Carole Ann Camp - Teach Yourself Visually Fashion Sewing

by Carole Ann Camp

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Fashion Sewing

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010943463

ISBN: 978-0-470-54297-2 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-0-470-88131-6 (ebk)

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Credits

Acquisitions Editor

Pam Mourouzis

Project Editor

Suzanne Snyder

Copy Editor

Elizabeth Kuball

Technical Editor

Louise Beaman

Editorial Manager

Christina Stambaugh

Vice President and Publisher

Cindy Kitchel

Vice President and Executive Publisher

Kathy Nebenhaus

Interior Design

Kathie Rickard, Elizabeth Brooks

Photography

Matt Bowen

Illustrations

Ronda David-Burroughs, Cheryl Grubbs

Special Thanks...

To the following companies for granting us permission to show photographs of their patterns:

Anna Maria Horner

Patterns by Figgy's

McCalls Patterns

Patty Young

About the Author

Carole Ann Camp started sewing costumes for her grandmothers costume shop when she was in middle school. In home economics class in seventh grade, while all the other students were learning to thread a needle and make a simple skirt, she convinced the teacher to let her make a costume of green chiffon and gold sequins. In high school, her grandmother handed her a bolt of maroon satin and said, Here, how about a Gone with the Wind ball gown? No pattern, mind you, just a bolt of fabric.

Carole Ann is the definition of a Renaissance woman. Three of her academic degrees are in science education; she also has a Master of Divinity degree. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and has served many parishes. Her hobbies include all the fiber and fabric artssewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, and embroideryand furthermore, she tap dances!

Acknowledgments

I want to thank the editors and illustrators at Wiley Publishing, Inc., as well as the photographers and seamstresses, without all of whom this book would never have been created and finished.

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