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Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s
Gretchen Hirsch
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Description for Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s
Hardback. Featuring modern updates of the sportswear styles of the 1950s, plus an illustrated to guide to all of the techniques needed to create them today. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour photographs and 250 colour and black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 227 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Gertie Sews Vintage Casual is Gretchen Hirsch's follow-up to Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing. In the first book, Hirsch focused on dresses, skirts and eveningwear. But the mid-20th century was also an amazing time for sportswear—think wide-legged trousers, playful beach rompers, ‘50s style shorts, casual dresses, fitted capri pants and casual jackets and coats. Gertie Sews Vintage Casual is organised like her first book into two major sections—Techniques and Projects. In the first part, Hirsch focuses on techniques that are specific to sportswear, such as buttonholes, collars, interfacings, pockets for shirts, special considerations when working with knit fabrics and ... Read more
Gertie Sews Vintage Casual is Gretchen Hirsch's follow-up to Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing. In the first book, Hirsch focused on dresses, skirts and eveningwear. But the mid-20th century was also an amazing time for sportswear—think wide-legged trousers, playful beach rompers, ‘50s style shorts, casual dresses, fitted capri pants and casual jackets and coats. Gertie Sews Vintage Casual is organised like her first book into two major sections—Techniques and Projects. In the first part, Hirsch focuses on techniques that are specific to sportswear, such as buttonholes, collars, interfacings, pockets for shirts, special considerations when working with knit fabrics and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781617690747
SKU
V9781617690747
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gretchen Hirsch
Gretchen "Gertie" Hirsch is the author of Gertie's New Book for Better Sewing (STC Craft, Autumn 2012), a passionate seamstress, a sought-after teacher and the creator of one of the web's most popular sewing blogs: Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing. She has her own pattern line with Butterick, and teaches fashion design and sewing around America. Her work has ... Read more
Reviews for Gertie Sews Vintage Casual: A Modern Guide to Sportswear Styles of the 1940s and 1950s
“Not just a guide to sewing clothes such as cigarette pants, flared skirts, wrap dresses, pinup sweaters, and shift dresses, Hirsch’s volume explores the fashion landscape of the period as well as the particular challenges of sewing vintage. The book comes with basic patterns and instructions for multiple variations.”
Library Journal
“Complete with fun illustrations, great photography, and ... Read more
Library Journal
“Complete with fun illustrations, great photography, and ... Read more