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Informationen zum Autor Alison Smith is a sewing expert and tutor. Her sewing school, the Alison Victoria School of Sewing, is the largest independent sewing school in England, and offers courses and workshops on all aspects of sewing. Alison regularly speaks at specialist sewing shows and has had projects and articles published in a variety of UK magazines. She is a regular contributor to Sewing World magazine, and appeared on the ITV television series Ladette to Lady teaching dressmaking skills. In 2013 Alison was awarded an MBE for services to sewing and corsetry. Klappentext Alison Smith MBE A trained fashion and textiles teacher! Alison taught for many years at one of the largest schools in Birmingham! where she was Head of Department. In 1992 she set up the School of Sewing - the first of its kind in the UK - teaching all aspects of sewing! including dressmaking! tailoring! and corsetry. Alison has also taught at the Liberty Sewing School in London and at Janome's sewing school in Stockport. In 2004! she opened a fabric shop in Ashby de la Zouch to complement the School of Sewing. In 2013! Alison was awarded an MBE for her services to sewing and corsetry. She also teaches online for Craftsy.com and writes regularly for sewing magazines! including Love Sewing. Alison lives in Leicestershire with her husband and has two adult children. Zusammenfassung Want to learn how to make clothes? Discover all the techniques, tools, and patterns you need to sew, alter, and customise your whole wardrobe. Step-by-step instructions show you how to master all the sewing techniques you need, from choosing the right fabrics to hemming and hand stitching. Then put your skills into practice with 12 basic scalable patterns including how to make a dress and how to make a shirt, and make them your own with ideas for customising them so you can make 30 garments in total. Packed with sewing ideas, essential advice, and the patterns you need to create beautiful clothes, Dressmaking is the sewing book no seamstress can be without. ...
