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Gertie’s New Book For Better Sewing: A Modern Guide To Couture-Style Sewing Using Basic Vintage Techniques (2012)

by Gretchen Hirsch(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1584799919 (ISBN13: 9781584799917)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Stewart, Tabori and Chang

review 1: Hey, all you sewists, listen up! If you haven't made the acquaintance of Gretchen Hirsch yet, this may be the time. Bored with run-of-the-mill patterns that barely give you darts to admit you actually have a shape?Then this book's for you. Gertie introduces you to slow sewing (hand work)--not to say everything is done by hand, not even half--just the details. She teaches you step by step what's important and how to do it in a conversational manner that's really easy to follow. She also gives you patterns for a wardrobe of vintage-inspired clothing (and how to make alterations for different necklines, collars, etc.), so you can go on to make a wardrobe of your own tailored, custom-fitted clothing that will last for years and will be like a dream to wear, the fit is so g... moreood (with multiple-sized patterns on paper, not tissue). This book is definitely scheduled for my sewing shelf, and I am looking forward to the next thing by Gretchen Hirsch. Now, with Collette Wolfe's book, "Fabric Manipulation," (really it's making beautifully worked fabric with sewing, folding, etc.), you can make a designer-original wardrobe even Katherine Hepburn would have been proud of.Please, check it out. I'm sure many of you who love the quality of vintage fashions from the late '30s-'50s will be itching to get this book for your very own.
review 2: This is the first sewing book I've read cover to cover. The illustrations are beautiful, the clearly explained tutorials are plentiful, the techniques are useful, and the patterns are wearable and beautiful with many variations. She also gracefully and clearly addresses common fitting issues and presents some of the most common sense and easily tried solutions that I have ever seen, and I've read and tried a lot of methods. No expensive systems or "special" tools, no time consuming wrapping myself in plaster bandages or duct tape or paper tape to make a "double". I don't even need to turn myself into a pretzel or convince my fifteen year old son that pinning a tissue pattern on his mom is a fun way to spend the afternoon!Gertie doesn't just show you how to cut out and sew together a few beautiful garments...she then shows you how to make modifications--sleeves, waistlines, necklines, skirt types, dart placements, collars--that then allow you, if you are so inclined, to create the wardrobe of your dreams. Patterns? With Gertie's help, we don't need no stinking patterns! (well, maybe a few, especially the ones in her book and the ones she just started creating for Butterick, which are fabulous!). Anyway, if you sew or you want to sew and you don't know Gertie yet, I would strongly suggest you get to know her. She's fun, down to earth, interesting, and wants to share everything she's learned with you. less

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