Product Description

Professional Sewing Techniques for Designers is a modern, colorful, and up-to-date sewing
guide that teaches fashion design students the construction skills they'll need to execute
their original designs in a professional environment. Each chapter covers a particular
theme such as seams, collars, and zippers and reflects the order of assembly
of any garment, offering many insights into techniques appropriate to varying levels of
proficiency. Based on their belief that it is impossible to have good designs without having
accurate patternmaking and quality construction skills, Cole and Czachor hope to increase
student's sewing skills, inspire their confidence, and stimulate their creative experimentation
from the beginning stages through their development as successful designers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32102 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 560 pages

About the Author
Julie Cole is an instructor in the Fashion Design Department at Harper College of Design and at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago. She has worked in Sydney and Melbourne for several different companies during her career of over thirty years in the industry designing collections for several different target markets; children's, teenage and women's day wear, evening wear and bridal. Her specialty is the design process from concept to the production.

Sharon Czachor is an adjunct faculty instructor in the Fashion Design Department at Harper College of Design. She is an award winning designer of women's tailored garments with over 40 years of sewing, study and passion for design. She has developed numerous classes during her 13 years of teaching including the curriculum of sewing techniques used in the fashion department. A member of ASG, the Haute Couture Group of Chicago, The Chicago Fashion Foundation, and PACC, her focus is on the use of excellent garment construction to achieve excellent design.

Customer Reviews

A MUST HAVE BOOK!!!!
I will tell u - I was very skeptical about purchasing this book. The reason? Some months aback, I had bought a book which stated that it was about sewing techniques. What a dreadful mistake - the illustrations were wack and unprofessional, I could hardly follow what the author was trying to bring across. But this book, oh my gosh!!! The illustrations are in great detail... the explanations and procedures are clear and precise! A couple of reviews of this book i noticed are from students, but if you are a home seamstress/sewist like myself, u really need this book. It covers every single thing u need to know about putting a garment together. I kid u not! If you are deterred about the price, and I know in some aspect that u are, it is definitely worth it!!! Don't waste your time and money buying any other sewing technique books, this one has every thing in it. Don't find yourself buying a whole bunch different books that concentrates on only one aspect of sewing/designing. Get this book, trust me, u will not be disappointed. I love it, love it, love it!!! At last, a book that covers all sewing techniques and problems u may encounter and how to solve them. For those who bought PATTERNMAKING FOR FASHION DESIGN by Helen Joseph Armstrong, this book I think is the 2nd step. It shows you how to put your patterns together. Just buy the thing!!! It's great!!!

The best book there could be for sewing techniques
I have Julie as a teacher and all of what is written in this book she teaches us in class. I can guaranty you will learn so much from this book and the right sewing techniques that will make your garment look professionaly done. Then all there is left for you to do is to be creative.
Julie's student

If I could give it more than 5 stars --- I would!!
It gives better instruction on stitching order than a lot of the patterns---and then some!! Whether you are an aspiring professional or just someone who really enjoys sewing this book has it all. This and the Reader's Digest Complete Book of Sewing are absolute MUST HAVES!!!