The Tailoring Book: Measuring. Cutting. Fitting. Altering. Finishing (Ultimate Craft Guides)
Product ID: 648061271
Desertcart purchases this item on your behalf and handles shipping, customs, and support to Japan.
Whether you want to alter a vintage jacket or create a full-tailored suit, this tailoring reference guide has everything you need to produce elegant, bespoke garments that last a lifetime. With over 80 step-by-step techniques on measuring, cutting, altering, and finishing, this is the only book you will need to create and alter a tailored garment. Alison Smith MBE is one of the world's leading tailoring experts, and in her new book, she reveals trade secrets and all the practical know-how necessary to master this heritage craft. The Tailoring Book is the latest title in Smith's best-selling sewing series. It covers everything from choosing patterns and fabrics to fitting and construction, including techniques that can be applied to both womens- and menswear. With this book, you can learn how to: -Tailor garments by selecting the right tools to create a toile and picking the perfect hand stitch. -Follow 10 detailed garment projects to create shirts, jackets, coats, and trousers -Master the techniques of tailoring with step-by-step instructions and downloadable patterns that guide you through every part of the process This book includes key equipment and techniques, garment projects with clear step-by-step processes and downloadable patterns, and tips on repairs and alterations. It takes the reader from the basics through to couture techniques. Review: Great reference - Nicely bound heavy paper, lots of illustrations and photos. Well organized, starting with the basics. Builds skills through sewing the included PDF patterns. Alison Smith is a wonderful instructor and the reason I purchased this book. I will use it as a reference book for complicated design elements like welt pockets and linings. Review: Learn how much you don't know and have the desire to learn tailoring. - When I opened the book to browse, I couldn't put it down. The book is full of instructions on how to do so many things. Great illustrations, easy to understand. I wish I had this book long before now. I recommend this book to anyone who sews and wants to learn more.
| Best Sellers Rank | #12,911 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Sewing (Books) #7 in Needlework (Books) #21 in Crafts & Hobbies Reference |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 167 Reviews |
J**R
Great reference
Nicely bound heavy paper, lots of illustrations and photos. Well organized, starting with the basics. Builds skills through sewing the included PDF patterns. Alison Smith is a wonderful instructor and the reason I purchased this book. I will use it as a reference book for complicated design elements like welt pockets and linings.
L**C
Learn how much you don't know and have the desire to learn tailoring.
When I opened the book to browse, I couldn't put it down. The book is full of instructions on how to do so many things. Great illustrations, easy to understand. I wish I had this book long before now. I recommend this book to anyone who sews and wants to learn more.
K**R
Love this book.
Fantastic for learning about tailoring. My mother taught me how to sew. She was a professional seamstress. But tailoring was beyond my ability. This manual made it so easy to “tailor” my ability. Kudos for making the instructions easy and for the diagrams/illustrations.
K**N
Good reference book
It's like the Reader's Digest sewing book for the 21st century. A good reference for basic sewing techniques.
S**S
Great book, couple small mistakes
High-quality book. However, I didn’t notice a couple small mistakes. It seems that other people in the review section have also noticed it doesn’t seem to be anything too detrimental, though, and as long as you learn what they’re teaching you, you should be able to spot it and fix it.
J**E
Tailoring Book
Lots of good sewing information. Pictures with instructions for sewing garments. Good reference book.
A**R
Sewist Guide to Tailoring
Add this book to your collection if you are a sewist and enjoy reading about the finer skills of sewing (much like a cook or baker who enjoys reading a cookbook). The content is quite elucidating and an easy read. My only critique? The book’s binding could have been of a better quality.
P**D
Visual learning at its best!
I’m a visual learner. This book is a dream come true! I’m looking forward to finding more books like this. Step by step, LARGE pictures. HD clear. Amazing, just what I needed!
L**L
Lean to sew all garment types well
I have been sewing garments for many years & found that the intricacies of detail sewing and finishing is explained very well in this book. Recommend it for all sewers regardless of skill level.
S**I
Must have a little knowledge at least.
Not for a beginner, as much to follow with set drafts.. You must know terminology as you go along and a must to practice each of the ways described, to be perfect on techniques, well illustrated, step wise.
P**R
The Tailoring Book by Alison Smith
Excellent, with the added bonus of downloadable patterns to practice the techniques learned.
R**O
Great resource for learning tailoring and pattern customization
Great resource for learning how to tailor garments and patterns to your measurements. I love that the book comes with downloadable patterns that can be used for practice. The pattern resources that come with the book are actually really nice. The first part of the book focusses on basics. I would recommend this book for anyone from a beginner.
P**M
Super Buch für Anfänger
Super detailliert und hilfreich
Trustpilot
2 months ago
2 weeks ago