Sewing techniques are sometimes overlooked in the design process but acquiring these skills can be transformational. The ability to turn a two-dimensional design into its three-dimensional realization comes from having mastered basic sewing techniques. Sewing Techniques simplifies the often complex techniques that lie behind this process by arming designers with the precise information and skills needed to undertake each task. Designers who develop a basic understanding of the processes involved in sample and garment construction often produce successful outcomes based on a more experimental and creative approach applied during the product development process. Developing a sample folio and being able to refer to samples and develop them according to each individual design project is a process that requires experimentation and creative thought underpinned by a basic understanding of sewing techniques. This book explores the essential equipment needed - from fabric types to diagrams identifying component parts of a sewing machine, to machine operation. Throughout each process, clear diagrams accompanied by explanatory description panels allow readers to achieve the best possible results, including how to troubleshoot problems that may be encountered before and during sewing. Each section concludes with a project, progressing from easy to challenging. Fabrics for each project give designers the opportunity to handle different fabric types and understand the complexities of sourcing and selecting. Mastering the basic principles covered in Sewing Techniques will enable both fashion students and the contemporary craftworker to develop their techniques with a view to becoming creative practice-based professionals.

Sewing Techniques: An introduction to construction skills within the design process (Basics Fashion Design)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Prendergast, Jennifer

Crafts & Hobbies

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Basics Fashion Design 13: Sewing Techniques is intended for new undergraduates embarking on a fashion course with no prior experience of clothing and for those that want to develop a more creative process to their current work. It provides basic information and suitable activities for less experienced students and encourages practices and challenges to those who wish to develop more individual approaches to sewing and construction.Chapter one provides an overview of the reasons why consumers choose certain types of clothing and the social and psychological factors associated with those choices. Initially, this is designed to help the student closely examine contemporary fashion clothing to recognise and evaluate essential details and components.The approach used throughout the book encourages the student to practice different sewing techniques, reflect on the learning process and apply them (using industrial and domestic equipment). Each chapter is supported by an activity that prepares the reader for the next challenge; each time building upon their experience and linking the relationship between seams, components and garments. The case studies and interviews provide an insight into industry standard practice.There is also a discussion of the essential links between design, pattern cutting, fabric selection and sewing techniques and provides the student with more complex construction challenges based around the fit and finish of a garment. The final chapter explores the use of new technology and traditional sewing methods and the advantages these present to today's designer.Throughout the book, Jenny Prendergast encourages the reader to consider how the various techniques can be used in creative applications through unconventional sampling - inviting them to develop ideas from photographs and sketches and then use them as part of the design process.

Sewing Techniques (Basics Fashion Design)

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

AVA Publishing

Sewing techniques are sometimes overlooked in the design process but acquiring these skills can be transformational. The ability to turn a two-dimensional design into its three-dimensional realization comes from having mastered basic sewing techniques. Sewing Techniques simplifies the often complex techniques that lie behind this process by arming designers with the precise information and skills needed to undertake each task.
Designers who develop a basic understanding of the processes involved in sample and garment construction often produce successful outcomes based on a more experimental and creative approach applied during the product development process. Developing a sample folio and being able to refer to samples and develop them according to each individual design project is a process that requires experimentation and creative thought underpinned by a basic understanding of sewing techniques. This book explores the essential equipment needed - from fabric types to diagrams identifying component parts of a sewing machine, to machine operation. 
Throughout each process, clear diagrams accompanied by explanatory description panels allow readers to achieve the best possible results, including how to troubleshoot problems that may be encountered before and during sewing. Each section concludes with a project, progressing from easy to challenging. Fabrics for each project give designers the opportunity to handle different fabric types and understand the complexities of sourcing and selecting. Mastering the basic principles covered in Sewing Techniques will enable both fashion students and the contemporary craftworker to develop their techniques with a view to becoming creative practice-based professionals.

Fairchild Books

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