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The Book of Home Sewing

by Maggi McCormick Gordon

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This comprehensive, but quick-and-easy reference book is a starter guide to the skills and techniques needed to make your own clothes and soft furnishings with step-by-step photography and instructional text throughout.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Home & Garden, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 646.2 — Applied science & technology Home economics & family management Sewing, Grooming, Life Skills Sewing
LCC: TT705 .G67 — Technology Handicrafts. Arts and crafts Handicrafts. Arts and crafts Home arts. Homecrafts
BISAC: CRA CRAFTS & HOBBIES General

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Languages: Czech, English, German
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 5

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Published: 1997
Genres: Nonfiction, Home & Garden, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 646.2
LCC: TT705 .G67

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