Dressmaking
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Customize your sewing patterns for a perfect fit
Textiles and clothing
Pattern magic
Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley. Or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House.
Bridal couture
Patterngrams; how to copy designs at home
Blueprints of fashion
Profiling fabrics
A French touch
Women's wear of the 1920's
How to make your own sewing patterns
Pattern drafting and dressmaking
Princess Sophia and the Sparkling Surprise (Tiara Club)
Kostumschnitte und Gewandformen
Shortcuts to a perfect sewing pattern
Elementary fashion design and trade sketching
Smart clothes and wearable technology
Pattern making by the flat-pattern method
The ultimate sewing book
59 authentic turn-of-the-century fashion patterns
Questions and answers
Customize Your Clothes: A Head-to-Toe Guide to Reinventing Your Wardrobe
#OOTD (outfit of the day) sew & style
Gertie sews vintage casual
High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers
Designing your own dress patterns
How to design your own clothes and make your own patterns
Clothing for moderns
Patterns for theatrical costumes
Fabrics for spring sewing
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