Sewing Manual

Skirts and Trousers: From the pattern to the finished garment

Anna de Leo

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English

Promopress
04 February 2021

Fashion design & theory; Needlework & fabric crafts

This practical book will guide you how to create your own skirts and trousers and to develop your sewing skills, from the basic stitches, to the pattern and the final piece.

Tired of wearing the same clothes? How about revamping your wardrobe with new custom made clothes? This is a practical sewing manual that shows all the steps for making skirts and trousers, from the basics, like different hand stitches and using a sewing machine, to taking measurements and understanding patterns, all explained with detailed illustrations and photographs for each step. The results are original garments, handmade by you and made to measure. The book includes everything you must know to get started; no previous sewing experience is needed, but you will be amazed of what you can achieve: a wealth of different types of skirts straight, curled at the waist, classic, mini, flared, balloon, mermaid, asymmetric and more and trousers with or without pockets, classic, skinny-fit, low-waist, and many more.

AUTHOR: Anna De Leo was born in Cosenza, Italy in 1987. In 2014 she graduated from the Euromode School Italia. In 2015 she moved to Udine, where she took a tailoring repair course. She later enrolled on the Fashion Design course at Milan Fashion Campus (Italy), and completed a Personal Shopper and Image consultant course. From 2015 to 2017 she worked in different fashion companies, refining the knowledge and skills that allow her to experiment also with the packaging of garments and the study of new modeling techniques. She is the author of fashion-related books, Including Mending and Alterations Made Simple.

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A comprehensive, illustrated step-by-step guide to creating your own trousers and skirts, especially aimed at people with no experience. .

From basic stitches and how to use a sewing machine to the final completion of the garment, the author will guide the reader through every step, including understanding patterns and finishing the piece. .

It includes tips on the stitches you need to know, on how to use a sewing machine and different designs for all types of skirts and trousers.

450 colour illustrations

By: Anna de Leo
Imprint: Promopress
Country of Publication: Spain
Dimensions: Height: 285mm, Width: 195mm,
ISBN: 9788417412814
ISBN 10: 8417412816
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 February 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna De Leo was born in Cosenza, Italy in 1987. In 2014 she graduated from the Euromode School Italia. In 2015 she moved to Udine, where she took a tailoring repair course. She later enrolled on the Fashion Design course at Milan Fashion Campus (Italy), and completed a Personal Shopper and Image consultant course. From 2015 to 2017 she worked in different fashion companies, refining the knowledge and skills that allow her to experiment also with the packaging of garments and the study of new modeling techniques. She is the author of fashion-related books, including Mending and Alterations Made Simple.