Singer

Description

Getting started -- The serger -- Essential equipment and supplies -- The pattern -- Fabric essentials -- Classic fabric textures and designs -- General guidelines for pattern adjustments -- Layout, cutting, and marking -- Sewing techniques -- Seams -- Serger seams and serger finishes -- Darts -- Gathers -- Sleeves -- Cuffs -- Collars -- Waistbands -- Hems -- Easy edges -- Pockets -- Closures -- Sewing activewear -- Home decorating -- Decorator fabrics -- Slipcovers -- Pillows and cushions -- Bed and bath -- Table fashions.;Is the one reference every sewer needs. Its 352 pages and 1,200 photographs cover every aspect of fashion and décor sewing. Choose the right tools and notions, use conventional machines and sergers, perfect your fashion sewing and tailoring, and produce lovely home décor projects. Step-by-step instructions for basic projects like pillows, tablecloths, and window treatments are included. Both beginning and highly skilled sewers will turn to this book again and again.