Encyclopedia of Curtains: All You'll Ever Need to Know about Making Curtains
Autor Catherine Merrick, Rebecca Day, Liselle Barnsleyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 apr 2017
2nd edition of the guide that provides readers with everything they need to know about making beautiful curtains and soft furnishings. Edited by Liselle Barnsley.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0953526763
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 850 Colour, 650 B&W
Dimensiuni: 240 x 284 x 32 mm
Greutate: 1.95 kg
Ediția:2 Rev ed.
Editura: Merrick and Day
Notă biografică
Sisters, Catherine Merrick and Rebecca Day are master curtain makers with more than 20 years' of experience. They run the well-respected Merrick & Day curtain-making workroom in North Lincolnshire, making curtains for interior designers. Merrick & Day also run popular courses on curtain making. In demand as speakers around the world, they have also distilled their years of knowledge into nine authoritative books on curtains. An English literature graduate, Liselle Barnsley of Tailored Marketing Solutions has been working closely with Merrick & Day since 2005. She has also edited two previous Merrick & Day books: Blinds, Curtains and Cushions and The Curtain Design Directory.
Cuprins
Introduction History of curtains Curtain styles and window shapes Measuring windows Planning a window treatment Estimating fabric quantities Equipment and setting up a work area Cutting fabric Sewing skills Making curtains Curtains and decorative headings Headings for arched and shaped windows Contrast edges and borders Frills Fabric trims Passementerie Valances Pelmets Swags and tails Swagged valances Tie-back and Italian stringing Roller blinds Roll-up blinds Roman blinds London blinds Gathered blinds Bed covers and curtains Tablecloths Cushions Installation and fitting Templates and patterns Fabric directory
Descriere
Since it was released in 1996, the 'Encyclopaedia of Curtains' has been an essential resource for curtain-makers around the world. Now, Merrick & Day have revisited their original publication and comprehensively revised it to present this second edition. They have included hundreds of new descriptive photographs and diagrams, and greatly expanding the technical step-by-step curtain-making details.
They have reviewed the techniques and sewing skills described and adapted and updated them to keep in tune with the changing demands of furnishing fashion. Everything described in this second edition has been tried in their professional workroom. This an opportunity to access their hard-earned knowledge gathered over more than twenty years and adapt it to individual situations so that time-saving shortcuts and professional techniques can be utilised to create beautiful window treatments.