Shaeffer - Claire Shaeffers Fabric Sewing Guide

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2008 by Claire Shaeffer

Published by

Krause Publications
4700 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236

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Project Manager: Jay Staten, Toni Toomey
Content Editor: Barbara Smith
Copyeditor: Barbara Weiland Tagart
Illustrations: Rachael Knier and Rachael Smith
Cover designer: Julie Barnett
Interior designer: Sandy Kent and Rachael Smith
Photography (unless otherwise credited): Claire Shaeffer and Sarah Benson

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shaeffer, Claire B.
[Fabric sewing guide]
Claire Shaeffer's fabric sewing guide / by Claire Shaeffer. Rev. ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-89689-536-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
eISBN 13: 978-1-4402-2112-5
1. Textile fabrics. 2. Dressmaking. 3. Sewing.
I. Title.
TT557.S53 2008
646.40028 dc22

2008017158

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