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Oliver + S building block dress : a sewing pattern alteration guide / Liesl Gibson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Liesl + Co., [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 152 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780692687253 (pbk.)
  • 0692687254 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Building block dress : a sewing pattern alteration guide
Subject(s): Summary: "You don't need to be a designer or pattern maker to create and sew the dress of your dreams. Let Liesl Gibson teach you how to alter the elements of a pattern to make exactly the dress you imagine. With the included Building Block Dress pattern (sizes 6m--12) and Liesl's detailed pattern alteration instructions, you'll learn how to create almost any dress you can imagine. Use the skills you learn in this book to customize other patterns as well. With these techniques, you'll look at sewing patterns as just the starting point for your creative expression"--Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 646.4072 G449 Available 33111008877140
Total holds: 0

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Silver Winner, 2016 Benjamin Franklin Award in Craft & Hobby



Imagine it. Make it! You don't need to be a designer or pattern maker to create and sew the dress of your dreams. Let Liesl Gibson teach you how to alter the elements of a pattern to make exactly the dress you imagine. With the included Building Block Dress pattern (sizes 6m-12) and Liesl's detailed pattern alternation instructions, you'll learn how to create almost any dress you can imagine. Use the skills you learn in this book to customize other patterns as well. With these techniques, you'll look at sewing patterns as just the starting point for your creative expression.



Featuring inspiring photographs of eighteen different dress styles made with the techniques presented here, the book includes a full-size pattern sheet for the basic Building Block Dress.

"You don't need to be a designer or pattern maker to create and sew the dress of your dreams. Let Liesl Gibson teach you how to alter the elements of a pattern to make exactly the dress you imagine. With the included Building Block Dress pattern (sizes 6m--12) and Liesl's detailed pattern alteration instructions, you'll learn how to create almost any dress you can imagine. Use the skills you learn in this book to customize other patterns as well. With these techniques, you'll look at sewing patterns as just the starting point for your creative expression"--Back cover.

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