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Serger Secrets: High-Fashion Techniques for Creating Great-Looking Clothes

by Mary Griffin

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Serger Secretsis the best serger sewing book you'll ever own! Mary Griffin, Pam Hastings, Agnes Mercik, Linda Lee Vivian, and Barbara Weiland, America's top serger experts share the most popular and innovative ideas for making gorgeous garments with a serger. From pintucking and piping to quilting, shirring, and inserting a zipper--this book has the step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs sewers need to get the most from their sergers. InSerger Secretsyou'll find- * 500 show more photos--one for every step of every technique * 121 solutions to 39 problems you may have with your serger * 58 techniques--all with step-by-step instructions * Dozens of inspiring photographs of completed garments * 60 pages of expert advice to help you master your serger show less

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Languages: English
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Published: 1998
Genres: Home & Garden, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 646
LCC: TT713 .S34

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