The Savvy Seamstress

Get a few new tricks up your sleeve!

Nicole Mallalieu ––

Transform your favorite garment patterns, one small detail at a time. Add or remove pockets, adjust the neckline, or swap a zippered back to a button front! With step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and how-to photos, you'll learn to make and sew endless variations on your favorite men's, women's, and children's garment patterns, with a professional finish. Whether you have basic sewing skills or are a confident dressmaker, you can learn to be your own fashion designer.

• Give your new handmade wardrobe a professional finish! Learn to alter existing patterns using fashion industry methods
• Add stylish details like pockets, plackets, and zippers with how-to illustrations and photos, with lots of sewing tricks and tips
• Change up waistlines, shirt yokes, necklines, sleeves, cuffs, and more to adapt your favorite garment or develop your limitless fashion wardrobe

#11185
Stash Books
176p color
8 x 10
ISBN: 978-1-61745-311-3
UPC: 734817-111856
(eISBN: 978-1-61745-312-0)