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Couture sewing: the couture cardigan jacket : sewing secrets from a Chanel collector / Claire B. Shaeffer

Author
Shaeffer, Claire B.
Additional Titles
Couture cardigan jacket
Published
Newtown, CT : The Taunton Press, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (140 pages) : color illustrations
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Contents
One. GETTING STARTED -- Design and Materials -- Cutting and Marking -- Two. CONSTRUCTING THE JACKET -- Quilting the Jacket -- Stabilizing and Shaping -- The New Construction Order -- Three. BUTTONHOLES -- Double Buttonholes -- Four. ASSEMBLING THE SLEEVES -- The Three-Piece Sleeve -- Five. FINISHING THE EDGES -- Techniques for Edges -- Six. SETTING THE SLEEVES -- Hand-Set Sleeves -- Seven. PATCH POCKET TECHNIQUES -- Couture Patch Pockets -- Eight. FINISHING DETAILS -- Little Details That Make a Big Difference -- Nine. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUTURE CARDIGAN JACKET -- What Makes Chanel's Cardigan Jacket Different? -- Copies and Knockoffs -- Chronology of Coco Chanel and the House of Chanel -- Appendix -- All About Trims -- Stitch Guide -- Techniques for Buttons and Buttonholes -- Garment Index -- Metric Equivalency Chart.
Summary
"If you want to make a jacket with the impeccable look of Chanel, this is the book to have. The Couture Cardigan Jacket presents sewing methods Claire Shaeffer developed based on her knowledge of haute couture construction and meticulous research studying original Chanels in museum archives and her own collection. Via the DVD, Shaeffer instructs readers in essential techniques such as cutting and shaping the jacket sections, princess seaming, quilting, making the 3-piece sleeve, adding the chain weight, creating the double buttonhole, and more. Where there is a trick or shortcut for an operation (without lowering the quality) Shaeffer demonstrates it, along with a host of sewing methods discovered via careful and meticulous study of Chanel originals. The package is a perfect mix of instruction and insight into the complex design-details that make a Chanel a Chanel"--
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ISBN
9781600859557
1600859550
9781627103633 electronic bk.
1627103635 electronic bk.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.
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