Forty years of tailoring experience - construction technique nowhere detailed in the available tailoring textbooks.

    Nancy Zieman of public television's "Sewing With Nancy" gives easy-to-read tips on how to sew faster than you shop, get organized and use the latest sewing techniques, and create beautiful garments quickly.

    The last decade has seen much demographic change in the UK with immigrants integrating into the population. Many immigrants have different physical characteristics and have therefore radically changed our accepted size charts. As well as the change in physical attributes the Clothing Industry has also seen a change in garment style with the advent and huge popularity of stretch fabrics and sportswear. This has meant that the size range classifications of 10/12/14/16/18/20 has now been challenged by S/M/L (small, medium and large sizing) which is referred to as Batch sizing. These factors have created a very complex situation for graders and it appears that companies to an extent can interpret sizing in a way that makes commercial sense to their shareholders and is flattering to their customers.At one time grading was an in-house activity. Today grading is mainly either outsourced to a grading bureau or is sent offshore to be completed via size specification by the CMT outworkers. Also Computer grading is now fully accepted as an efficient means of producing quickly and efficiently a range of accurately cut graded patterns. The methods illustrated in this book, therefore, are suitable for use in computer grading and can be easily transferred to X and Y co-ordinates.Although the styles in this book are classic and timeless, some new styles have been added incorporating sportswear features.” Preface written by Martin Shoben, August 2004.

    It contains over 1,000 transfers.

    One vibrant way women have spoken out is through quilts, and in the pages of Homage to Amanda the voice of more than six generations of American women can be heard. Originally created as a catalog to accompany a quilt exhibit sponsored by the San Diego Museum of Art and taken on tour by the Smithsonian Institution, Homage to Amanda chronicles the growth of American quilting from colonial days to the twentieth century. Seventy-two color plates illustrate the development of the American quilting tradition, examining ways in which the pastime has grown from necessity to art.

    Kathering Strand Holkeboer offers step-by-step instructions for making a huge variety of period costumes - gowns, tunics, head-dresses, jackets, robes, breeches - from the early Egyptians to the beginning of the 20th century.