Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics
Fairchild Books
978-1-5013-1649-4 (ISBN)
Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics provides all the tools to professionally complete the garments and advance the designer’s skill and understanding of the unique properties of knits and stretch wovens.
Features
- Covers industrial and home sewing machines, overlock machines, and coverstitch machines, plus supplies, needles and threads used to construct knit garments
- Learning objectives, Sample Tip and Important boxes, key terms, sample exercises at different levels of complexity, review questions, and designer profiles in each chapter
- Includes a Fabric Form template and Sample Checklist to help readers develop their own resource book of sample techniques, swatches of knit, stretch, and stretch woven fabrics
Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics STUDIO
- Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
- Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions
- Access downloadable files for the patterns used to create the sewing samples throughout the text, the Fabric Form template, and the Sample Checklist
Teaching Resources
- Instructor’s Guide and Test Bank includes sample syllabi, suggested projects, test questions, and evaluation guides
Sharon Czachor is an adjunct instructor in the fashion department of Harper College in Illinois, USA, and has also taught at the College of DuPage, Illinois, US.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Getting to Know Knits and Stretch Fabrics
2. What You Need to Sew and Overlock Knits
3. Sizing Knits
4. Preparing Knits and Stretch Wovens for Stitching
5. Stitching Knits with a Sewing Machine
6. Stitching Knits with an Overlock Machine and Coverstitch Machine
7. T-Shirts, Tops, and Sweaters
8. Dresses
9. Skirts and Pants
10. Jackets
11. Activewear and Swimwear
12. Lingerie
13. Creating Texture with Pleats, Tucks, Gathers, Ruffles and Trims
Appendix A: Fabric Form
Appendix B: Sample Checklist
Appendix C: Where to Buy
Appendix D: Manufacturing Industry Resources and Forms
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.3.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 535 colour illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 1031 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5013-1649-4 / 1501316494 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-1649-4 / 9781501316494 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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