Shirtmaking Techniques

David Page Coffin, associate editor for Threads magazine is the instructor for this intermediate to advanced guide to shirtmaking techniques which will turn a simple shirt or blouse into an elegant, custom-fitted garment. Combining excellent close-up camerawork and eye-catching computer graphics, the program covers making rolled hems, flat-felled seams, armscye seams, plackets, cuffs, and collars. A video companion to Coffin's book Shirtmaking: Developing Skills for Fine Sewing ($29.95), the tape stands alone, but it also makes references to patterns in the book, and therefore might be better handled as a packaged set. Audio and video qualities are, as usual with Taunton Videos, top-notch, and Page is a confidence-building instructor who knows his way around a shirt. Highly recommended, for those who want to deal with the processing headaches. (Available from: Taunton Press, 63 S. Main St., P.O. Box 5506, Newton, CT 06470-5506; (800) 926-8776.)