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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:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 579964
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
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
Book Description
How to keep warm, dry-and stylish-in any weather? This practical and innovative sewing book is the place to start. Expert author Rochelle Harper takes a comprehensive look at sewing all kinds of outerwear -- whether for sports and play or simply for defying the elements. The book will help the reader make sense of the wide range of fabrics available, including Goretex and Polarfleece. Sewers will discover techniques for creating professional-looking garments designed for the great outdoors. The first book on the specialized topic of sewing outerwear has information accessible to sewers at all skill levels and includes more than 200 color photographs and 96 drawings.
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| Customer Reviews:
Worth Every Penny May 22, 2006
9 out of 9 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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