Jeans for Real People: Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR Body!

Combining research on the structure and fit of ready-made jeans with testing of different denims, this sewer's guide reveals the latest way to customize simple steps for sensational pants. By using the tissue-fit method for making clothes, this DVD explains how to get a great fit from pants before even starting to sew. With special attention to several body types, including petite and full figure, this resource also covers fabric selection, pre-shrinking, thread, notions, and gathering other supplies. The DVD features the jean sewing process from start to finish and even explains details like pockets, zippers, yokes, flat-felled seam options, top-stitching tricks, waistbands, belt loops, hems, rivets, and bias.
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Jeans for Real People: Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR Body!

Combining research on the structure and fit of ready-made jeans with testing of different denims, this sewer's guide reveals the latest way to customize simple steps for sensational pants. By using the tissue-fit method for making clothes, this DVD explains how to get a great fit from pants before even starting to sew. With special attention to several body types, including petite and full figure, this resource also covers fabric selection, pre-shrinking, thread, notions, and gathering other supplies. The DVD features the jean sewing process from start to finish and even explains details like pockets, zippers, yokes, flat-felled seam options, top-stitching tricks, waistbands, belt loops, hems, rivets, and bias.
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Jeans for Real People: Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR Body!

Jeans for Real People: Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR Body!

by Pati Palmer
Jeans for Real People: Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR Body!

Jeans for Real People: Learn to Fit and Sew Jeans for YOUR Body!

by Pati Palmer

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Combining research on the structure and fit of ready-made jeans with testing of different denims, this sewer's guide reveals the latest way to customize simple steps for sensational pants. By using the tissue-fit method for making clothes, this DVD explains how to get a great fit from pants before even starting to sew. With special attention to several body types, including petite and full figure, this resource also covers fabric selection, pre-shrinking, thread, notions, and gathering other supplies. The DVD features the jean sewing process from start to finish and even explains details like pockets, zippers, yokes, flat-felled seam options, top-stitching tricks, waistbands, belt loops, hems, rivets, and bias.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780935278927
Publisher: Palmer-Pletsch Associates
Publication date: 09/01/2011
Pages: 1
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author


Marta Alto is a researcher at Palmer/Pletsch Publishing, the author of 21st Century Sewing, and the coauthor of The Serger Idea Book and Sewing Ultrasuede. Pati Palmer is the CEO of Palmer/Pletsch Publishing, a designer and consultant for the McCall Pattern Company, and the coauthor of Sewing with Sergers. They are the coauthors of Fit for Real People, Jackets for Real People, and Pants for Real People. They both live in Portland, Oregon.
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