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Pub. Date
2021.
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Ahead of the Curve is the first sewing book to empower curvy and plus size women to feel body confident by sewing a wardrobe that fits. Don't change your body to fit your clothes - change your clothes to fit your body! Ahead of the Curve includes 5 basic garments patterns, which includes a pair of trousers, a t-shirt, a vest top and two dress designs. Jenny takes you through a series of Fit Clinics - tutorials and case studies demystifying the fitting...
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Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
158 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Description
Provides instructions for a dress, T-shirt, button-down shirt, A-line skirt, and pants (with four variations each), and explains how to take measurements, draft the patterns, choose fabrics, and add darts, waistbands, and details.
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Pub. Date
2002
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xi, 99 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 3 folded folded patterns
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A guide for those just beginning to learn to sew discusses sewing machines, patterns, terminology, pressing, and includes instructions and patterns for sewing an envelope pillow cover, a tote bag, and a skirt.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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If you've never used a sewing machine before, or if you want to refresh your skills, Sew Step by Step gives you the essentials. Taking you through the basics, including the features of a sewing machine and the qualities of different fabrics, this simple handbook will soon have you making and mending your own clothes and home furnishings.
15) Prairie lotus
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Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost...
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For fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Joanna Goodman, a mesmerizing historical novel from the bestselling author of Not Our Kind about three women in post-World War I New York City and the secrets they hold. Brooklyn 1919. As New York City continues to reel from the losses of both World War I and the deadly influenza epidemic, the lives of three very different women are about to take an unexpected turn. Recently arrived from New Orleans,...
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House of Serendipity volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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At Serendipity House, a grand mansion in 1920s London, two girls, one living downstairs as a servant and the other living in wealth upstairs, combine their fashion designing and dressmaking talents to secretly make outfits for the debutante ball and help one attendee who wants to escape high-society life.
19) Cartas de Cuba
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"La inspiradora historia de una joven judía que escapa de Polonia para rehacer su vida en Cuba, mientras trabaja para rescatar al resto de su familia. La situación se está poniendo terrible para los judíos en Polonia en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El padre de Esther ha huido a Cuba y ella es la primera en seguir sus pasos y reencontrarse con él en la isla. Vivir separada de su querida hermana es desgarrador, por lo que Esther...
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Pub. Date
2010
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144 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Sustainable sewing projects don't have to be scratchy hemp skirts and brown patchwork aprons - you could be making beautiful one-off pieces for yourself and your home from unique and unusual eco-friendly recycled or vintage fabrics. This book will guide readers through a series of 20 stylish sewing projects with a focus on sourcing and using sustainable fabrics. The projects teach different aspects of sewing, starting with making cushions from recycled...
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