Can anyone recommend a good book for beginning to sew lingerie. I am an experienced seamstress just have never done much lingerie.
Lingerie
Aug 02, 2006
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Kwik-Sew
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has a book on sewing lingerie, and I haven't come across anything they sell that isn't wonderful.
Best deal is probably the Kwik-sew book "Beautiful lingerie", as it comes with master patterns and good instructions. A little more adventurous: Jan Bones: Lingerie Secrets Karen Morris: Sewing Lingerie that Fits Singer Sewing Lingerie
Kay
>I have a small Excel spreadsheet with many books on sewing lingerie listed. Email me if you'd like me to send it to you.
Pora
Is there some reason why you can't post it here? It would be a valuable contribution to the NG, and you could just cut and paste from your spreadsheet program to a text file and then to here.
Melinda, who wonders if it is an awfully "Usenet old school" thing to feel that it's not quite right to withhold that kind of valuable contribution to a NG and only offer to send it via email
how would she post an excel file to usenet? Unless you are offering to take the info and get into a text format.....
She can do exactly as I described: Copy the excel file contents, paste into a text file, then copy the text files contents and paste into an email.
I do it all the time, and it works fine.
She could also export the Excel file as 'tab delineated text' which would create the text file automatically.
I wasn't meaning to exclude anyone. I've been collecting the data for the Bra Connection site. We've been experiencing difficulties with our web designer for months and might switch to someone else soon. In the meantime all my research is sitting around. If I can successfully export the data I'll post it along with a note that it will eventually live at the bra connection.
Pora
Thank You everyone. Guess I will start with the quick sew. Thanks again.
Okay, here's the list. I seem to notice that I haven't added the 3 or
4 that are for belly dancing costume bras. (That's what the Embellished Bras book is about.) I'll look for 'em again. Since I'm into bra making this list is heavy on that subject. Please post here if you know of more! And like I said, eventually this will live at
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- Pora
The Booby Traps Way: Sew Your Own Beautiful Bra's and Lingerie
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Jill Bradshaw
Bra-Makers Manual, The
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Beverly Johnson
Bra-Making Class Notes
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Beverly Johnson
Making Beautiful Bras
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LeeAnn Burgess
Making Beautiful Swimwear
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LeeAnn Burgess
Embellished Bras: Basic Techniques Dawn Devine Brown
[1978 Kwik-Sew Bra Instructions] [Avail. From Sew Sassy]
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Kwik-Sew's Beautiful Lingerie
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Kersten Martensson
Kwik-Sew's Swim & Action Wear
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Kersten Martensson
Lingerie Design on the Stand: Designs for Underwear and Nightwear Dawn Cloake
Lingerie Secrets: Sew a perfect fit for every body
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Jan Bones
Lingerie Secrets Book
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Jan Bones
Lingerie Secrets: Panties (Video)
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Jan Bones
Lingerie Secrets: Camisoles and Nighties (Video)
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Jan Bones
Lingerie Sewing: The Feminine Art Dolores Krinke
Lovely Lingerie Martha Pullen
Sewing Lingerie
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Singer Reference Library
Sewing Lingerie That Fits: Stylish Underwear, Sleepwear, and Loungewear for Everyday Living Karen Morris
Sew Intimate Luxurious Lingerie Ann Person (Stretch & Sew)
Sew Lovely Lingerie Loretta Baumbach
Sew Lovely Lingerie: Slips and Panties Laverne Deveraux
Sew Lovely Lingerie: Girdle and Bra Laverne Deveraux
Pattern Cutting for Lingerie, Beachwear and Leisurewear Ann Haggar Kreative-Dessous
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Michaela Fohner
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