Tailoring: A Complete Course on Making a Professional Suit

by Fox Chapel Publishing, Peg Couch

Learn to make a classically tailored suit that fits perfectly and will never go out of style with this step-by-step guide. From selecting the fabric to the final fit, readers will be guided through the entire process of making pants and jackets for men and women. The book includes over 200 color-coded diagrams that clearly depict the construction process.

Genres: Sewing

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was fortunate enough to receive a pre publication copy of this book to review. I will say, I have been making clothing for myself and my family for over 35 years. This book will be a great addition to my sewing library. This book is a very thorough, informative book on how to tailoring, how to make a professional suit. This book details choosing and preparing fabrics, the tools and techniques needed, the steps for making a man or women's jacket and making tailored trousers. Everything you need to know to make a suit is included with many helpful illustrations.

[Lauren Stotts · Rating 4 out of 5]

a good addition to any sewing library, but it suffers a little bit by a lack of actual photographs of jacket construction. it's choc full of technical drawings, but it would be nice to have more photographs.

there's not a lot of higher-level analysis of why some methods are preferred over others, so i probably wouldn't recommend this to an absolute beginner (who shouldn't be making suits yet, anyway) over something that is less one-size-fits-all. that said, sewing books generally tend to be one-method! someone interested in trousers specifically should check out david coffin's book, which could supplement this one well.