David Page Coffin Livres

With the skills learnt in this book, readers can create elegant, custom-fit garments for either men or women that look like the best money can buy. Using simple tools and techniques any sewer can acquire, you'll discover how to duplicate and even improve on these garments.

Comfortable, flattering pants can be challenging to make - but they're wonderful to wear. In this book, David Coffin provides his inventive, sure-fire methods for getting it right. With his characteristic precision and straight talk - and with the help of photographs, drawings, and exclusive access to a series of online video sequences - Coffin teaches the reader how to get great results, whether making a showcase garment or just whipping out an everyday pair. For more information and book-related extras, visit David Coffin's blog all about making trousers and specifically designed for the readers of this book.

David Page changed the world of food television by creating, developing, and executive-producing the groundbreaking show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Now from this two-time Emmy winner comes Food Americana, an entertaining mix of food culture, pop culture, nostalgia, and everything new on the American plate.The remarkable history of American food. What is American cuisine, what national menu do we share, what dishes have we chosen, how did they become “American,” and how are they likely to evolve from here? David Page answers all these questions and more.Engaging, insightful, and often humorous. The inside story of how Americans have formed a national cuisine from a world of flavors. Sushi, pizza, tacos, bagels, barbecue, dim sum―even fried chicken, burgers, ice cream, and many more―were born elsewhere and transformed into a unique American cuisine.Food Americana is a riveting ride into everything we eat and why. From a lobster boat off the coast of Maine to the Memphis in May barbecue competition. From the century-old Russ & Daughters lox and bagels shop in lower Manhattan to the Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival. From a thousand-dollar Chinese meal in San Francisco to birria tacos from a food truck in South Philly.

"In Sewing Shirts with a Perfect Fit, author, teacher, and renowned shirt-sewing expert David Page Coffin shows how you can easily transform the printed, multi-sized patterns included with the book (as well as patterns you already have) into three different customized basic shirt silhouettes--a loose fit, a trim fit, and a close fit--for both men and women. Using his couture-inspired draping methods on figure models and a collection of custom-shaped body forms, David demonstrates how to adjust seams and armholes and add darts to achieve the right fit for each silhouette. Get inspired by the four distinctive, original step-by-step shirt design and construction projects that show a variety of classic and contemporary shirt and shirtdress styles you can make with the included patterns."--Provided by publisher

Theory and Practice of Teaching - The motives and methods of good school-keeping is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

A unique and comprehensive guide to creating beautiful shirts, coats and dresses.

Hemd nähen leicht gemacht! David Page Coffin, bekannt als der „King of Shirtmaking“ in den USA, teilt in diesem umfassenden Näh-Ratgeber seine jahrzehntelange Erfahrung im Nähen von Männerhemden. Die Techniken sind auch für das Blusennähen anwendbar. Der Leser erhält eine Einführung in die Anatomie von Schnittmustern, einschließlich der Bestandteile und Passform. Eine besondere Anleitung zeigt, wie man ein Lieblingshemd kopiert und aus einer gekauften Bluse ein Schnittmuster erstellt. Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen für alle Nähtechniken, die für Männerhemden oder Blusen benötigt werden, sind enthalten, wie das Annähen von Kragen, Fertigen von Manschetten und Nähen von Knopfleisten. Zudem wird auf die verschiedenen Hemdstile eingegangen, einschließlich der Unterschiede zwischen Oberhemd und Sporthemd, sowie Tipps zum Nähen von Jerseyshirts und abnehmbaren Kragen. Profile bekannter Shirt-Designer und Informationen von Vintage-Hemden bis Hemdjacken runden das Angebot ab. Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt der Gestaltung von Kragen, dem auffälligsten Element eines selbstgenähten Hemdes. Mit Coffins Techniken gelingt auch Anfängern der perfekte Kragen, während Fortgeschrittene neue Tipps und Tricks entdecken können. Nähen Sie Ihr neues Lieblingshemd oder Ihre Lieblingsbluse selbst!