Practical Glove Making

Isabel M. Edwards

• Publisher: Cope Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN: 9781444699036
• eBook ISBN: 9781446549360

This vintage book contains a complete guide to making a gloves, with detailed directions for using leather, employing patterns, cutting, stitching, and everything else one might need to know. With simple instructions and a wealth of useful tips, this timeless handbook will be of considerable utility to readers wishing to make their own gloves. Contents include: "Gloving Leathers", "Patterns", "General Instructions for Marking Patterns", "General Instructions on Cutting", "Seams and Stitches", "Needles, Threads and Pressing", "Knots", "Back Lines or Points, by Hand of Machine", "Instructions for Washing and Cleaning Gloves", "Furs", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sewing gloves.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Preface
• Contents
• Illustrations
• I. Gloving Leathers
• II. Patterns
• III. General Method of Marking
• IV. General Method of Cutting
• V. Seams and Stitches
• VI. Needles, Threads, Pressing, etc
• VII. Knots
• VIII. Back Lines or Points
• IX. Method of Construction, Hand and Machine
• X. Instructions for Washing and Cleaning Gloves
• XI. Furs
• 1. Unlined Gloves, with Standard Thumbs, Round (Nipped) Seams
• 2. Lined Gloves, with Fur, Fleecy Lambs’ Wool, Stockinette
• 3. Fur Back Gloves, Lined Fur, etc
• 4. Sports and Fancy Gloves
• Instructions for Moccasins and Swiss Bags