David Page Coffin was an associate editor of Threads.
Koos van den Akker’s iconic bias strip technique gives appliqué sharp definition and unity. David Page Coffin explains how to apply this method to your own work.
Ah, the loosened waistband—is there any relief more welcome than undoing your waistband when it feels too tight? The trouble is, you typically only get to do this when you’re…
When I decided I wanted to make top-quality dress shirts, I was surprised to find no information on shirtmaking beyond basic pattern instructions. So after combing the libraries, magazines, and…
The best way for you to make a tie that the owner will wear is to copy the shape and thickness of his favorite one. In the process, you'll make…
Find the potential in these two classic attachments.
While investigating the construction of a fine-quality shirt stand collar, David Page Coffin developed collar-making procedures that will enable the home sewer to approach the results achieved by the elaborate…
A paper-tape dress form is the easiest and cheapest of all.
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