This highly successful classic on fashion sewing retains the large helpful illustrations and easy-to-read text of previous editions. The text is organized in a step-by-step, start-to-finish style, coupled by thousands of enhanced visuals. Amaden-Crawford helps the reader create fashionable and professional looking garments for women, men and children.

A guide to fashion sewing: A detailed illustrated approach to sewing

Amaden-Crawford, Connie

Parenting & Relationships

Fairchild Publications

This revision of an easy-to-follow bestseller teaches the different methods and principles involved in draping fabric on the dress form. The Art of Fashion Draping, 3rd Edition is organized from basic to more advanced topics and includes a wide variety of styles. New and revised illustrations and updated instructions keep the book up to date with a younger and more fashionable look. This beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable teaching tool for fashion design, clothing, and dressmaking students and professionals.

Art of Fashion Draping

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Fairchild Books

Guide to Fashion Sewing

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Featuring easy-to-follow instructions on all the main basic and intermediate skills required to sew garments from a pattern, Fashion Sewing: Introductory Techniques is an excellent resource for fashion design students who want to improve their sewing skills. The book includes advice on setting up the home sewing studio, an introduction to fabrics, a fitting guide and a wide range of basic and intermediate techniques on stitches, seams, hems and fastenings.Featuring comprehensive instructions, accompanied by large, clear illustrations, this book enables readers to visualize each action and apply key sewing techniques to their own projects.

Fashion Sewing: Introductory Techniques

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Fashion Sewing: Advanced Techniques guides the reader through a range of intermediate and advanced skills, such as tailoring, sewing with knits, inserting linings and facings and how to sew a wide range of design variations for collars, pockets and sleeves. The detailed step-by-step instructions are easy to follow, with clear accompanying illustrations. 
This comprehensive guide is an ideal accompaniment to the first book in the series, Fashion Sewing: Introductory Techniques, but it will also enable those with a little sewing experience to master their fashion sewing skills and create beautiful, professional-looking garments.

Fashion Sewing: Advanced Techniques (Required Reading Range)

AVA Publishing

“This is the most comprehensive teaching tool for learning and mastering draping techniques. The illustrations and the text for each drape are clear and explicit.” Laura K. Kidd, Southern Illinois University, USA Learn to drape fabric on a dress form to create your own patterns.
The step-by-step instructions are organized from basic to advanced projects using both imperial and metric measurements, so you don't have to convert measurements. The book includes a wide variety of fashion styles, from bodices to bias-cut gowns. Intermediate and advanced design variations include an off-shoulder sleeve design and a peplum design. More than 1,000 two-color line drawings show you each draping step.
- Checklists to evaluate and analyze designs - Cross-referencing of techniques across chapters - Online STUDIO includes video tutorials explaining key draping skills and techniques - Lay-flat binding makes the book easy to use while draping garments
PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501330292.

The Art of Fashion Draping

Written for fashion design, apparel, and patternmaking students and professionals, this step-by-step guide to draping fabric on a dress form teaches skills and techniques needed to develop creative patterns. The Art of Fashion Draping, 5th Edition, is organized from basic to advanced projects and includes a wide variety of styles--from the basic bodice to bias-cut gowns. More than 1400 two-color illustrations reflect current designs and visually spell out every step of the draping process.
Features - Step-by-step draping instructions and clear line drawings highlighting each draping step - Checklists to evaluate and analyze designs - Cross-referencing of techniques across chapters
New to This Edition - Online STUDIO includes 20 video tutorials explaining key draping skills and techniques - New user-friendly lay-flat binding makes the book easier to use while draping garments - Added intermediate and advanced design variations that integrate contemporary designs with time-tested classics such as a new off-shoulder sleeve design and peplum design - Now includes metric measurements within the chapter instructions - Enhanced chapters include: Additional explanation on how to finish off flounce edges, added waistband sections at the end of the skirt and pants chapters and illustrating practice items end of each chapter.
This bundle includes The Art of Fashion Draping, 5th Edition and The Art of Fashion Draping STUDIO Access Card.

The Art of Fashion Draping: Bundle Book + Studio Instant Access

A Guide to Fashion Sewing, 7th Edition, provides a comprehensive fashion sewing resource for beginning and advanced sewers alike. Readers will learn how to assemble and construct designs of various styles using proven industry methods for more than 100 sewing applications. Chapters cover everything from sewing equipment, measurements, and fabric selection to actual garment assembly. Filled with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and large, clear illustrations, this book is an indispensable resource for constructing quality garments. Accompanying video demonstrations help readers learn at their own pace for basic sewing skills and techniques such a seams, darts, bias binding, zipper, and garment assembly. New to this Edition: - Discusses sustainable fabrics - Addresses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as it pertains to the fashion industry - Includes troubleshooting tip box which covers common pitfalls and how best to work around them STUDIO Features Include: -Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips -Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions -Watch Video lessons depicting key techniques Instructor Resources -Instructor's Guide to help integrate the text into your classroom -PowerPoint Slides for every chapter

A Guide to Fashion Sewing

Introducing A Guide to Fashion Sewing STUDIO--an online tool for more effective study! ~Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips ~Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions ~Watch videos with step-by-step demonstrations basic sewing skills, including techniques such as seams, darts, bias bindings, zippers and garment assembly ~ Access downloadable files for patterns to accompany chapter projects ~ Gather your tools with an updated info on fabric and materials resources Redeeming the code inside this card will give you full access to the content previously contained on the DVD or CD packaged with the book A Guide to Fashion Sewing 6th Edition.

A Guide to Fashion Sewing: Studio Access Card

A Guide to Fashion Sewing, 6th Edition, provides a comprehensive fashion sewing resource for beginning and advanced sewers alike. Readers will learn how to assemble and construct designs of various styles using proven industry methods for more than 100 sewing applications. Chapters cover everything from sewing equipment, measurements, and fabric selection to actual garment assembly. Filled with easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and large, clear illustrations, this book is an indispensable resource for constructing quality garments. Accompanying video demonstrations help readers learn at their own pace basic sewing skills and techniques such a seams, darts, bias binding, zipper, and garment assembly.
The new edition features an updated design, new industrial sewing machine information and photographs, and expanded information on tailoring. Amaden-Crawford has added convenient metric measurement equivalents to the text, helpful project checklists to aid self-assessment of completed project, and 1/2 scale patterns to make sample garment assembly easier than ever before.
Introducing A Guide to Fashion Sewing STUDIO--an online tool for more effective study!
~Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips ~Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions ~Watch videos with step-by-step demonstrations basic sewing skills, including techniques such as seams, darts, bias bindings, zippers and garment assembly ~ Access downloadable files for patterns to accompany chapter projects ~ Gather your tools with an updated info on fabric and materials resources ~ Redeeming the code inside this card will give you full access to the content previously contained on the DVD or CD packaged with the book A Guide to Fashion Sewing 6th Edition.
This bundle includes A Guide to Fashion Sewing 6th Edition and A Guide to Fashion Sewing STUDIO Access Card.

A Guide to Fashion Sewing: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

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