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Pattern-Drafting for Fashion: The Basics By Teresa Gilewski Also available are: Seam Assembly & Finishing, Advance, and Draping. I cannot find any images on the internet that I can share with you. There are 4 books in this series. I have the first 3. Book 4 (Draping) only came out after I quit my teaching job in the UK. If I have a chance, I might give it
ISBN-13: 978-9865680688 (Use the bold numbers to search the ISBN) You will be able to search for this in: gettextbook.com Ebay I like to recommend this book but it is not available in English format. I am recommending it because you don’t really need to know how to read Chinese to actually use it. I found this book while shopping in Hong Kong a few
Apparel Making in Fashion Design by Injoo Kim and Mykyung Uh To avoid copyright infringement material, I cannot show you the pages. In future, I will add a link if I find any. This book is thick, over 450+ pages to be precise! This book is jammed packed with everything you need to know about pattern cutting and construction from start to finish. This
I have wrote a few blogs about buying fabric and craft supplies before, mostly concentrating in the Sham Shui Po area of Hong Kong. In today’s blog I am going to list shops and websites in Hong Kong that stock an Aladin’s cave of beautiful fabrics, waiting to be discovered. I haven’t been able to visit all of them but hopefully one day I will,
Pattern Cutting Primer by Andrew Richards and Jo Barnfield To avoid copyright infringement material, I will including links to where you can see more images. I came across this book by chance when I was at the central library with my students. After browsing through it, I knew I had to have it to go with my pattern cutting book collection at home. At first sight,
Metric Pattern Cutting By Winifred Aldrich Available in Womenswear, Menswear, Children’s wear & Babywear, Women’s Tailored Jacket, in many editions, revised and extended versions. Also available: Fabric, Form and Flat Pattern Cutting To avoid copyright infringement material, I will including links to where you can see more images. I started with the third edition when I was studying at university. I was introduced to
Pattern Cutting (Portfolio Skills) by Dennic Chuman Lo To avoid copyright infringement material, I will including links to where you can see more images. This is one of my top three favourite pattern cutting books on the market. Purely because it is modern compared to a lot of the pattern cutting books out there. It is very informative and has a lot of pictures, typography, the
I was introduced to North American Smocking around 2001, when I was team teaching a fashion lesson at the college. This type of smocking is also known as Canadian Smocking or Capitone depending which part of the world you are from. This isn’t the usually smocking that you find on some old fashion kids clothing from back in the 70’s. This was something more magical. I just
Buying a Blythe doll can be a bit daunting at first, especially when the market is now saturated with a lot of fakes or copies of Blythe dolls that have been labelled factory/nudes. You just don’t know where to buy a genuine Blythe from anymore. I have taken some pictures to show you some comparisons between a genuine and a fake Blythe doll I own.
This is part 2 of a 2 part blog. I have so many photos to post that I might slow down the loading time! On Yen Chow Street is the Dragon Centre. This is a 9 level multi storey shopping centre with a roller coaster on its top floor. You will be disappointed though because it’s been decommissioned many years ago. I have been here
Now we sort out the kids! There is so much to cram in, I decided to post this blog into 2 parts. Enjoy! Fuk Wing Street also known as Toy Street or Decoration Street Depending on the time of the year you come here, this is usually Toy Street with some shops selling stationery at very low prices. If you come during Chinese/Lunar New Year
Whenever the hubs and I go out shopping in Sham Shui Po, we usually split up to maximise our time here. I, obviously will be going to the fabric, haberdashery and craft stores. As for him, he gets to go to his “manly” stores where the “boys toys” are. Oh yeah, Sham Shui Po is more than the usual fabric, haberdashery and craft shops. For the men
It has been a while since I posted my recipe on how to make Banh Cuon. I just want to share with you how I ended up learning to make this from scratch. I just love how I can incorporate my fashion skills and my cooking knowledge together! You will understand what I mean later in the blog. Otherwise just skip to my recipe to
It’s the end of May and we Chinese in Hong Kong like to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival by eating Jung. In the south we pronounce this sticky rice parcel as Jung, or Zong or Zong-Zi if you are from the north but I’ve heard other dialects with similar names given to this dish. The main ingredients are usually glutinous rice with a bit of bean
On your next trip to Hong Kong make sure you make a detour to Shanghai Street. If you love cooking, and baking you will want to come here. Just a small section of Shanghai Street in the Yau Ma Tei area is all you need to explore. The shops are next to each other so you could easily do this in just an hour or
