Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, and Adriana Trigiani, The Dress Shop of Dreams is a captivating novel of enduring hopes, second chances, and the life-changing magic of true love. Since her parents' mysterious deaths many years ago, scientist Cora Sparks has spent her days in the safety of her university lab or at her grandmother Etta's dress shop. Tucked away on a winding Cambridge street, Etta's charming tiny store appears quite...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book is written to teach 12-16-year-old girls how to sew garments for themselves. It is a very thorough resource that includes information and techniques (divided into 4 skill-building instructional chapters) for how to make clothes that have a professional store-bought look; also includes choosing the perfect fabric and how to modify patterns to design your own clothes. Each chapter includes a project at the end to use the techniques learned...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"In Sewing Love, a follow-up to our 2016 hit hybrid sewing book with personal essays, Sewing Happiness, Sanae Ishida guides readers on a journey to loving the body they have right now as they learn to sew beautiful, simple handmade clothes." --
"Draft patterns and sew clothes that fit your unique body! In this garment-making primer, sewing is an act of radical kindness and self-care. Learning to sew for yourself enables you to make exactly the kinds...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In First Time Garment Fitting, sewing and design expert Sarah Veblen takes you by the hand and teaches you everything you need to know to adapt patterns so you can sew garments that fit just right. With detailed descriptions of essential tools and techniques, the easy step-by-step instructions will have you altering patterns and sewing tops, pants, and skirts that fit you to a T in no time. The projects introduce key skills you'll use again and again...
Author
Series
Last-but-not-least Lola volume 4
Language
English
Description
"In her fourth hilarious adventure, good-hearted Lola can't help getting into trouble. Her friends are all traveling for the Thanksgiving holidays, so she offers to dog-sit--but fails to mention this to Mom, who is desperately trying to finish a batch of Lola dresses for a new client. Now Lola is juggling her dog-sitting responsibilities with her worries. Will her parents discover the growing knot in her hair and cause her excruciating pain brushing...
70) Daddy dressed me
Author
Language
English
Description
Choosing to recite a poem for Move Up Day in her kindergarten class, Ava gets the confidence she needs with the help of her Daddy and the one-of-a-kind dress he has created for this special occasion.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 22
Language
English
Description
"When Mia reads about a Design-a-Dress contest in a magazine for "budding designers ages 12-16" she is excited. But she doesn't realize how much work designing--and sewing--a dress truly is until she starts on her contest entry. While Mia stresses out about all the work she has to do, she and Katie have an argument about, of all things, fashion preferences! Katie offers suggestions that don't really go with the outfit Mia has in mind. And when Mia...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Mend, rethink, transform, recreate! Mending your favorite fabric items-from jeans to sweaters to sofa covers-becomes a true art form in Stylish Mending. In this book, mending guru Hikaru Noguchi shows you her entire range of valuable techniques--from embroidery and patching to darning and felting--that are just challenging enough for experienced menders. Noguchi's basic rules of mending are that the repair should suit the fabric and its user, and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Start with the basics--a button-up shirt, trousers, a pencil skirt, fitted tee, camisole, wrap dress, and jacket--then try the hacks: fun modifications for eighteen more garments. Next, mix and match your way to more than one hundred gorgeous looks! Renowned for her extraordinary style and size-inclusive patterns, Mimi G presents seven basic patterns and all the instruction you need to sew unforgettable clothes that will fit for your individual shape...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
"Whether you are just learning how to sew or want to reignite your excitement for sewing, How to Sew Clothes makes sewing feel possible. Amelia and Amy's illustrated guidance and conversational how-tos feel just like an inviting, in-person workshop. This book will have you wanting to sew every project (and will give you all the tools to make it happen)"--
Author
Language
English
Description
If you've ever watched Project Runway and wished you were a contestant, or you're simply ready to take your sewing to a new level, Design-It-Yourself Clothes teaches you the fundamentals of modern patternmaking so that you, too, can create your own inspired clothing. Until now, the aspiring DIY fashionista has been hard-pressed to find self-teaching tools other than dry textbooks or books with outdated looks. Finally, in Design-It-Yourself Clothes,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Is the one reference every sewer needs. Its 352 pages and 1,200 photographs cover every aspect of fashion and décor sewing. Choose the right tools and notions, use conventional machines and sergers, perfect your fashion sewing and tailoring, and produce lovely home décor projects. Step-by-step instructions for basic projects like pillows, tablecloths, and window treatments are included. Both beginning and highly skilled sewers will turn to this...
79) Sewing 101
Series
Language
English
Description
"Beginner's guide to sewing, teaching all the basic techniques through easy projects. Includes DVD-ROM"--Provided by publisher.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request