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The Perfect Fit | Teresa Gilewska | Dressmaking Book

£30.00

The Perfect fit by Teresa Gilewska is an essential guide on creating and altering basic sewing patterns for tops, sleeves, skirts and trousers.

Every body is different, and standard sizes certainly do not fit all! We are often told by our customers that getting the perfect fit is their ultimate goal and a challenge for each person in a different way.

We sew our own clothes so that we can get things perfect, and this book really does talk you through how to alter you own patterns. You start with a pattern that is drawn to your own exact measurements, then you learn the necessary skills for altering 'off-the-rack' patterns to measure, and then on to drafting your own garments.

This is definitely a next level book that brings a professional fit to amateur sewists.

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