, I've always avoided blouses because I could never make them look good. I'm looking forward to trying the techniques in this book. They seem to address exactly the problems I've always had.
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