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W I Books 1st 1982
4to stapled softcover, ex college library, 128pp VG+ 120 gms
(Order reference 10007).£4.00 -
Dorling Kindersley 1st 1996
large square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards F 595 gms
(Order reference 10027).£7.50 -
Windward 1st 1987
4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar dustwrapper VG++/VG+ 800 gms
(Order reference 10072).£7.00 -
Sterling 1st 1990
4to paperback 156pp, very minor bumps + wear to edges of covers o/w VG++ 380 gms
(Order reference 10329).£3.00 -
Search Press 1st 1985
large 4to VG++/VG++ 730 gms
(Order reference 10726).£4.50 -
Collins 1st 1985
4to, min bmps to bds, abrasion to front pastedown from removal of name sticker (?) 665 gms
(Order reference 11244).£4.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1987
4to, remains of ex libris plate to fep o/w VG++/VG++ 620 gms
(Order reference 11264).£5.00 -
Pelham Books 1st 1983
4to, sunning to top + bottom edges of boards and to spine, very minor wear + creasing to edges of dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG++ 680 gms
(Order reference 11412).£10.00 -
Exley 1st 1987
square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 755 gms
(Order reference 11675).£5.00 -
BCA 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 495 gms
(Order reference 11697).£5.00 -
Sidgwick & Jackson 1st 1989
4to, very very minor bumps to boards, slight creasing to dustwrapper edges, especially at head and tail of spine o/w VG++/VG++ 1135 gms
(Order reference 12019).
Have you ever dreamed up the perfect evening dress — the colour, style and fabric — and been unable to find anything remotely similar in the shops? Do you long for a unique outfit without the designer price tag? In Complete Pattern Designing, Ann Ladbury, the country's best-known dressmaking expert, describes step by step how you can transform your own ideas for all types of clothes into ready-to-wear garments.
Separate sections cover patterns for trousers, skirts, blouses and bodices, coats and jackets, lingerie, nightwear and beachwear, with advice on how the various style features combine to make complete outfits. Clear illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions show how to construct and fit the basic body blocks for a pattern and then add different design elements to your chosen shape. The advice on fitting applies to all patterns and garments and could be used in conjunction with a shop-bought pattern to achieve perfect results for all types of figures. And the whole book is interspersed with the bright commonsense sewing tips for which Ann Ladbury is so famous.
A special feature of Complete Pattern Designing are the attractive, full-page colour photographs suggesting some of the finished garments that can be made — but let your imagination run wild! With just a little time and effort, the wardrobe of your dreams could now become a reality.£14.50 -
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, bumps to boards including two 3/4" round indents, corresponding indents to dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG+ 585 gms
(Order reference 12045).£5.00 -
Thames Macdonald 1st 1983
4to paperback 160pp F 495 gms
(Order reference 12123).£8.00 -
Martin 1st 1987 (cased edition)
4to, glazed pictorial boards F+ 620 gms
(Order reference 12246).£10.50 -
Macdonald 1980
4to paperback 64pp, slight wear + bumps to covers + tail of spine, small areas of abrasion + small tape stains to inside rear cover o/w VG 220 gms
(Order reference 12541).£2.50 -
Anaya 1st 1994
4to, few indents to boards + dustwrapper o/w F/VG++ 1010 gms
(Order reference 12737).£10.00 -
B T Batsford paperback edition 1984
4to paperback, very very minor wear to edges of covers, spine sunned o/w VG++ 310 gms
(Order reference 13015).£6.00 -
Webb & Bower 1st 1986
8vo, minor bumps to boards o/w VG++/VG++ 260 gms
(Order reference 13334)Provides graphed and illustrated instructions for a wide variety of projects including clothing, gifts, decorative items for the home, fashion accessories, etc. Finished items are shown in colour photographs.
£3.00 -
Lark Books 1st 1997
4to, v v min wr to base of bds o/w VG++/VG++ 595 gms
(Order reference 13775).
The art of smocking ~ decorative stitching worked over tightly pleated fabric ~ has been popular for centuries. Originally it served a practical purpose. At a time when clothing was constructed mainly of rectangular pieces of fabric, smocking was used to shape a garment to the body’s contours and to gather in fabric fullness at the wrists and neckline. In the past several decades smocking has come to be associated with children’s clothing, intricately embellished garments for special occasions.Today’s stitchers are exploring the tremendous potential that smocking has to offer. Decorative threads add new dimension to the traditional stitches. Innovative combinations of smocking with other stitching techniques create stunning effects. The smocking pleater, introduced as a time~saving device, is used increasingly as a fabric manipulation tool, creating rich textural effects to enhance the stitching. And with the recent interest in a more personalized style of dress, smocked accents are agin making an appearance on women’s clothing.
Creative Smocking is meant to inspire those who already enjoy smocking and those who would like to learn. Adventurous stitchers will find dozens of new ways to incorporate smocking stitches and pleats into designs for clothing and household items, accessories and art pieces. There are ideas, too, for combining smocking with beading, with embroidery, or with quilting to produce the most spectacular results. A special chapter on clothing tells how to select and alter garment patterns to add smocked designs in unique and flattering ways.
Never tried smocking? The traditional stitches are few, and they are quick and easy to learn with clear step~by~step drawings as a guide. There are plenty of hints, too, for selecting and pleating the fabric, choosing threads and adding accents, and for finishing a smocked piece.
Sumptuous colour photographs illustrate the work of both traditional and experimental smockers. Their work exhibits their love of the craft and their fascination with exploring new dimensions of this time~honoured technique.
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Blackie 1st 1974
8vo, glazed pictorial boards, very very slight dulling to boards, very slight damage to head of spine o/w VG+ 200 gms
(Order reference 13815).£1.50 -
B T Batsford 1st 1970
4to, very very slight wear to slightly creased + slightly sunned price-clipped dustwrapper o/w VG++/VG+ 735 gms
(Order reference 13825).£12.50 -
Taunton Press 1st 1999
4to, very very minor bump to base of boards o/w F/F 930 gms
(Order reference 13828).£15.00 -
New Holland 1st 2000
4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar dustwrapper VG++/VG++ 980 gms
(Order reference 13832).£9.00 -
Lester, Nicky: Dressmaking - skills, techniques and design - a Duke of Edinburgh Award Guide (13867)
Sampson Low 1st 1983
8vo paperback 64pp VG++ 145 gms
(Order reference 13867).£3.00 -
Batsford 1st 1979
4to, slight staining to inside of dustwrapper, very very slight wear to dustwrapper edges o/w VG++/VG+ 725 gms
(Order reference 14197).£6.00 -
Aladdin Paperbacks 1st 2006
4to paperback 134pp, very very minor bumps to covers o/w VG++ 365 gms
(Order reference 14248).£5.00 -
Heinemann 1st 1974
4to, green boards with silver titling to spine, slight wear, small tear + sunning to dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG 850 gms
(Order reference 14464).£17.50 -
Butterick 1934
8vo, paper-covered bds with cloth spine, min spotting to bds o/w VG+ 295 gms
(Order reference 14910)£8.50 -
Batsford 1st 1980
4to, purple cloth covered boards, minor shelfwear to bottom of boards, wear to edges of d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 525 gms
(Order reference 14955).£7.50 -
Hutchinson Educational 1st 1972
4to pb 180pp. Very, very minor wear to edges of covers, very slight dulling to page edges, small neat name and date to title page o/w VG++ 395 gms
(Order reference 14957).The book contains over 750 diagrams, which seek to explain visually, better than words can ever do, the process of the practical work. Metric measurements with imperial values in brackets are used throughout the book. This book is primarily intended for those who wish to become dress designers or pattern cutters.
£8.50 -
Blackwell 4th edn 2004
4to, glazed pictorial boards F++ 675 gms
(Order reference 14981).£35.00 -
Modeverlag Lutterloh 1978
8vo ringbound, illustrated with clear diagrams and instructions. Pages clean and free of markings. Comes with unused tool kit. F 755 gms
(Order reference 14988).Complete step-by-step illustrated instructions, tool kit, pattern curve, colour drawings of styles with respective patterns included. 248 page book, beige two-hole binder, women's, misses & young teen fashions from 1978, complete wardrobe including wedding dresses, lingerie, night wear, sports outfits, casual dresses, business & formal wear plus some styles for men.
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Batsford 1st 1973 4to, green boards with gold titling to spine, slight tanning to inside d/w o/w F/VG++ 515 gms
(Order reference 15006).This book gives helpful advice on designing clothes for children, as well as providing a comprehensive handbook on measuring construction of basic and secondary blocks, sleeve blocks and variations, and also gives numerous drafts for trousers, skirts, collars, hoods and capes.
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John Williams Co. Ltd 1908
8vo, red boards with gold titling. Wear + staining to grubby boards, endpapers stained, slight tanning to edges of pages. Numerous cutting diagrams and illustrations. G+ 250 gms
(Order reference 15083)£10.00 -
John Williamson Co Ltd nd c. 1895
8vo, red boards with gold titling to spine and front board. Boards grubby & worn. Endpapers dulled. Numerous diagrams + illustrations. VG 230 gms
(Order reference 15084)£75.00 -
Batsford 1st 1980
4to, brown boards with gold titling to spine. Slight wrinkling to d/w edge o/w VG++/VG++ 595 gms
(Order reference 15585)£3.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1979
VG++/VG++ 522 gms
(Order reference 2614).£8.00 -
B T Batsford 3rd edition 1965
remains of prize plate to front pastedown, very minor bump to boards, wear + rubs to dustwrapper edges o/w VG++/VG 690 gms
(Order reference 2697).£8.00 -
Butterick Publishing Co. 1911
4to, green cloth covered boards, boards slightly grubby with minor marks + wear o/w VG+ 510 gms
(Order reference 3319).£16.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to VG++/VG++ 700 gms
(Order reference 3323).£10.50 -
Macdonald 1st 1980
4to paperback 63pp F 220 gms
(Order reference 3324).£3.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1977
4to, creasing to first few pages, minor bumps to boards o/w VG++/VG++ 530 gms J
(Order reference 3326).£12.50 -
BCA 1974
4to, slight sunning to top edge of boards, sunning + fading to dustwrapper o/w VG++/VG+ 745 gms
(Order reference 3330).£6.50 -
B T Batsford 1st 1982
thick 4to, minor wear to dustwrapper o/w F/VG++ 1170 gms
(Order reference 3333).£15.00 -
J M Dent 1st 1986
4to, slight rubs + wear to dustwrapper with short closed tear o/w VG++/VG+ 760 gms
(Order reference 3334).£10.50 -
McCall's 1969
large 4to paperback 160pp, creasing + curling to covers o/w VG 400 gms
(Order reference 3335).£3.00 -
Collins 1st 1981
4to paperback 71pp, wear + rubs to edges of covers o/w VG++ 230 gms
(Order reference 3337).£3.50 -
Guild 1988
lrge 4to, glazed pictorial boards F 1120 gms
(Order reference 3340).£5.00 -
BCA 1974
4to, min wear to board edges, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned o/w VG+/VG+ 750 gms
(Order reference 3523).£4.50 -
David & Charles 1st 1981
M/F 870 gms
(Order reference 3591).£8.50 -
B T Batsford 1st 1978
4to VG++/VG++ 535 gms
(Order reference 3673).£8.50 -
Alphabooks 1st 1980
large 4to, min bmps to bds, v min crsing to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 675 gms
(Order reference 3999).£6.50 -
Univ. of London Press 8th imp 1969
4to, very minor bumps to boards, wear + chips to dustwrapper, sunning to dustwrapper spine, name to front free endpaper o/w VG++/VG++ 410 gms
(Order reference 4050).£5.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to paperback 192pp F 540 gms
(Order reference 4058).£8.50 -
Smickety Smocks 2nd edn 1994
lrge 4to glazed pict bds F 600 gms
(Order reference 4288).£6.50 -
Collins 1st 1985
lrge 4to, glazed pictorial boards F/VG++ 790 gms
(Order reference 4481).£8.50 -
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts
8vo, no dustwrapper impressed titling + device to front board + gold titling to sp VG++
(Order reference 4563).£7.50 -
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no dustwrapper, impressed titling + device to front board + gold titling to sp VG++ 240 gms
(Order reference 4565).£7.50 -
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no dustwrapper, impressed titling + device to front board + gold titling to spine VG++ 215 gms
(Order reference 4566).£7.50 -
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts nd (1920's)
8vo, no dustwrapper, impressed titling + device to front board+ gold titling to spine VG++ 215 gms
(Order reference 4568).£7.50 -
Martin 1st 1986
4to paperback 96pp, covers covered with self-adhesive film o/w VG++ 390 gms
(Order reference 4943).£5.00 -
Bell & Hyman
4to, feint blue crayon mark to front free endpaper o/w VG++/VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 4976).£6.00 -
A & C Black reprint 1969
8vo, very minor wear to boards, wear, chips + slight dulling to dustwrapper + taped repairs to top edge o/w VG+/VG 455 gms
(Order reference 5027).£10.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to M/F 500 gms
(Order reference 5088).
The blouse has been an important element of a woman's wardrobe for well over a century and has undergone many exciting changes over that period.
Here, a young fashion designer shows how easy it is to translate the latest designer look into an easy-to-make, well-fitting, professional garment for a fraction of thecost.
Beginning with the foundation `block' pattern and showing how to alter this to fit perfectly, the author demystifies the intricacies of styling and making the pattern pieces, using several basic blouses as examples. Once the finished design has been decided upon it can be transferred to the chosen material, and there is advice on cutting out, including the handling of difficult fabrics. The next chapter shows how to put the garment together, whether using a machine or hand-sewing, and suggests methods of decoration, such as applique, embroidery and lacework. The superb drawings will inspire the would-be dressmaker and the easy-to-follow, detailed instructions will embolden even the most timid novice.
Belinda Musgrave has been a professional pattern cutter and designer for many years, specialising in adapting haute couture designs for the high-street market. She is, therefore, able to teach the beginner many effective short cuts as well as offering the more expereinced dressmaker exciting design ideas.£10.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1984
4to, glazed pictorial boards F 415 gms
(Order reference 5169).£6.50 -
Hutchinson 1st 1981
4to, ex library, glazed pictorial boards, wear + chips to edges, sunning to spine, damage to head + tail of spine o/w VG 485 gms
(Order reference 5281).£6.50 -
Orbis rep 1986
large 4to paperback 160pp, small name to front free endpaper o/w VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 5431).£15.00 -
Alphabooks rep 1981
large 4to, no d/w F 625 gms
(Order reference 5584).£6.50 -
B T Batsford 1st 1987
4to, dustwrapper in library type clear protective cover taped to boards VG+/VG+ 490 gms
(Order reference 5607).£8.50 -
Macdonald 1st 1980
4to paperback 64pp, very very minor wear to edges of covers o/w VG++ 210 gms
(Order reference 5714).£3.00 -
New Holland rep 1997
4to paperback 128pp VG++ 550 gms
(Order reference 5720).£10.00 -
Studio Vista/W I Books 1st 1979
4to paperback 64pp, very very minor wear to edges of covers o/w VG++ 250 gms
(Order reference 5727).£3.00 -
B T Batsford reprint 1984
4to paperback 168pp, ex school library, very minor wear o/w VG++ 460 gms
(Order reference 5830).£6.00 -
Crosby Lockwood Staples rep 1972
8vo glazed pictorial boards F 460 gms
(Order reference 5976).£8.50 -
Ebury Press 1st 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards F 480 gms
(Order reference 6191).£5.00 -
Hutchinson rep 1987
4to landscape format paperback 231pp, very very minor wear to edges of covers o/w VG++ 700 gms
(Order reference 6231).
£5.00 -
Macdonald Educational 1st 1982
4to, very min creasing + very very minor dulling to dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG+ 610 gms
(Order reference 6236).£5.50 -
Ebury Press 1st 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 470 gms
(Order reference 6248).£5.00 -
McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1931
4to, VG++. Inscribed 'James Cock & Sons Shrewsbury October 10 1932'. 1155 gms
(Order reference 6641).£125.00 -
Crosby Lockwood Staples rep 1977
8vo, glazed pictorial boards F 430 gms
(Order reference 6643).£8.50 -
Lark Books 1st 1998
4to F/F 710 gms
(Order reference 6732).£7.50 -
Mills & Boon reprint 1980
4to paperback 160pp VG++ 440 gms
(Order reference 6802).
Clothes Without Patterns is a book that will pay for itself over and over again, for not only does it save on the cost of commercial paper patterns, but its layouts make a most economical use of fabric.
The clothes described are elegant and graceful, in today's free-and-easy idiom, and are based on simple shapes - squares, rectangles, triangles and circles. Alternative layouts are given for different widths of material, and some of the styles are suitable for men and children as well as women. The stitches and sewing techniques required are of the simplest, and are summarised in a "reminder" chapter at the end of the book.
£20.00 -
Hutchinson 1st 1984
4to paperback 79pp, ex college library, covers neatly covered in clear self-adhesive film 205 gms
(Order reference 6964).£5.00 -
Heinemann reprint 1982
8vo, F/F 430 gms
(Order reference 7160).£6.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned o/w VG++/VG++ 590 gms
(Order reference 7218).£5.00 -
B T Batsford new edition 1975
8vo paperback 319pp, cancelled name to front free endpaper + endpaper, very minor wear + slight indents to covers o/w VG+ 350 gms
(Order reference 7446).£8.00 -
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, very very minor creasing + wear to dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG+ 880 gms
(Order reference 7715).£8.00 -
Hutchinson third corrected impression 1977
4to paperback 180pp VG++ 405 gms
(Order reference 7917).
Helen Stanley lectures in fashion and clothing at The London College of Fashion. Before this appointment, she taught fashion subjects for many years at Hornsey College of Art, Ealing School of Art and, earlier on, at Shoreditch College for the Garment Trades.
She has had wide experience in the fashion industry—as a designer, as a pattern cutter and as head fitter and dressmaker in couture houses. She has also formed and run a company of her own and has undertaken freelance commissions of great variety, including children's wear, and historic and theatrical costumes.
Mrs. Stanley has devoted the last fourteen years to teaching, which she finds most enjoyable and rewarding. She continues to remain informed of new developments directly —either by contact with firms in the fashion industry or through The Clothing Institute of which she is an enthusiastic member.
Helen Stanley has produced here in book form a basic course in modelling and flat pattern cutting. She has presented a variety and range of methods—all of which she and her students have used successfully and with excellent results—and has emphasised a practical, three-dimensional approach to the subject of pattern designing throughout the work.
For easy reference, the programme of work is arranged in the form of self-contained lessons with text and diagrams closely associated on individual pages—this will be invaluable to teachers. A special feature are the diagrams—more than 750—which seek to explain visually, better than words can ever do, the progress of the practical work.
Metric measurements, with imperial values in brackets, are used throughout the book. The comprehensive index will be found most useful. The book is particularly intended for those students in art classes and technical colleges who are training to become dress designers or pattern cutters; for those who are preparing for the Dip. A.D. in Fashion or for a variety of City and Guilds examinations in Dress.
£22.00 -
Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting to Fashion - creative fashion from a basic master plan (8318)
Macdonald 5th imp 1983
4to paperback VG++ 210 gms
(Order reference 8318).£3.00 -
Modeverlag Lutterloh revised edition 1971
8vo, in red ringbinder comprising models, patterns and a centimetre tape + scale in VG++ condition. 755 gms
(Order reference 8785).£100.00 -
Marshall Cavendish 1st 1978
large 4to, minor wear to boards, minor wear to dustwrapper edges o/w VG+/VG+ 1175 gms
(Order reference 8919).£5.50 -
Anaya 1st 1994
large 4to, gold titling to spine, very minor wear to edges of dustwrapper + small tear to rear o/w VG++/VG+ 990 gms
(Order reference 9225).£10.00 -
BCA 1976
8vo, very very minor bumps to boards, very very minor creasing to dustwrapper o/w VG++/VG++ 600 gms
(Order reference 9238).£3.00 -
BCA 1984
4to ring bound, complete with patterns VG++ 770 gms
(Order reference 9747).£4.00
