Sew Any Fabric: A Quick Reference to Fabrics from A to Z

ISBN 10: 0873496434 / ISBN 13: 9780873496438

Published by Krause Publications (edition ), 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sew Any Fabric: A Quick Reference to Fabrics from A to Z
• Publisher: Krause Publications (edition )
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873496434
• ISBN 13: 9780873496438
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Fabric Basics at Your Fingertips

Have you ever wished you could call an expert and ask for a five-minute explanation on the particulars of a fabric you are sewing?Claire Shaeffer provides this key information for 88 of today's most popular fabrics. In this handy, easy-to-follow reference, she guides you through all the basics while providing hints, tips, and suggestions base don her 20-plus years as a college instructor, pattern designers, and author.

In each concise chapter, Claire shares fabric facts, design ideas, workroom secrets, and her sewing checklist, as well as her sewability classification to advice you on the difficulty of sewing each fabric. Color photographs offer further ideas. The succeeding sections offer sewing techniques and advice on needles, threads, stabilizers, and interfacings. Claire's unique fabric/fiber dictionary cross-reference over 600 additional fabrics.

An invaluable reference for any one who sews, Sew Any Fabric provides practical, clear information for novices and inspiration for more experienced sewers who are looking for new ideas and techniques.

About the Author

Claire Shaeffer is an internationally respected author, lecturer, college instructor, and columnist. She has written numerous articles that have appeared in popular sewing publications, such as Vogue Pattern Magazine, Craftrends, Sew Business, Sew News, and Woman's Day, and she is also author of Claire Shaeffer's Fabric Sewing Guide, published by Krause Publications in 1994. Claire is recognized for her achievements as the winner of several prestigious awards, including the 1997 Who's Who of American Women award. She resides in Palm Springs, California.