The Sewing Book New Edition: Over 300 Step-by-Step Techniques

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What makes this sewing book stand out are the glorious full color, close up photos and detailed descriptive images that are super easy to understand and which make learning to sew a pleasure. Along with the patterns, the book boasts a comprehensive guide to dressmaking techniques, aimed at teaching readers a range of crucial skills such as getting ready to sew, basic dress construction, finishing details, how to structure the dresses, techniques for special fabrics, and fitting. To accompany this, there are all the techniques and information you need to complete each project, including learning all about patterns, sewing seams and zippers, and hems.

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This guide also features a range of home decorating projects to complete, such as different pillows and cushions, curtains, duvet covers, and tablecloths and napkins. Tilly and the Buttons: Stretch! will put an end to all your fears related to sewing stretch fabrics so you can sew beautiful soft, stylish and comfortable garments with ease using your regular sewing machine.

The book opens with chapters detailing the equipment you will need, how to make the right decision when choosing fabrics, and extensive information about commercial patterns, including how to understand them, how to measure correctly, and how to pin, mark, and cut out your fabric ready to sew. If you are an intermediate sewer looking for mix and match vintage style sewing patterns you are sure to adore Gertie’s Ultimate Dress Book. Every technique is clearly demonstrated using color photos accompanied by detailed text, and the extensive fabric guide includes not only high resolution images, but also advice on what needle and which stitch to use for each different fabric type. This is the only sewing book you'll ever need. Every tool and every technique you require for making your own home furnishings or clothing is closely and sharply photographed, carefully annotated, and clearly explained.

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Cheery, colorful photos illustrate the various projects in the book, with 6 full scale paper patterns with simple step-by-step instructions and additional help for more difficult techniques like sewing buttonholes. The result is an engaging, user friendly book which helps the reader learn to sew by sharing the successes and problems encountered by this group of students during their time at sewing school. A truly fun way to learn to sew, buy this book for yourself, or better yet buy it to share with your friends and learn together. One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Projects The first section includes an introduction to dressmaking and dressmaking tools, followed by an in depth look at how to use a sewing machine correctly and the different styles of stitch you will need to master, plus information on garment components and how to take body measurements. With the help of The Sewing Bible for Clothes Alterations on how to alter clothes, you’ll learn a whole array of clever skills to alter your clothes to a professional standard, but at minimum cost.