Basic Sewing for Costume Construction: A Handbook

by Rebecca Cunningham

All students of costuming need to learn basic sewing techniques to build costumes for theatrical performance. Basic Sewing for Costume Construction teaches just those fundamentals. Cunningham brings decades of classroom experience as she guides readers with clearly laid-out projects covering hand stitching, fasteners, pinning, sewing, and seams. Additional material on measurement, fabric selection, and use of commercial patterns, as well as three complete construction projects, round out the Second Edition. Each project builds on the previous one to develop a full understanding of the costume construction process.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sewing

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 12, 2005

Reviews

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The perfect guide for a novice costumer. It is really intimidating, donning the mantle of such a time-honored craft, yet not having a mentor to teach the nuance. All the Italian nonnas on YouTube are useful, and Rebecca Cunningham's handbook is another invaluable asset to the beginner costumer's arsenal. What I really appreciate about this work is that Cunningham makes the art accessible in that one need not have a professional studio with the highest caliber of tools in order to make good things. One of the biggest hurdles I am facing in my seamstress journey is the lack of seam finishing supplies. What good is a garment that unravels before my very eyes from the inside out? Cunningham provides myriad methods for seam finishing that I am eager to incorporate into my practice immediately! Thank you, Rebecca!