Basic Sewing Skills for Stretch Knits

Hosted by Paula Duncan, this Woman’s Day program will provide you with all of the necessary basic information on stretch knit sewing. Armed with the basics you will then be able to make garments ranging from loose fitting T-shirts to after-five frocks.

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Credits

producer

Educational Video Productions

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300434

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Sewing

Crafts & Visual Arts → Clothing and dress

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sewing

Crafts & Visual Arts → Textile crafts

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Clothing and dress

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Clothing and dress

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1983

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