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Vogue Sewing Book, Revised Edition

Hard Cover, Vogue Patterns, 1975, 464 Pages + Color Plates
Book is good condition, except for dust jacket which is brittle and
torn.

Fully updated and expanded
Now over 500 pages.
Covers menswear for the first time.
Offers detailed guidance on working with today's "problem" fabrics.
Makes professional looking results easier to achieve than ever before.
Answers virtually any question you've ever had?or ever will have?about
fashion sewing.
Gives you today's best solutions to hundreds of sewing problems.
Equally helpful to beginners and experienced sewers.

Making your own beautiful clothes can be a lot easier than you might
think. Even supposedly "difficult" styles and fabrics present no
problem, when you know the surprisingly simple techniques and short-cuts
professional tailors and dressmakers use.
These professional methods are yours in this revised edition of the
world's most comprehensive sewing book. Its 524 pages are crammed with
easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance on fabrics, colors, silhouettes,
patterns and accessories. Today's latest fashion sewing techniques are
fully described, in sufficient detail so that even a beginner can
achieve professional-looking results quickly and easily.

Experienced sewers, too, will find this expanded and updated edition of
The Vogue Sewing Book indispensable. It includes all the best, most
creative solutions to hundreds of practical sewing problems.
Menswear, covered here for the first time

You'll find a complete section on the special sewing methods required
for today's men's fashions. Included for the first time in The Vogue
Sewing Book, this specialized coverage emphasizes the differences
between sewing for men and for women. It gives you all the basic
tailoring information you need to produce pants, jackets and shirts of
designer quality.
Now, all the help you need with "problem" fabrics

A greatly expanded section in this edition explores the problems
commonly associated with today's popular new fabrics, and shows you the
surest and simplest solutions. You need never again feel reluctant to
include the loveliest knits, sheers, laces, taffetas, velvets, metallics
and beaded fabrics in your fashion-sewing repertoire.

The whole idea behind the Revised Edition of The Vogue Sewing Book is to
give you easier, fuller, more enjoyable access to the whole world of
fashion sewing. And there's no other book in the world that can do it as
well.

Contents

Book I: The Fashion Game
Fashion Sewing as an Art Form
Your Figure Analysis
The Wonderful World of Fabrics
The Language of Fabrics
The Undercover Story
Notions?Indispensable Sewing Accessories

Book II: Your Pattern Profile
Introducing .. .
Pattern Prospectus
Your Perfect Sewing Tool

Book III: Creating Fashion for the Individualist
Your Complete Sewing Handbook
The Simple Truth About Impeccable Tailoring
The Added Elegance of Fur
The Custom Touch?Couture Techniques
Trims?The Mark of the Creative Seamstress

Book IV: A Man's Approach to Fashion
Creating Fashion for Men
Menswear Sewing: Pure & Simple
Book V : Niceties and Necessities
Planning A Creative Environment
Tools to Satisfy Every Sewing Need
The Vocabulary of Fashion
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