Think of a corset as a blank canvas.
Linda Sparks' The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to building your first corset, including:
Section One: Tools and Materials for Corset Building Discusses the tools you'll need, plus types of steel, plastic, and textiles.
Section Two: Building a Corset Everything you need to know about working with bones and busks, setting grommets and eyelets, and creating a beautifully finished corset.
Section Three: Construction Techniques Covers all the steps, including making a modesty panel, making a mock-up, and building single layer, double layer, and fashion fabric corsets.
Section Four: Alterations and Fit Discusses commercial corset patterns, as well as how to fit and style a corset for exactly the look you want.

The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Sparks, Linda

Crafts & Hobbies

St. Martin's: Griffin

A duo of university reference librarians compiled this handbook to answer questions such as `What are the school colors of the University of New Mexico?' `What is the nickname of Syracuse University's athletic teams?' `What are the words to the alma mater of Merrimack College?' and `What is the title of Baylor University's yearbook?' . . . . When a reference librarian faces a question of the sort posited above, this is the source to turn to. Wilson Library Bulletin
This handbook provides, for the first time, a single, easy-to-use source for locating information about the regalia of various colleges and universities. It includes such information as nicknames, mascots, school newspapers, school colors, and school yearbook for 469 American colleges and universities with an enrollment of 2,500 or above. Fight songs and alma maters are included for a majority of the institutions. This is the only reference to bring together this hard-to-find data in one volue.

American College Regalia: A Handbook

Education & Teaching

Emerton, Bruce

Higher & Continuing Education

Greenwood

The Basics Of Corset Building , A Handbook For Beginners

Eagle Press

Sales is the lifeblood of the vast majority of companies. Without the influx of new business, most organizations would wither and die. So sales must be successful, not just once in a while but constantly--every month, every week, every day. Because we constantly need more sales we also need new ideas for identifying and contacting our prospects, for understanding and meeting their needs and most of all, for inspiration to fight the good fight.This book will be a wise and ambitious member of your sales team, a one-time investment that will pay for itself over and over again. No commissions required! 151 Quick Ideas to Increase Sales is all about increasing the return on the investment you make in your organization's business development program. It will break down the walls between the sales function and the other promotional elements in a typical marketing mix, allowing for a more synergistic approach to sales. 151 Quick Ideas to Increase Sales shows you proven sales tactics from a variety of business models and how to put them to work in your own programs. Tactics such as:-- Branding Your Products-- Creating Cross Promotions-- Letting direct mail deliver -- Selling More to Existing Clients-- Reaching Out to the Community These ideas will allow you to leverage the assets and momentum present in your existing system, and use your skills and knowledge to get exactly what you need and want more sales!

151 Quick Ideas to Increase Sales

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

Weiser

No One Should Kiss a Frog

Literature & Fiction

Black, Karen

Carr, Steve

Zajdman, S. Nadja

MacKenzie, C. A.

Cairns, D. A.

Sanchez, Jhon

Balcolm, Gabriella

Owens, Lisa H.

Tulloch, Bonita G.

Short Stories & Anthologies

MacKenzie Publishing

The Hour of the Witch

Genre Fiction

Independently published

Galaxy # 4: An Inner Circle Writers' Group Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Birch, Andrew

Ahern, Edward

Marshall, Alexander

Hudson, Grant

Fregoso, Gabriel

Reiben, Michal

Saha, Satabdi

Carnegie-Padgett, Elaine Marie

Kuglin, Mark

Fantasy

Galaxy # 6: An Inner Circle Writers' Group Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology

MacKenzie, Catherine

BROWN, ELIZABETH

Bates, Jim

Ahern, Ed

Mitchell, Sue

Pearce, Mark

Paradiso, A. L.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Sparks, Linda. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Sparks, Linda