Dressmaking & Tailoring

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Harmony in Dress
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).

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McCall's Step-by-Step Sewing Book
McCall's 1969
large 4to paperback 160pp, creasing + curling to covers o/w VG 400 gms
(Order reference 3335).

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Children's and Maternity Garments
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).

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First Steps in Dressmaking
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts
8vo, no dustwrapper impressed titling + device to front board + gold titling to sp VG++
(Order reference 4563).

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The Dressmaker
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
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The Golden Rule - a teach-yourself manual enabling people of all ages to learn a method of designing & cutting out patterns for all types of garments in all sizes for men, women & children
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
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Cutting and Fitting
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
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Sew Simple - a step-by-step guide to dressmaking - revised edition
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
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Dressmaking Simplified - second edition metric
Crosby Lockwood Staples rep 1977
8vo, glazed pictorial boards F 430 gms
(Order reference 6643).
£8.50
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Aitken, Leila: Sew Successfully with Style - Leila Aitken's Dressmaking Course
Martin 1st 1987 (cased edition)
4to. glazed pictorial boards F+ 620 gms
(Order reference 12246).

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Aitken, Leila: Sew Successfully with Style - Leila Atkin's Dressmaking Course
Martin 1st 1986
4to paperback 96pp, covers covered with self-adhesive film o/w VG++ 390 gms
(Order reference 4943).

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Aitken, Leila: Simply Sewing
Collins 1st 1981
4to paperback 71pp, wear + rubs to edges of covers o/w VG++ 230 gms
(Order reference 3337).

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Angell, Jack (ed): Lingerie - Original Designs for You to Make
David & Charles 1st 1981
M/F 870 gms
(Order reference 3591).

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Jane Asher's Fancy Dress
Asher, Jane: Jane Asher's Fancy Dress - over 100 costumes for children and adults and how to make them
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
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  Benton, Kitty: Sewing Classic Clothes for Children - Illustrated step-by-step instructions and techniques
Hamlyn (date?)
4to, wear, chips + creasing to dustwrapper, title page missing o/w VG++/VG+ 980 gms
(Order reference 7440).
£5.00
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  Benussen, Rusty: Sew Your Own Fashion Accessories
Sterling 1st 1990
4to paperback 156pp, very minor bumps + wear to edges of covers o/w VG++ 380 gms
(Order reference 10329).
£3.00
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  Bergh, Rene: Make Your Own Patterns - an easy step-by-step guide to making over 60 patterns
New Holland rep 1997
4to paperback 128pp VG++ 550 gms
(Order reference 5720).
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  Bergh, Rene: Classic Clothes - a practical guide to dressmaking
New Holland 1st 2000
4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar dustwrapper VG++/VG++ 980 gms
(Order reference 13832).
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  Bird, Madeline: Smocking with Ribbon - a new pleasure
Smickety Smocks 2nd edn 1994
lrge 4to glazed pict bds F 600 gms
(Order reference 4288).

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  Bruce, Pauline: Fashion Accessories
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).
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  Butler, Margaret: Clothes - their choosing, making and care
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
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  Butler, Margaret G: Clothes - their choosing, making and care
B T Batsford 3rd edition 1965
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  Cardy, Lynn & Dart, Alan: Kids' Clothes - making a complete wardrobe from babyhood to eleven years
Bell & Hyman
4to, feint blue crayon mark to front free endpaper o/w VG++/VG++ 605 gms
(Order reference 4976).
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  Cauter, Gaynor (ed): Sewing for Children - party dresses, track suits, quilted anoraks
W I Books 1st 1982
4to stapled softcover, ex college library, 128pp VG+ 120 gms
(Order reference 10007).
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  Cock, Valerie: Dressmaking Simplified - second edition (metric)
Crosby Lockwood Staples rep 1972
8vo glazed pictorial boards F 460 gms
(Order reference 5976).
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  Couldrey, Vivienne (ed): Designer Clothes - sew your own classic collection
Windward 1st 1987
4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar dustwrapper VG++/VG+ 800 gms
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  Deckert, Barbara: Sewing for Plus Sizes - design, fit and construction for ample apparel
Taunton Press 1st 1999
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  Fernald, Mary & Shenton, E: Costume Design and Making
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).
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  Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting to Fashion
Macdonald 1st 1980
4to paperback 64pp, very very minor wear to edges of covers o/w VG++ 210 gms
(Order reference 5714).
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  Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting to Fashion - creative fashion from a basic master plan
Macdonald 5th imp 1983
4to paperback VG++ 210 gms
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  Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting to Fashion - creative fashion from a basic pattern
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
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  Foster, Betty: Betty Foster's Adapting To Fashion
Macdonald 1st 1980
4to paperback 63pp F 220 gms
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  Foster, Betty: Creating Fashion
Thames Macdonald 1st 1983
4to paperback 160pp F 495 gms
(Order reference 12123).
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  Fox, Terry: Terry Fox Fashion Collection - 10 couture garments to make from start to finish
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).
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  Fox, Terry: Terry Fox Fashion Collection - 10 couture garments to make from start to finish
Anaya 1st 1994
4to, few indents to boards + dustwrapper o/w F/VG++ 1010 gms
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  Greenhowe, Jean: Fancy Dress for Girls and Boys
B T Batsford 1st 1987
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(Order reference 5607).
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  Hantman, Clea: I Wanna Make My Own Clothes
Aladdin Paperbacks 1st 2006
4to paperback 134pp, very very minor bumps to covers o/w VG++ 365 gms
(Order reference 14248).
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  Hawkins, Diana: Creative Cutting - easy ways to design and make stylish clothes
J M Dent 1st 1986
4to, slight rubs + wear to dustwrapper with short closed tear o/w VG++/VG+ 760 gms
(Order reference 3334).
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  Heafield, Margaret J: Young Dressmaker
B T Batsford 1st 1984
4to, glazed pictorial boards F 415 gms
(Order reference 5169).
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  Hodges, Jean: Smocking Design
B T Batsford 1st 1987
4to, remains of ex libris plate to fep o/w VG++/VG++ 620 gms
(Order reference 11264).

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  Keay, Diana: The Book of Smocking
Collins 1st 1985
4to, min bmps to bds, abrasion to front pastedown from removal of name sticker (?) 665 gms
(Order reference 11244).
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  Kennett, Frances: Secrets of the Couturiers
Orbis rep 1986
large 4to paperback 160pp, small name to front free endpaper o/w VG++ 605 gms
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  Ladbury, Ann: Short Cuts for Busy Dressmakers
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, very very minor creasing + wear to dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG+ 880 gms
(Order reference 7715).
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  Ladbury, Ann: Improve Your Dressmaking
B T Batsford 1st 1978
4to VG++/VG++ 535 gms
(Order reference 3673).
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  Ladbury, Ann: The Batsford Book of Sewing
BCA 1974
4to, slight sunning to top edge of boards, sunning + fading to dustwrapper o/w VG++/VG+ 745 gms
(Order reference 3330).
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  Ladbury, Ann: The Batsford Book of Sewing
BCA 1974
4to, min wear to board edges, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned o/w VG+/VG+ 750 gms
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£4.50
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  Ladbury, Ann: Dressmaking with basic Patterns
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
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  Ladbury, Ann: Short Cuts for Busy Dressmakers
B T Batsford 1st 1980
4to, dustwrapper spine slightly sunned o/w VG++/VG++ 590 gms
(Order reference 7218).
£5.00
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  Ladbury, Ann: Short Cuts for Busy Dressmakers
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).
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Complete Pattern Designing Ladbury, Ann: Complete Pattern Designing
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
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  Ladbury, Ann: The Dressmaker's Dictionary
B T Batsford 1st 1982
thick 4to, minor wear to dustwrapper o/w F/VG++ 1170 gms
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  Ladbury, Ann: Dressmaking with Liberty - including patterns to make up 20 outfits
BCA 1984
4to ring bound, complete with patterns VG++ 770 gms
(Order reference 9747).
£4.00
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  Lester, Nicky: Dressmaking - skills, techniques and design - a Duke of Edinburgh Award Guide
Sampson Low 1st 1983
8vo paperback 64pp VG++ 145 gms
(Order reference 13867).
£3.00
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  Lippman, Gidon & Erskine, Dorothy: Dressmaking Made Simple
Heinemann reprint 1982
8vo, F/F 430 gms
(Order reference 7160).
£6.00
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  Mactaggart, Ann: Dressmaking Skills
B T Batsford reprint 1984
4to paperback 168pp, ex school library, very minor wear o/w VG++ 460 gms
(Order reference 5830).
£6.00
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  Mactaggart, Ann: Dressmaking Skills
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).
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  Marshall, Beverley: Smocks and Smocking
Alphabooks rep 1981
large 4to, no d/w F 625 gms
(Order reference 5584).

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  Marshall, Beverley: Smocks and Smocking
Alphabooks 1st 1980
large 4to, min bmps to bds, v min crsing to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 675 gms
(Order reference 3999).

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Weekend Sewers Guide to Dresses Mathews, Kate: Weekend Sewers Guide to Dresses
Lark Books 1st 1998
4to F/F 710 gms
(Order reference 6732).
£7.50
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  Mayhew, Joy: The Encyclopedia of Dressmaking
Guild 1988
lrge 4to, glazed pictorial boards F 1120 gms
(Order reference 3340).
£5.00
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  McCrirrick, Margaret: Better Dress-Making
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
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  Melliar, Margaret: Pattern Cutting
Batsford rep 1970
4to, orange cloth covered boards with gold titling to spine, fading to top + bottom edges of boards + small inkstain to front board, neat name + date to front pastedown. Wear, chips + small tears to very slightly dulled dustwrapper o/w VG/VG 580 gms
(Order reference 14469).

A new edition, fully metricated, of a standard work

While fashion changes the principles of pattern cutting remain unaltered. Here Margaret Melliar shows how, by using a basic block, patterns can be adapted to any style without the complication of having to draft out each design separately. Block patterns in fact are much the same from season to season: modifications such as length of skirt, paddings for shoulders, etc, can be added according to prevailing fashion. The young teacher, as well as the student and home dressmaker, will value a book planned with progression from the simple to the complicated, where information is quickly obtainable. For the student in particular the practice it gives in cutting a variety of styles will be invaluable towards becoming an experienced design-cutter.
£25.00
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  Mordle-Barnes, Mollie: Good Housekeeping - making Children's Clothes
Ebury Press 1st 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards F 480 gms
(Order reference 6191).
£5.00
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  Mordle-Barnes, Mollie: Good Housekeeping - making children's clothes
BCA 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 495 gms
(Order reference 11697).
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  Mordle-Barnes, Mollie: Good Housekeeping - Making Children's Clothes
Ebury Press 1st 1977
4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 470 gms
(Order reference 6248).
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Clothes Without Patterns Morgan, Fay: Clothes Without Patterns
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.



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  Mori, Maria: Basic Pattern Cutting
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
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Blouses, Shirts and Tops Musgrave, Belinda: Blouses, Shirts and Tops
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 the cost.

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.

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  Pearce, Lynn & Cousins, Gladys (eds): New Sewing Book
Butterick 1956
4to stapled booklet 84pp, wear + creasing to covers, covers partly detached o/w VG 250 gms
(Order reference 5735).
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  Pyman, Kit (ed): Every Kind of Smocking
Search Press 1st 1985
large 4to VG++/VG++ 730 gms
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  Rankin, Chris: Creative Smocking - contemporary design traditional techniques
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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  Redmile, Brenda: Make Your Own Dress Patterns
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).
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  Riley, Patricia: The Skirtmaking Book
B T Batsford 1st 1979
VG++/VG++ 522 gms
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  Shackell, Dora: So Easy to Sew
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).
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Modelling and Flat Cutting for Fashion Stanley, Helen: Modelling and Flat Cutting for Fashion - from Design to Pattern
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.


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  Stevenson, Amanda: The Batsford Book of Practical Dressmaking
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to paperback 192pp F 540 gms
(Order reference 4058).
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  Stevenson, Amanda: The Batsford Book of Practical Dressmaking
B T Batsford 1st 1985
4to VG++/VG++ 700 gms
(Order reference 3323).
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  Stuart, Jennifer: Dressmaking - a practical guide to making clothes for all the family
Macdonald Educational 1st 1982
4to, very min creasing + very very minor dulling to dustwrapper o/w VG+/VG+ 610 gms
(Order reference 6236).
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  Towers, E Lucy: Standard Processes in Dressmaking
Univ. of London Press 8th imp 1969
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(Order reference 4050).
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  Tuit, Ann: Introducing Pattern Cutting
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
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  van Steenderen, Lia: Little Clothes for Little People - home-made clothes for young children age 0-7
Exley 1st 1987
square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 755 gms
(Order reference 11675).
£5.00
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  Watkins, Charmian: Designer Clothes to Make
Collins 1st 1985
lrge 4to, glazed pictorial boards F/VG++ 790 gms
(Order reference 4481).
£8.50
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  Watkins, Charmian: Designer Clothes to Make
Guild 1985
4to, glazed pictorial boards in similar dustwrapper F/VG++ 795 gms
(Order reference 3338).
£8.50
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  Watts, Gwyneth: Decorative Dress and Fashion
Hutchinson 1st 1984
4to paperback 79pp, ex college library, covers neatly covered in clear self-adhesive film 205 gms
(Order reference 6964).
£5.00
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  Watts, Gwyneth: Modern Dressmaking
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
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  Wilkes, Angela: Dazzling Disguises and Clever Costumes - over 50 step-by-step projects to make, paint, sew, prepare and wear
Dorling Kindersley 1st 1996
large square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards F 595 gms
(Order reference 10027).
£7.50
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  Wilson, John Arthur & Merrill, Henry Baldwin: Analysis of Leather and Materials Used in Making It
McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1931
4to, VG++. Inscribed 'James Cock & Sons Shrewsbury October 10 1932'. 1155 gms
(Order reference 6641).
£125.00
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  Woolridge, Annie (ed): The Encyclopedia of Advanced Dressmaking
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
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