Brand: Better Homes and Gardens
Condition: Used

Vintage Better Homes and Gardens Pattern Adjustments 1966, Stated First Edition, First Printing, published by Meridith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa. Hardcover: 62 pages.
This book is in super nice shape for its age (1966). The binding is nice and tight and the hardcover looks good. Just some slight corner dings.

Step-by-step pattern alterations. Adjustment tips for figure problems. Custom fitting ideas by an expert. Preparing fabric, marketing, cutting, assembling a garment. About the "Creative Sewing" series: Beautiful fabrics and exciting pattern styles make sewing more rewarding than ever. With today's new techniques and equipment, sewing can be fun for the beginner as well as the accomplished seamstress. "Better Homes and Gardens Creative Sewing Library" presents sewing methods based on common sense-practical, professional tips that show how to give clothes for the whole family a "custom-made" look. "The Creative Library" has been prepared under the guidance of Miss Lucille Rivers, one of America's eminent sewing experts. To help women learn the easy, professional methods of sewing she describes in the books, she has drawn upon her long experience in the field. Miss Rivers has directed her own custom salon in New York, and she has served as consultant to many leading clothing manufacturers. She has created new styles for fashion shows, and has lectured on sewing in department stores in this country, Australia, and New Zealand. For many years Miss Rivers was sewing editor of NBC's popular "Home Show," and she has conducted sewing demonstrations on many other television programs. In the 'Creative Sewing Library', she shares her fashion knowledge and dressmaking experience with you.

This item will be shipped Media Mail.