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Bibliography - Sewing, Design and Surface Embellishment

This section contains a lot of books, and I have not finished! As I work on this portion, I will be subdividing it further into specific areas such as pattern making, surface design, tassel making beading etc. For now, the list is integrated. Look for major changes to this page before the end of 2000.

Armstrong, Helen Joseph. Patternmaking for Fashion Design. Harper & Row: New York 1987.

Amaden-Crawford, Connie. The Art of Fashion Draping. Fairchild Publishers: New York 1995.

Bensussen, Rusty. Making Patterns from Finished Clothes. Sterling Publications: New York 1985.

Bensussen, Rusty. Shortcuts to A Perfect Sewing Pattern. Sterling Publications: New York 1989.

Brij Bhushan, Jamila. Indian Embroidery. Publications Ministry, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India: New Delhi 1990.

Crutchley, Anna and Tim Imrie. The Tassels Book. Lorenz books: New York 1996.

Doyle, Tracy. Patterns from Finished Clothes: Re-creating the Clothes You Love. Sterling Publications: New York 1996.

El-Khalidi, Laila. The Art of Palestinian Embroidery. Al Saqi 1999.

Eaton, Jan. The Complete Stitch Encyclopedia. Quarto Publishing: London 1995.

Embroidery and Lace of Ottoman Turkey. Royal Scottish Museum: Edinburgh 1983.

Grewal, Neelam. The Needle Lore: Traditional Embroideries of Kashmir, Himachal Prdesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan. Ajanta Publications: Delhi 1988.

Holkeboer, Katherine Strand. Costume Construction. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs NJ 1989.

Jaffe, Hilde. Draping for Fashion Design. Prentice Hall: New York 1993.

Sewing Design and Surface Embelishments:

Johnstone, Pauline. Greek Island Embroidery. H.M.S.O.: London 1972.

Johnstone, Pauline. Turkish Embroidery. Victoria & Albert Museum: London 1985.

Kopp, Ernestine, et all. Designing Apparel Through the Flat Pattern. Fairchilds Publishers: New York 1991.

Morrell, Anne. Techniques of Indian Embroidery. B.T. Batsford: London 1994.

Paine, Sheila. The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad. Michael Joseph: London 1994.

Readers Digest. Complete Guide to Sewing. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.: Pleasantville, NY 1995.

Singer. Creative Sewing Ideas. Singer: Minnetonka, MI 1990.

Singer. Sewing Essentials. Singer: Minnetonka, MI 1989.

Singer, Sewing For Special Occasions. Singer: Minnetonka, MI 1994.

Taylor, Carol. Creative Bead Jewelry. Sterling Publishing, Inc.: New York 1995.

Taylor, Enid. Tassel Making for Beginners. Sterling Publications: New York 1998.

Weir, Shelagh. Palestinian Embroidery: A Village Arab Craft. British Museum: London 1970.

Welsh, Nancy. The Creative Art of Tassels. Sterling Publications: New York 1999.