CONTENTS
About the author..........................................................6
Foreword by Pati Palmer...............................................7
CHAPTER 1.................................................................8
Why Sew Jeans? A Bit of History
CHAPTER 2 .......................................................10
Tools Sewing Machines & Sergers Tools for Pressing, Cutting, Marking, Tissue-Fitting Alterations, Hardware Setting
CHAPTER 3...............................................................16
Materials Denim Basics Hardware, Needles, Thread, Interfacing, Zippers
CHAPTER 4.......................................................23
Patterns, Fit & Alterations Personal Jeans Profile Jeans Patterns and Sizing Our Jeans-Making Order Includes Fit Understanding Ease Crotch Length and Crotch Depth Tissue-FittingWhy Tissue-Fit? | Choosing Your Best Pattern Size | Denim Wrap Test | Preparing Your Pattern for Tissue-Fitting | The Tissue-Fitting Order | Pattern Tissue Alterations | Fabric-Fitting Alterations
CHAPTER 5.......................................................62
Real People Fitting Jeans Learning fit by examining different bodies Ava | Ali | Pati | Helen | Julie | Greg | Taylor | Jeff
CHAPTER 6.....................................................108
Before You Sew Good Sewing Hygiene Fabric Prep Prepare the Altered Pattern for Cutting, Making 1 Seams Layout & Cutting Transfer Pattern Markings Seams, Topstitching, Bartacks, Buttonholes
CHAPTER 7.....................................................124
Constructing Jeans Snap-View Construction Order Step-By-Step Jeans Construction Quick Stitch Length Guide | Interfacing | Efficiency Serging | Belt Loops Prep | Back & Coin Pockets | Front Pockets | Fly Front Zipper| Baste & Fabric Fit | Fabric-Fitting Order | Yokes | Back Pockets | Inseams | Crotch Seam | Side Seams | Belt Loop Placement | Waistband | Attaching Belt loops | BarTacks | Buttonhole | Hem | Setting Hardware
CHAPTER 8.....................................................158
Design Mods Legs Articulated Knee | Seam Design Ideas Pockets Pocket Bag Variations | Topstitched Trouser Pocket | Coin Pockets | Back Pocket Variations | Topstitched Welt Pocket | Tulip Pocket | Darted Cargo Pocket Front Closures Hidden Button Fly | Exposed Button Fly | Mock Fly for Pull-On Jeans Waistbands Full Elastic Hems & the Bottom Line Raw Edge | Fringed Raw Edge | Tulip Hem | Exposed Ankle Zipper | Slits
CHAPTER 9.....................................................230
Care & Feeding of Jeans
CHAPTER 10............................................... 232
Templates Fly Topstitching | Topstitched Welt Pocket | Darted Cargo Pocket | Tulip Pocket Resources and Metric Conversion Chart....................235
Index.......................................................................236
Other Palmer/Pletsch Products..................................238
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