Tag: sewing
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Needles in the Stacks: Couture edition
Here in the FIT Library, we have many many books on how to make clothing. There are different points of view on techniques, as well as different types of machinery. In our last post, we spent time reviewing books about the serging or merrow machine and covered a few of our favorite how-to-get-started books on…
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Love, Loss, & Auld Lang Syne
At FIT, we spend a lot of time pondering the business and the art of dress. But there are so many more stories that clothes can tell. If every dress or pair of pants or skirt could talk, imagine the stories they’d tell. From the depths of December, we offer you some remembrances of summers…
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Needles in the Stacks: Fancy Machine Work and Sergers
Welcome back to another episode of Beth & Denise’s reviews of needle-oriented books in our stacks! With the holidays ahead, it seems a good time to continue our series reviewing the how-to manuals collected in the library. What’s on your Christmas list? Encyclopedia of Sewing Machine Techniques, by Nancy Bednar and JoAnn Pugh-Gannon 5th Floor…