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In this particular detailed file in regard to entrepreneurship and small business management by thomas zimmerer and norman scarborough.
Master Sewing and
Design Professional
Certification
Suggested text and
sources for study
Clothing Construction
Bridal Couture by Susan Khalje
Claire Shaeffer’s Fabric Sewing Guide by Claire Shaeffer
Classic Tailoring Techniques: A Construction Guide for Women’s Wear by Roberto
Caberera and Patricia Flaherty Meyers
Couture-The Art of Fine Sewing by Roberta Carr
Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire Shaeffer
Dressmaking: a Step-by-Step Course by Leila Aitken
Fit for Real People by Pati Palmer and Marta Alto
J ackets for Real People by Marta Alto, Susan Neall and Patti Palmer
Pants For Any Body by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch
Pants for REAL People by Pati Palmer and Marta Alto
Standards of Quality for Custom Clothing
Standards of Quality for Textile Usage and Visual Design
Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect J acket: Creative Publishing
International
Fit
Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach, Elizabeth Liechty, Della
Pottberg and J udith Rasband
Standards of Quality for Custom Clothing
Standards of Quality for Textile Usage and Visual Design
Threads Fitting DVD Series available through Taunton Press
Custom Bodice, Custom Pant, Custom Fitting and Trueing, DVD’s by Connie Crawford.
Design
The Triumph of Individual Style by Carla Mason Mathis and Helen Villa Connor
Pattern Development
Designing and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics by Keith Richardson
Dress design: Draping and Flat Patternmaking by M. S. Hillhouse and Evelyn Mansfield
Integrating Draping, Drafting, and Drawing by Bina Abling, Kathleen Maggio
Make Your Own Patterns by Rene Bergh
Patternmaking by Sylvia Rosen
Patternmaking by the Flat Pattern Method by Norman Hollen and Carolyn Kundel.
Patternmaking for Fashion Design Helen J oseph-Armstrong
The Art of Fashion Draping by Connie Amaden-Crawford
The Complete Guide to Patternmaking by Barbara Nordquist
The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers by Lori Knowles
Fabric
All About Cotton, Fabric Reference Series, by J ulie Parker
All About Silk, Fabric Reference Series, by J ulie Parker
All About Wool, Fabric Reference Series, by J ulie Parker
Claire Shaeffer’s Fabric Sewing Guide by Claire Shaeffer
Fabric Reference by Mary Humphries
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 7th Edition by Phyllis G. Tortora, Robert S. Merkel
Fabric Savvy: The Essential Guide for Every Sewer by Sandra Betzina
More Fabric Savvy: A Quick Resource Guide to Selecting and Sewing Fabric by
Sandra Betzina
Understanding Fabrics: From Fiber to Finished Cloth by Debbie Ann Gioello
Fashion Illustration
Fashion Sketchbook by Bina Abling
Fashion Sketching for Any Body by Carol Kimball www.carolkimball.net
9heads – A Guide to Drawing Fashion by Nancy Riegelman
Business Practices
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management by Thomas Zimmerer and Norman
Scarborough
Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures by Bruce Barringer and
Duane Ireland
Fashion Entrepreneurship by Michelle Granger and Tina Sterling
How to Start & Maintain a Profitable Sewing Business: Making Money with Your
Sewing Skills by Becky Reed
Marketing Your Sewing Business: How to Earn a Profit by Barbara Wright Sykes
Pricing Without Fear by Barbara Wright-Sykes
Sewing as a Home Business by Mary Roehr
Sew to Success! How to Make Money in a Home-Based Sewing Business by Kathleen
Spike
Successful Business Research by Rhonda Abrams
The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies by Rhonda Abrams
The Business of Sewing: How to Start, Maintain, and Achieve Success, Vol. 1 and 2 by
Barbara Wright Sykes
The Business of Teaching Sewing by Pati Palmer and Marcy Miller
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider's Look at Starting and Running Your
Own Fashion Business by Mary Gehlhar and Zac Posen
Small Business Association (SBA) www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html
Small Business Plan Guide www.smallbusinessplanguide.com
American Express Small Business Plan Resources,
www133.americanexpress.com/osbn/tool/biz_plan/index.asp
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.com
Your First Business Plan, 5th Ed.: A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to
Help You Write Your Own Plan (Your First Business Plan) by Brian Hazelgren
Anatomy of a Business Plan: The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and
Securing Your Company's Future (Anatomy of a Business Plan) by Linda Pinson
The Business Planning Guide by David H. Bangs
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby by Barbara Arena
NOLO Law for All: Your Crafts Business: A Legal Guide by Attorney Richard Stim
Guerilla Marketing and Guerilla PR by J ay Conrad Levinson, also Guerilla PR
(inexpensive ways to market and promote your business)
Dummies Series of Books on: Business plan kit, Building a Website; Marketing:
Finance; Accounting; Starting a Small Business; Learning new Software (word
processing, spreadsheet, photo clean-up & mgmt, etc.).
Sew up a Storm: All the Way to the Bank by Karen Maslowski
Eat That Frog! (21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less
Time) by Brian Tracy
Business practices, additional resources
Developing an Effective Business Plan by Luanne Mayorga (refer to packet folder)
Small Business Administration, www.sba.gov
Small Business Development Centers
SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives,
The Official Link to the U.S. Government,http://www.business.gov
Women’s Business Development Center
doc_585307193.pdf
In this particular detailed file in regard to entrepreneurship and small business management by thomas zimmerer and norman scarborough.
Master Sewing and
Design Professional
Certification
Suggested text and
sources for study
Clothing Construction
Bridal Couture by Susan Khalje
Claire Shaeffer’s Fabric Sewing Guide by Claire Shaeffer
Classic Tailoring Techniques: A Construction Guide for Women’s Wear by Roberto
Caberera and Patricia Flaherty Meyers
Couture-The Art of Fine Sewing by Roberta Carr
Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire Shaeffer
Dressmaking: a Step-by-Step Course by Leila Aitken
Fit for Real People by Pati Palmer and Marta Alto
J ackets for Real People by Marta Alto, Susan Neall and Patti Palmer
Pants For Any Body by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch
Pants for REAL People by Pati Palmer and Marta Alto
Standards of Quality for Custom Clothing
Standards of Quality for Textile Usage and Visual Design
Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect J acket: Creative Publishing
International
Fit
Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach, Elizabeth Liechty, Della
Pottberg and J udith Rasband
Standards of Quality for Custom Clothing
Standards of Quality for Textile Usage and Visual Design
Threads Fitting DVD Series available through Taunton Press
Custom Bodice, Custom Pant, Custom Fitting and Trueing, DVD’s by Connie Crawford.
Design
The Triumph of Individual Style by Carla Mason Mathis and Helen Villa Connor
Pattern Development
Designing and Patternmaking for Stretch Fabrics by Keith Richardson
Dress design: Draping and Flat Patternmaking by M. S. Hillhouse and Evelyn Mansfield
Integrating Draping, Drafting, and Drawing by Bina Abling, Kathleen Maggio
Make Your Own Patterns by Rene Bergh
Patternmaking by Sylvia Rosen
Patternmaking by the Flat Pattern Method by Norman Hollen and Carolyn Kundel.
Patternmaking for Fashion Design Helen J oseph-Armstrong
The Art of Fashion Draping by Connie Amaden-Crawford
The Complete Guide to Patternmaking by Barbara Nordquist
The Practical Guide to Patternmaking for Fashion Designers by Lori Knowles
Fabric
All About Cotton, Fabric Reference Series, by J ulie Parker
All About Silk, Fabric Reference Series, by J ulie Parker
All About Wool, Fabric Reference Series, by J ulie Parker
Claire Shaeffer’s Fabric Sewing Guide by Claire Shaeffer
Fabric Reference by Mary Humphries
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 7th Edition by Phyllis G. Tortora, Robert S. Merkel
Fabric Savvy: The Essential Guide for Every Sewer by Sandra Betzina
More Fabric Savvy: A Quick Resource Guide to Selecting and Sewing Fabric by
Sandra Betzina
Understanding Fabrics: From Fiber to Finished Cloth by Debbie Ann Gioello
Fashion Illustration
Fashion Sketchbook by Bina Abling
Fashion Sketching for Any Body by Carol Kimball www.carolkimball.net
9heads – A Guide to Drawing Fashion by Nancy Riegelman
Business Practices
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management by Thomas Zimmerer and Norman
Scarborough
Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures by Bruce Barringer and
Duane Ireland
Fashion Entrepreneurship by Michelle Granger and Tina Sterling
How to Start & Maintain a Profitable Sewing Business: Making Money with Your
Sewing Skills by Becky Reed
Marketing Your Sewing Business: How to Earn a Profit by Barbara Wright Sykes
Pricing Without Fear by Barbara Wright-Sykes
Sewing as a Home Business by Mary Roehr
Sew to Success! How to Make Money in a Home-Based Sewing Business by Kathleen
Spike
Successful Business Research by Rhonda Abrams
The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies by Rhonda Abrams
The Business of Sewing: How to Start, Maintain, and Achieve Success, Vol. 1 and 2 by
Barbara Wright Sykes
The Business of Teaching Sewing by Pati Palmer and Marcy Miller
The Fashion Designer Survival Guide: An Insider's Look at Starting and Running Your
Own Fashion Business by Mary Gehlhar and Zac Posen
Small Business Association (SBA) www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/index.html
Small Business Plan Guide www.smallbusinessplanguide.com
American Express Small Business Plan Resources,
www133.americanexpress.com/osbn/tool/biz_plan/index.asp
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.com
Your First Business Plan, 5th Ed.: A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to
Help You Write Your Own Plan (Your First Business Plan) by Brian Hazelgren
Anatomy of a Business Plan: The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Business and
Securing Your Company's Future (Anatomy of a Business Plan) by Linda Pinson
The Business Planning Guide by David H. Bangs
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Making Money with Your Hobby by Barbara Arena
NOLO Law for All: Your Crafts Business: A Legal Guide by Attorney Richard Stim
Guerilla Marketing and Guerilla PR by J ay Conrad Levinson, also Guerilla PR
(inexpensive ways to market and promote your business)
Dummies Series of Books on: Business plan kit, Building a Website; Marketing:
Finance; Accounting; Starting a Small Business; Learning new Software (word
processing, spreadsheet, photo clean-up & mgmt, etc.).
Sew up a Storm: All the Way to the Bank by Karen Maslowski
Eat That Frog! (21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less
Time) by Brian Tracy
Business practices, additional resources
Developing an Effective Business Plan by Luanne Mayorga (refer to packet folder)
Small Business Administration, www.sba.gov
Small Business Development Centers
SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives,
The Official Link to the U.S. Government,http://www.business.gov
Women’s Business Development Center
doc_585307193.pdf