An Essential Guide for Beginners Lyons, Tracey. creator author text Electronic books. xx 2019 monographic eng 1 online resource (168 pages) Sewing Techniques for Theatre: An Essential Guide for Beginners distills the intimidating art of sewing down into simple, quick, and effective lessons to prepare readers for an entry-level position in a costume shop. The lessons follow an hour-by-hour structure, offering detailed instructions to creating 11 sewing samples, a scrub shirt, and a tote bag. Embedded in the projects' directions are lecture materials on safety, irons, fabric, and patterns. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, review questions, photographs, and step-by-step instructions for compiling a portfolio, this guide teaches aspiring costume technicians about the culture and machinery of the costume shop, and equips them with the necessary skills to begin their career as members of a costume shop team. Introduction -- Chapter 1 Hour One -- Introduction to the Costume Shop -- Shop Safety -- Review -- Hour Two -- Fabric -- Fabric Shopping -- Divide the Fabric -- Introduction to the Overlock Sewing Machine -- Practice Using the Overlock Machine -- Introduction to the Portfolio -- Review -- Chapter 2 Hour Three -- Overlock Machine -- Sewing Notions -- Thread -- Needles -- Threading the Needle -- Buttons -- Shank Button -- Sewing Sample #1. Part 1 of 2 - Shank Button -- Flat Button -- Sewing Sample #1. Part 2 of 2 - Flat Button -- Hour Four -- Irons -- Hook and Bar -- Sewing Sample #2. Part 1 of 4 - Bar -- Sewing Sample #2. Part 2 of 4 - Hook -- Snap -- Sewing Sample #2. Part 3 of 4 - Socket -- Sewing Sample #2. Part 4 of 4 - Stud -- Hour Five -- Right and Wrong Side of Fabric -- Hemming Stitches -- Whip Stitch -- Sewing Sample #3. Whip Stitch -- Slip Stitch -- Sewing Sample #4. Slip Stitch -- Review -- Chapter 3 Hour Six -- Introduction to Sewing Machines -- Threading the Sewing Machine -- Machine Stitching Projects -- Sewing the Straight Stitch Seam -- Sewing Sample #5. Straight Stitch -- Straight Stitch Seam With Top Stitching -- Sewing Sample #6. Straight Stitch With Top Stitching -- Hour Seven -- Curved Seams -- Concave Curve -- Sewing Sample #7. Concave Curve -- Convex Curve -- Sewing Sample #8. Convex Curve -- 90° Corner -- Sewing Sample #9. 90° Corner -- Hour Eight -- Dart -- Sewing Sample #10. Dart -- Hemming With Bias Tape -- Sewing Sample #11. Hemming With Bias Tape -- Review -- Chapter 4 Hour Nine -- Introducing the Scrub Shirt -- Reading a Pattern -- Laying Out and Cutting the Shirt -- Hour Ten -- Constructing the Shirt -- Overlock -- Stitch Shoulder Seams -- Stitching Shoulder Seams on Facings -- Hour Eleven -- Finishing the Neck Edge -- Hour Twelve. Pinning and Attaching the Sleeves -- Stitching Side Seams -- Hour Thirteen -- Hemming the Sleeves -- Shirttail Hemming the Bottom -- Hemming the Side Vents -- Review -- Chapter 5 Hour Fourteen -- Tote Bag -- Hour Fifteen -- Portfolio -- Portfolio Requirements -- Conclusion -- Review -- Master Supply List -- Chapter Review Answers -- Index. Tracey Lyons. ALA COVID Relief Fund Sewing Costume TT705 .L96 2019 646.478 Lyons, Tracey Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2019 9780429946493 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5773144 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5773144 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5773144 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5773144 MiAaPQ 211129 20221114202101.0 EBC5773144 eng