Fine Embellishment Techniques: Classic Details for Today's Clothing
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by: Jane Conlon
Topics include: handworked stitches, adjustable seam guide, beading tweezers, beaded buttons, baby piping, clear grid ruler, edgestitch foot, netted fringe, standard embroidery, binder attachment, tambour hook, pintuck foot, for tambour beading, flexible braid, adjustable zipper foot, flat bias, place along the seamline, stitch intervals, standard zigzag, stitch quality, extra bobbin case, toe embroidery foot, hand felled, braiding foot, cording foot
Book Description:
Editorial Reviews -- From Library Journal -- Like knitters, today's sewers welcome ideas for embellishments to push their sewn garments beyond the boundaries of the ready-to-wear. The topic has yet to be covered fully in sewing booksAuntil now. Conlon, a frequent contributor to Threads magazine, divides embellishment techniques into five major types: beading, threadwork, trims, applique, and bindings/pipings. Separate chapters devoted to each of these techniques include information on choosing appropriate tools and materials, step-by-step directions, and ideas for using the embellishment in a garment. Instructions are crystal clear, and the whole is beautifully organized and illustrated. Highly recommended for sewing collections. Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Celebrating all that is elegant and classic about vintage clothing, this book shows how to embellish new garments to make them look as though they were crafted in a more glamorous era. Readers will learn they don't have to be experts to add embellishment techniques from the l920s, 30s, and 40s to their wardrobes. They'll discover the possibilities of adding threadwork, beading, trims, piping, and more to garments. These projects are elegant and sophisticated and especially appealing to those who like glamour but not glitz. Five categories of embellishment techniques, detailed instructions, and 70 color photographs are featured, offering design inspiration of all kinds -- from casual to evening wear.
Classic details for today's clothing Experience the thrill of creating a unique garment using embellishments! Inspired by the classic embellishment techniques from the '20s, '30s, and '40s, Jane Conlon has adapted these decorative applications for today's clothing. Conlon's ideas will spark your creative spirit, whether you are an experienced sewer or just starting out. With just a little bit of practice you can create an elegant beaded gown, add custom-made braiding to a simple blouse, or use traditional threadwork techniques to spice up a linen caftan. Every method is completely explained, and you get detailed instructions for the many ways to use beading, appliqu, trims, and threadwork. Beautifully illustrated with 4-color photographs and drawings. Fine Embellishment Techniques describes how to: bead a delicate fringe for a cut velvet scarf add channelstitching and beads to an off-the-rack silk blouse make custom braid to enhance a simple blouse appliqu Celtic designs to the cuffs of a silk jacket
Fine Embellishment Techniques will teach you classic techniques for beautifully embellished garments. Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or advanced sewer, this book is designed to provide you with a wealth of embellishment inspirations as well as step-by-step instructions so you can achieve outstanding results on projects large and small. My main inspiration for the techniques featured in this book is the tradition of embellishment used to adorn clothing from the '20s, '30s, and '40s. Worked in high-quality, natural fiber fabrics, with consummate attention to craftsmanship and detail, garments of this vintage feature rich embellishments that enhance both the garment and its wearer. Many of the techniques favored in this bygone era are delightfully easy to master. What's more, up-to-date interpretations translate well to today's fashions and can be used to introduce signature elements into everyday wear or worked for dramatic effect on garments for special occasions. Using the embellishment techniques to best advantage, however, demands fine-tuning your sewing skills, utilizing the best products and notions available, exploiting the full capacity of your sewing machine, and settling for nothing less than quality as the foundation for superior workmanship. If this sounds intimidating, cast your doubts aside. This book will help you master the techniques of embellishment with predictable, professional results. It will also encourage the artful use of these techniques and promote a better understanding of how to select and effectively use the tools and materials worthy of your best endeavors. Included, of course, is source information and a list of suppliers to indicate where you can find unique notions and tools. The book is organized by topic in a manner designed to be as instructive, inspirational, and user-friendly as possible. You'll find step-by-step instructions for individual techniques, along with specific references to tools and materials that will make the most of your sewing time and produce the best results possible. Ideas for ways to use the techniques presented in this book are plentiful, featuring numerous sample garments, close-up photographs of embellishment details, and text and illustrations designed to inspire a wealth of ideas for simple to elaborate applications. As you explore the methods and ideas presented in Fine Embellishment Techniques, I hope you will discover ways to make your sewing more creative, fun, and, ultimately, more rewarding. Over the years I have pursued and perfected numerous ways to embellish garments that meet my creative expectations and suit my personal style. Perhaps you will find, as I have, that embellishments are not only the key to creating exquisite garments but also to developing a style uniquely your own.
Reviews:
Excellent reference -- Exactly what I was looking for. Excellent reference although not really for first time sewers. Gives good detail with pictures. Would have liked to see more styles discussed but there is enough detail to use for any dress style. Definitely an asset to anyone making gowns. Construction detail is very specific. Lots of tips and guides to get that perfect fit. For evening/wedding gowns - a must have book. A book that goes beyond the expected -- I own many, many sewing books and hesitated to buy another that would teach the same old basics. This book DOES teach the basics--and, like all Taunton books, with clear directions and beautiful, helpful illustrations. However, then the author goes a step further and shows some extremely sophisticated looks that a sewer can get from using the techniques in unexpected ways--or by combining two techniques. (I can't wait to try the combination of cording and bobbin work.) This is not an intimidating book--and makes you feel that if you take your time, you can get good results even if you aren't a couture sewer. Every embellishment technique you can think of is in this book--and I'd label it a basic reference work. I'm keeping it close at hand in my sewing room, right next to "Fabric Savvy," "The Art of Fabric Collage," "Make It Your Own," and my Lois Ericson books.
Most valuable book I have purchased for medieval costuming -- I originally purchased this book for "eye candy", thinking it would only give me modern day examples of embellishment techniques I could apply to the medieval and fantasy costumes I design and sew. I was mistaken. This is a resource guide of embellishment techniques. The (well done and many) photographs are a small part of what I have used from this book. I have learned the techniques for applying these embellishments and learned what sewing attachments and notions I can use in each case to make the task easier. This book has given me much advice on where best to use them and how.