Shirtmaking: Developing Skills for Fine Sewing

Rating:
Summary: Better than store bought
Review: I only wish he would write a book about pants making or tailoring! This is my ultimate reference for shirt sewing! I have had it for over 6 years and I still pull it out every time I make a new shirt. I still use his placket pattern and instructions. It is beautifully illustrated and includes not only better-than-store-bought details like flat felled seams and quality interfacings, but some really interesting design ideas.
Only 1 thing! source info in the back is out of date. If you are near Houston, try "High Fashion Fabric" for the best cottons.

Rating:
Summary: Too much Bla Bla
Review: I read all the reviews here and expected a great professional book.
The book is nice and give a lot of information about shirtmaking. But you have to dig really hard to find the important information. It was disappoting to see that the book doesn't include a method of creating a pattern for the yoke, and instead recommands copying from commercial pattern or an existing shirt. It also doesn't show how to make a shirt based on figure measurments.
It's a nice book for beginners, and home sewers.

Rating:
Summary: Not just a book on Shirtmaking
Review: This guy changed the way I sew forever. His advice on felling feet and rotary cutters is worth the price of the book alone. His techniques gave me professional results the first time! Get the hardcover edition as you will quickly wear out the paperback, as I did.

Rating:
Summary: Not just a book on Shirtmaking
Review: This guy changed the way I sew forever. His advice on felling feet and rotary cutters is worth the price of the book alone. His techniques gave me professional results the first time! Get the hardcover edition as you will quickly wear out the paperback, as I did.