Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics

Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

Sharon Czachor (Harper College-Illinois, USA)

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English

Fairchild Books
24 March 2016

Fashion & textiles: design; Fashion & beauty industries

With over 500 step-by-step color photos and instructions in a user-friendly format, Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics is a professional guide to sewing with common knits and stretch fabrics such as jersey and spandex. Czachor explains the basics of working with knit fabrics and stretch woven fabrics, and how the stretch ratio impacts the design. The book covers industry methods for knit garment construction, including coverage of collars, facings, closures, bands and hems, waistline finishes, and pockets within respective chapters on t-shirts, tops and sweaters, dresses, skirts and pants, jackets, activewear, swimwear, and lingerie. The final chapter covers specialty techniques such as finishing details, embellishments, felting, and fabric manipulation.

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

By: Sharon Czachor (Harper College-Illinois USA)
Imprint: Fairchild Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1.031kg
ISBN: 9781501316494
ISBN 10: 1501316494
Publication Date: 24 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.

Reviews for Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

Overall, this is a good and thorough reference for learning about knits, which are becoming more popular, both in the home and industry markets. Students will benefit greatly from learning the material in this text. It is a great reference for instructors who teach any type of clothing construction or design courses. -- Mary McCarthy * International Academy of Design & Technology-Orlando, US * The author demonstrates classroom teaching experience with today's design student. -- Lori Liang * Mesa Community College, US * This is very good. The contents are clear and the use of designer profiles is excellent. -- Jennifer Prendergast * Manchester Metropolitan University, UK * Sewing with Knits and Stretch Fabrics tells you everything you wanted to know about designing, sewing and evaluating knit and stretch garments. -- Stephanie Taylor, Art Institute of California, San Diego, US Excellent student resource for knit construction. -- Theresa Alexander, University of the Incarnate Word, US The time, energy and detail the author has put into this book is visible, and in my opinion has paid off. The need for this book is strong and any program that is sewing with knits of any kind should use this book. -- Mary Simpson * Baylor University *