Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
By (Author) Kristina Harris
Dover Publications Inc.
Dover Publications Inc.
1st February 2000
1st February 2000
United States
General
Non Fiction
646.40409034
Paperback
144
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 8mm
220g
This vintage how-to manual - the first modern American sewing book - provided turn-of-the-century seamstresses with clear instructions for altering patterns, hand-sewing stitches, and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding and evening gowns, coats, maternity wear, undergarments, children's clothing and other apparel. Also details lost arts like boning a bodice, creating bust enhancers, more.