The Dressmaker's Companion

<p>Patternmaker and sewing expert Elizabeth Haywood offers you a comprehensive sewing reference like no other.  Are you comfortable with a sewing machine?  Moved beyond the sewing basics?  Here's the book you'll refer to again and again for reliable practical easy-to-follow advice.</p><p>Among the many techniques included you'll learn how to...</p><p>Install any type of zip</p><p>Sew a perfect dart first time</p><p>Make a concealed front</p><p>Fit sleeves to large upper arms</p><p>Pleat perfectly</p><p>Sew a men's waistband</p><p>Cuff a pair of trousers</p><p>Make a pattern for a jacket lining (and then sew it)</p><p>Develop your sewing skills master new techniques and discover the answer to<em> your</em> sewing questions.  With over 3000 detailed illustrations step-by-step instructions clever ideas troubleshooting and fitting advice all arranged in 41 chapters <strong><em>The Dressmaker's Companion</em></strong> will enable you to sew with confidence.</p><p>Winner of the 30th Benjamin Franklin Award for best craft book and silver medal winner for best large format cover.</p>