Louisa Owen Sonstroem

The Handsewn Wardrobe

A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to creating a custom capsule wardrobe, featuring in-depth, step-by-step instructions for hand-sewing nine pieces of clothing (no sewing machine required).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 204mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1130g
• ISBN-13: 9781635866261
• ISBN-10: 163586626X
• Artikelnr.: 72561823

Autorenporträt

Louisa Owen Sonstroem studied design and patternmaking at Fashion Institute of Technology. She works in technical design and patternmaking, most recently for Eileen Fisher and Macy's. Louisa teaches hand sewing and patternmaking classes. She also started Patternmaking in Public Places (PIPP), an outreach project to democratize access to patternmaking skills. Louisa lives in Connecticut with her family, in a house filled with board books, dog beds, and lots of fabric.

Inhaltsangabe

The Joy of Sewing by Hand
The Basics
Patternmaking
    Why Build Your Own Pattern?
    Getting Started
    Drafting Your Pattern
Hand Sewing
    Why Sew by Hand?
    Tools and Materials
    Suitable Fabrics
    Preparing to Sew
    The Stitches
    Understanding Fabric (and Cutting It)
The Clothes
Woven Boxy Top
Leggings
Gathered Skirt
T-Shirt
Hoodie
Undies
Woven Button-Up Shirt
Jean Jacket
Jeans
Resources
Further Reading
Featured Makers
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Index