num_pages: 184
description: Designers were going to Mood!More than 10 years ago Tim Gunn and Project Runway introduced millions of viewers to New Yorks ultimate fabric mecca Mood Fabrics. Now the experts behind this fabric power- house bring their fabric and fashion know-howplus their behind-the-scenes storiesto the sewing public. The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion is the ultimate guide for home-sewers fashion students aspiring designers and Project Runway fans who want to learn everything they need to know to choose and use quality fabric. Drawing upon the expertise of the Mood staff the book teaches readers the fundamentalsfrom where fabric is produced to the ins and outs of its constructionand features a fabric-by-fabric guide to cottons and other plant fibers wools silks knits and other speciality fabrics.Contents:The fabric of their lives: the fashionable history of Mood --Social fabric: textiles yesterday today and tomorrow --Fabric 101: the fundamentals of fabric for sewers and designers --Fabric and design: transforming inspiration into fashion reality --Cotton linen and hemp --Wools --Knits --Silks --Other fabrics.
language: English
title: The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion: The Essential Guide from the World's Most Famous Fabric Store
publisher: Harry N. Abrams