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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newtown, CT The Taunton Press 2013Description: 140 pages illustrations.color 26 cm + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781600859557 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Couture cardigan jacket
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 646.45 SHA 23
Scope and content: "If you want to make a cardigan 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 Chanel garments in museum archives and from 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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