Some weeks ago, while attempting to sew a perfect French Seam for the floral dress in this post, I remembered that I learned a pretty nifty technique from Lyn Weeks in the Frannie class I took from her a couple of years ago. Of course, all my notes are in storage awaiting construction of our new home in Colorado, so I searched online and found a tutorial of this very technique by Southern Matriarch. Since Martha mentions in the tute that it is from Lyn's book Precise and Professional, and I knew it to be out of print, I decided to take a gander on eBay to see if I could find it.
Well, believe it or not I found it. Only $14.00 plus shipping (almost as much as the book), but now I have it! It arrived within 4 days, perfectly wrapped and is brand new, not used.
It has all of the standard heirloom sewing techniques, such as attaching entredeux to fabric, also to laces, around corners, etc.
The tuck section is almost 20 pages in itself, covering pin tucks, release tucks, hem tucks, twin needle tucks, you name it.
And of course, the French Seam tutorial I was searching for. The illustrations are all very clear as are the directions for each technique. If you can find a copy of this book, I heartily recommend it. As I mentioned, the book is out of print, but Lyn has said she may publish some smaller texts about heirloom sewing. Her blog hasn't been updated in a while so I don't know the status of the project. So I encourage all of you who are interested in heirloom sewing to email Lyn and ask her the status of her new books.
Wow, that IS a treasure! Not glamorous, but extremely practical. And the spiral binding is smart, too Great buy!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as someone who has written a book - the more people ask, the slower it goes. But I can see why you would be keen to know!
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