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# Bridal Couture: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding Gowns and Evening Wear Paperback – January 1, 1997

**Brand:** susan khaljeclaire shaeffer
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- **What is this?** Bridal Couture: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding Gowns and Evening Wear Paperback – January 1, 1997 by susan khaljeclaire shaeffer
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Many useful tips & tricks, worth having
*by Z***A on April 28, 2008*

The Susan Khalje book is an excellent source of its sort - not speaking of the nice design and pictures, it tells you everything you would want to know when trying to make an evening or wedding dress. Susan Khalje gives many interesting tips and tricks that would otherwise be very time-consuming to figure out, like how and where exactly to attach boning, what layers to use under skirts to make them look as you want to, how to work with lace and how to place it on the curved bodice while hiding the cut places, she gives suggestions as what fabrics to use for what garments - she is very fond of silk organza - for petticoats, underlining, bone channels.This is one of the rare books that show you professionally-done garments and reveal all their making secrets. Even if you're an advanced sewer, I still think you'll find many good tips here. Maybe a pure beginner would not be able to appreciate the value of the information given.Edit: To make it clear, this book is rather a collection of sewing tips that give your clothes a professional look than a step-by step sewing quide. If you already are a sewer and are longing to go pro and more into detail, this book is exactly what you need. It is supposed that you already know how to sew, draft and fit patterns and that you know how to put the garment together.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So much information - Not for the beginner
*by D***A on May 10, 2013*

I can't say enough good things about this book. She goes into such detail on everything from the beginning to the end of making a gown. I got this book mostly for the chapter on boning the bodice and where exactly to place the boning channels. I was very happy to see that I actually got the information I was looking for on this subject. Susan Khalje also writes how to choose the right interlining for the shell fabric you intend to use. There's so much more this book has to offer but I just can't list everything. If you are into making wedding and formal gowns and need a little help on the fine details (even how to stabilize a neck line) then this book will not be a disappointment.The only slightly negative thing I have to say is that her gowns are very out of date. But this book isn't about the gowns, it's about the techniques that have been used that will never go out of style.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ OK resource, doesn't go as in-depth as I would like
*by J***E on November 1, 2018*

As many others have stated, yes, the dresses featured in this book are very dated. But I didn't buy it to make one of those dresses, but more as a resource for the techniques needed for this type of sewing. There is a section with a lot of detailed information about common bridal fabrics including an in-depth portion about different types of lace, which is fantastic and a great help! Some of the sewing techniques, I feel, are not explained well or in-depth at all. This book pairs great with the book Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire Shaeffer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600853358) (who wrote the forward for this book) for more of the in-depth techniques to pair with the fabric and bridal-specific knowledge this book gives you. Considering the affordable price of the Shaeffer book, however, this one is not as good of a value due to the lack of depth.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Bridal Couture: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding Gowns and Evening Wear
- Couture Sewing Techniques: Revised and Updated
- An Introduction to Wedding Dress Alterations: A Dressmaker's Guide to Working with & Sewing Bridal Wear

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