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Sewing Outdoor Gear: Easy Techniques for Outerwear that Works | 
 enlarge | Author: Rochelle Harper
Publisher: Taunton
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 605742
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1561582832
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.45
EAN: 9781561582839
ASIN: 1561582832
Publication Date: August 14, 2001
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
The tricky finishing details and specialized fabric requirements needed for most outerwear can scare off even experienced sewers, but as Sewing Outdoor Gear beautifully demonstrates, these garments needn't intimidate. Rochelle Harper, who has designed outerwear for several major manufacturers, carefully leads us step by step through all the basics of making jackets, coats, parkas, and pants from various fabrics, including nylon, polyester, microfiber, cotton, knits, and fleece. Excellent diagrams document features such as layering garments for Alpine skiing, high aerobic activities, and creative street wear. Harper's instructions are more general than project-specific, but they are so thorough and her designs so classy that even nonathletic types may want these clothes in their wardrobes. --Amy Handy
Product Description
As a clothing and fashion statement, outdoor wear has become incredibly popular. Land's End, Cotton Traders and Orvis do a booming business through their catalogues, and stores like cater to the same consumer. You don't have to be a skier or mountain climber, or own a yacht, to appreciate the comfort and wearability of clothing made from fabrics like Polarfleece and Goretex. This is the first book on this specialized topic. There is very little information anywhere about the fabrics and/or sewing techniques used in outdoor wear. With the increasing availability of Polarfleece and other hi-tec fabrics, sewers will be looking for information on how to work with them. Sewers can save money by making their own outdoor garments that have more style than the offerings in catalogues and retail stores.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Oh silly me. October 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book, from Taunton; how could it be less? Professional models against professional backgrounds; each part of a garment examined, discussed, presented.
What it is not, however, is about "gear." I wanted a book about sewing equipment; bags, backpacks, etc. I completely failed to pay attention to the reviews, the precis, and every other comment about the book, which never once mentioned what I think of as "gear." (The dictionary corrects my assumption. Oh well.)
Good book. Won't help you sew a backpack, except to the extent you can map a parka to a backpack.
 Worth Every Penny May 22, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is perfect for the home sewer who wants to sew functional outdoor wear that has all of the professional looking features found in store-bought garments. The author discusses ALL of your fabric options; although many of them I have not found in retail locatios, I found the information very interesting. The book is written from the standpoint of altering ready-made patterns, so if you expect this book to cover every step of the garment construction, you will be disappointed. The photos and illustrations are thorough, clear and abundant.This book de-mystified a lot of techniques I never even thought possible for the home sewer. However- this book is not for the faint-of-heart: the techniques can be labor-intensive, but to me the results are worth it. There are plenty of fashion and embellishment ideas in this book, but I mostly bought it for the technical information, which takes into account weather, wear stresses and movement. With this book I improved upon the standard hunting gear patterns I had been making for my husband, and you almost can't tell that they are not store bought. I would recommend this book to someone who has sewn several projects and is comfortable with the basic construction process, but ready to move on to more custom, functional and professional looking garments.
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