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evafriedel

For the sewing geeks...

Nov 14, 2007 00:07

Today I've been looking through this sewing book I picked up at Half-Priced Books last week... which I love. It's Clotilde's Sew Smart. (ISBN 0-9748217-0-5) It's sort of what I think my text book should have been like for Intro to Costume Construction. It's got a lot of really basic things like how to sew what kind of fabrics, selecting a ( Read more... )

costuming, sewing

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nealeinvan November 14 2007, 13:30:40 UTC

how exciting for you, i lok very forward to seegn what your creativity creates. good girl!

evafriedel November 14 2007, 19:34:57 UTC

The first outfits that go up for sale are most probably going to be some Dollshe boy-sized things. (Kilts ahoy....) But I swear there will be some period outfits coming up too. I mean, heck, I already have the basket hoop pattern worked out... I think that's the hardest part really.

wcwh2opolo November 14 2007, 13:45:48 UTC

Thanks for posting the ISB!! I think I may look ino grabbing a copy since I don't know any professional garment finishing methods, and what I tend to do looks VERY home made although passable.

evafriedel November 14 2007, 19:30:30 UTC

I think it's great for being a fraction of the price of my sewing text books, and used it's about the same on Amazon as what I paid for it at Half-Price. Some of the tailoring techniques are a little hard to follow, but it's FANTASTIC, because it has tons of nice little things like various machine and hand-finished hem instructions, and they're very easy to follow. Great for my brain-fart days when I swear I think I have Alzheimer's or something.