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Decorative Dressmaking
by Thompson, Sue
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None
- ISBN 10
- 0715389416
- ISBN 13
- 9780715389416
- Seller
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Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985. Book. Illus. by Thompson, Sue. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 11 3/8" x 9". 156 pages, copiously illustrated with black and white and colour photographs, sketches and diagrams. An invaluable book with detailed descriptions of decorative dressmaking techniques together with projects employing each technique. The techniques covered are flounces, stripes, piping, topstitching, pintucks, applique, bands and bindings, pleats and tucks, ruching, and faggoting. Pattern diagrams are provided for individual projects. Designing clothes relies on a combination of experience, technical knowledge, and imagination. This book provides a means to get experience through technical knowledge, and thus encourages the reader's imagination..
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- Bookseller
- Trinder's Fine Tools
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006474
- Title
- Decorative Dressmaking
- Author
- Thompson, Sue
- Illustrator
- Thompson, Sue
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0715389416
- ISBN 13
- 9780715389416
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 11 3/8" x 9"
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Trinder's Fine Tools
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Clare, Sudbury, Suffolk
About Trinder's Fine Tools
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