Collection of the Best 19 Practical Dressmaking, Sewing, and Tailoring Books with Illustrations
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Tailors and dressmakers cut, sew, mend, and alter clothing. Traditionally, tailors specialize in menswear such as suits, jackets, and coats, while dressmakers focus on women’s clothing, including dresses, blouses, suits, evening wear, wedding and bridesmaids’ gowns, and sportswear.
Though these books are old, they remain valuable resources. Each contains illustrations and step‑by‑step tutorials on the fundamentals of dressmaking and tailoring for both women and men.
Contents of the Collection
- Coates Sewing and Dressmaking Manual — Lydia Trattles Coates
- Dressmaking Made Easy
- Dressmaking Self‑Taught in Twenty Complete Lessons — Carens
- Every Lady Her Own Dressmaker — The Scientific Lady Tailor System for cutting ladies’ dresses and coats
- Garment Cutting Self‑Taught
- Garment Drafting by Simple Rule Method
- Home Dressmaking
- Making Smart Clothes — Modern methods of cutting, fitting, and finishing
- Margaret Blair’s System of Garment Drafting
- Practical Sewing and Dressmaking — Sara May Allington
- N. S. Sheifer’s System of Designing and Grading — Ladies’, misses’, and children’s garments
- The International Encyclopedia of Scientific Tailor Principles — For all kinds and styles of garment‑making
- The Dress You Wear and How to Make It — Mary Jane Rhoe
- The Elements of Modern Dressmaking — For amateur and professional dressmakers
- The Ladies’ Tailor Complete Instructor
- The National Garment Cutter Book of Diagrams — Goldsberry & Doran, proprietors
- The New Dressmaker — Complete, fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing
- The Practical Sketcher — A complete method of sketching garments for women, misses, juniors, children, and infants
- Underwear and Lingerie