Advanced Creative Draping teaches designers and students how to drape fashion-forward, conceptual designs that use elements of couture construction to elevate the work to the highest level of fashion.Five methods of draping are explored as well as draping using embellishments or particular surface designs. The final chapter demonstrates how to create a high quality heirloom garment.Featuring specially commissioned step-by-step photography, the book includes tips fr...

Draping—the art of using cotton muslin to create womenswear directly on a dress form—is an essential skill for fashion designers. Through a series of step-by-step projects, designed to develop skills from the most basic to more advanced techniques, this book will guide you in creating both classic and contemporary garments, as well as historical styles and costumes. Draping projects include dresses, bustiers, and jackets, and highlight key fashion garments such as Audrey Hepburn's dress fr...

Draping - the art of using calico to design directly on a dress form - is an essential skill for fashion students. Covering the most basic to more advanced techniques, this series of master classes provides a complete course. Projects include dresses, skirts, trousers and jackets, highlighting key fashion garments such as Audrey Hepburn's dress from Breakfast at Tiffany's.Starting with the basics of preparing the dress form and fabric, the book advances through pinning, tr...

Turn your design ideas into three‑dimensional artistry with the Draping Workbook, a beautifully produced large-format companion to your draping projects. From first pin to final silhouette, this workbook becomes your studio archive, recording everything from moodboards, sketches, measurements, fabric swatches, experiments and draping variations, and preserving the evolution of your creative vision.The final section of the workbook is a complete fitting guide, helping you t...

Includes practical, user-friendly diagrams and templates to simplify instructions - perfect for both novice and experienced quilters.Quilting: Row by Row Construction by Sarah Fielke is a great quilting technique to master. The secret to these quilts is simple - the blocks are constructed in rows of squares across the quilt, rather than constructed blocks being sewn together. This vibrant and beautifully photographed book, brimming with Sarah's insider tips, provides the quilter wi...

Create a sampler quilt as unique as you are!Tula Pink gives you an inspiring quilt block collection with Tula Pink's City Sampler. Make a beautiful, modern quilt of your own design with the 100 original quilt blocks or try one of the 5 city-themed sampler quilts designed by Tula.A note from Tula:"You will notice...that the blocks are not named but simply numbered. This is intentional. I may have designed the blocks and give...

In this illustrated sewing guide, the celebrated designer shares twelve new patterns with loads of variations for stylish bags of all kinds.With the patterns in Amy Butler's Style Stitches, you can create everything from chic clutches and delicate wristlets to pretty hobo bags and handy coin purses. Each project is designed with Butler's fresh, modern style and attention to detail. She also includes easy-to-follow instructions for altering dimensions, strap...

Includes practical, user-friendly diagrams and templates to simplify instructions - perfect for both novice and experienced quilters.Quilting: Applique with bias strips by Sarah Fielke is a showcase of the applique technique. Mastering this technique can be a challenge, and this vibrant and beautifully photographed book, with Sarah's insider tips, provides the quilter with an accessible way to try out this new technique and in the process build upon their skills.By first co...

Inspired fabrics and designs await you in Quilts From the House of Tula Pink!Welcome to the world of cutting-edge fabric designer Tula Pink, where clever quilts show off fanciful fabric, and your imagination can be let out to play. Featuring fabrics that you know and love, Tula offers 20 patterns with her signature flair for color, design and original style. Between 10 amazing quilts and 10 extra-cool companion projects, you'll be inspired to play with fab...

From the bestselling author of Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern—learn to create vintage quilts more quickly and easily than ever.Get comfortable with basic piecing and machine quilting - one block at a time! Best-selling author Jera Brandvig is back, this time with a romantic take on her quilt-as-you-go designs. Try your hand at nine projects, including an elegant sampler with fifty-one mix-and-match blocks. For quilt as-you-go enthusiasts, Jera shares three op...

Includes practical, user-friendly diagrams and templates to simplify instructions - perfect for both novice and experienced quilters.Quilting: Using Wedges by Sarah Fielke is a showcase of the Wedge quilting technique and style. Mastering this quilting technique can be a challenge, and this vibrant and beautifully photographed book, brimming with Sarah's insider tips, provides the quilter with an accessible way to try out new methods, textures and colours, and in the process build ...

Create stunning quilts with flowing curves with this 8-project guide by a designer who offers a fresh take on bargello quilting techniques.Here's Bargello like you've never seen it before: stunning quilts full of free-form twists, turns, and 3-D effects that look like pop-art paintings. The biggest surprise is how simple these quilts are to make! Designer Ruth Ann Berry shows you how to use easy, straight-line strip piecing to create the illusion of curves in motio...