Couture sewing : the couture cardigan jacket : sewing secrets from a Chanel collector /
Publisher: Newtown, CT : The Taunton Press, 2013Description: 140 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 inches)Content type:- 9781600859557
- 1600859550
- Couture cardigan jacket
- TT535 .S33 2013
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | TT 515 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Accompanying disc held in Staff Office | 0015785 | ||
Visual Material | Whitecliffe Library Staff office | General | TT 515 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0015835 |
Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.
One. GETTING STARTED -- Design and Materials -- Cutting and Marking -- Two. CONSTRUCTING THE JACKET -- Quilting the Jacket -- Stabilizing and Shaping -- The New Construction Order -- Three. BUTTONHOLES -- Double Buttonholes -- Four. ASSEMBLING THE SLEEVES -- The Three-Piece Sleeve -- Five. FINISHING THE EDGES -- Techniques for Edges -- Six. SETTING THE SLEEVES -- Hand-Set Sleeves -- Seven. PATCH POCKET TECHNIQUES -- Couture Patch Pockets -- Eight. FINISHING DETAILS -- Little Details That Make a Big Difference -- Nine. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUTURE CARDIGAN JACKET -- What Makes Chanel's Cardigan Jacket Different? -- Copies and Knockoffs -- Chronology of Coco Chanel and the House of Chanel -- Appendix -- All About Trims -- Stitch Guide -- Techniques for Buttons and Buttonholes -- Garment Index -- Metric Equivalency Chart.
"If you want to make a 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 Chanels in museum archives and 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.