trouser book

[elizabeth_mn]

Now that I've posted about a couple presents I made, I'll post about a present I recieved.

By far my favorite thing was David Page Coffin's new book, Making Trousers. I've been a fan of his book Shirtmaking for a long time, and Coffin is simply one of my sewing heroes.

The trouser book has the same clear, well-defined approach to fine sewing techniques that Shirtmaking has, plus a dvd with videos on how to do some of the steps. I haven't checked out the dvd yet, but the book itself has already given me a bunch of new ideas.  I've only recently started wearing pants again (as opposed to skirts) and I've only recently started thinking about getting seriously into making pants for my HB (probably one reason he gave me this book!).

Pants are hard to sew (for me anyway).  Not as hard as jackets, but harder than shirts, and definitely harder than skirts. Having some good books around makes it so much easier; this is one that does.

You can get an idea of some of the content of the book from the blog DPC on Making Trousers.