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by Anna de Leo (Author)
Tired of wearing the same clothes? How about revamping your wardrobe with new custom made clothes? This is a practical sewing manual that shows all the steps for making skirts and trousers, from the basics, like different hand stitches and using a sewing machine, to taking measurements and understanding patterns, all explained with detailed illustrations and photographs for each step. The results are original garments, handmade by you and made to measure. The book includes everything you must know to get started; no previous sewing experience is needed, but you will be amazed of what you can achieve: a wealth of different types of skirts -straight, curled at the waist, classic, mini, flared, balloon, mermaid, asymmetric and more- and trousers -with or without pockets, classic, skinny-fit, low-waist, and many more.
Author Biography
Anna De Leo was born in Cosenza, Italy in 1987. In 2014 she graduated from the Euromode School Italia. In 2015 she moved to Udine, where she took a tailoring repair course. She later enrolled on the Fashion Design course at Milan Fashion Campus (Italy), and completed a Personal Shopper and Image consultant course. From 2015 to 2017 she worked in different fashion companies, refining the knowledge and skills that allow her to experiment also with the packaging of garments and the study of new modeling techniques. She is the author of fashion-related books, Including Mending and Alterations Made Simple.
