The dressmaker's handbook of couture sewing techniques : essential step-by-step techniques for professional results /
Couture sewing techniques
Lynda Maynard.
- Singapore : Quarto Publishing, c2010.
- 160 pages : ill. (col.) ; 25 cm.
Spiral-bound. "A Quarto book"--T.p. verso. Includes index.
Couture technique selector -- The couturier's kit -- Bindings and finishes -- Design details: on show -- Design details: concealed -- Designer underpinnings -- Directory of luxury fabrics -- Essential couture techniques.
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Provides step-by-step instructions for sewing techniques to create couture fashions, discusses equipment, fabrics, and trims, and coverer bindings, hems, waistbands, collars, and more.