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Fine Embellishment Techniques by Jane Conlon will teach you classic techniques for beautifully embellished garments. Whether you are a beginning, intermediate or advanced sewer, this book is designed to provide you with a wealth of embellishment inspirations as well as step-by-step instructions so you can achieve outstanding results on projects large and small.

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Fine Embellishment Techniques
Classic Details for Today's Clothing

Author: Jane Conlon
Pages: 170
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: The Taunton Press
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4W30195
Weight: 1.8lbs.

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Inspired by embellished clothing from the '20s, '30s and '40s Jane Conlon has adapted classic decorative techniques to today's fashions. Her ideas will spark the creative spirit of all sewers, from beginners to the most experienced. Her detailed instructions for the many ways to use beading, applique, trims and threadwork ensure success—whether you are enhancing ready-to-wear or sewing whole garments.

Beautifully illustrated with 4-color photographs and drawings, Fine Embellishment Techniques is an invaluable addition to your sewing library, showing how to

  • Bead delicate fringe or an entire gown
  • Make custom braid
  • Use passementerie
  • Applique sophisticated designs

About the Author

Jane Conlon teaches sewing and embellishment techniques at 27th Street Fabrics in Eugene, Oregon. A frequent contributor to Threads magazine, she is an avid and inspired sewer with a closet full of beautifully embellished garments..

Table of Contents

 
Introduction 2
Beading 4
Materials and Equipment6
Beading Methods17
Threadwork 46
Materials and Equipment48
Threadwork Embellishments by Hand 57
Threadwork Embellishments by Machine65
Trims 80
Materials and Equipment82
Making Custom Trims86
Designing with Trims95
Sewing Trims101
Making Passementerie105`
Applique 110
Materials and Equipment112
Appliques 114
Insets 122
Faggotted Rouleau126
Bindings and Pipings138
Materials and Equipment140
Bindings 144
Pipings156
Decorative Threads162
Appendices166
Mail-Order Sources168
Index169

Beading
Beading

Stitches
Stitches

Applique
Applique

Design
Design

Braiding ExampleBraiding Example
Design and Braiding Examples

Beading ExampleEmbellished by Machine
Beading Example and Embellishment by Machine Example

Embellishment ExampleEmbellishment Example
Embellishment Examples

AppliqueBeading Example
Applique and Beading Examples

Bindings and PipingsTools
Bindings, Pipings and Tools

BeadingBeadings
Beading Examples

 

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Embellish Chic

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for Your Clothes
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Fine Embellishment Techniques
Fine Embellishment Techniques
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Folded Fabric Elegance
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