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Comprehensive, practical and inspiring, The Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing gives you all the information and advice you need to create superb clothes and home accessories, whatever your level of experience.
Clear, simple step-by-step instructions, written by experts and enhanced with detailed illustrations, tell you how to do everything from making a buttonhole to setting in a sleeve to making a fully tailored garment.
With many professional hints and tips and excellent advice on selecting the best equipment, the perfect fabric and the right technique for anything you wish to make, it's like having an expert instructor with you every step of the way.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I think this is a great reference book for beginners and more advanced sewists. The majority is for dressmaking but it also includes quilting and patchwork. it covers pattern fitting and basic alterations, and near the end there's a section on tailoring techniques.
I particularly like the section about different fabrics. Over 8 pages it gives a brief intro into different types of fabric. There are specialist books out there and I have Claire Shaeffer's but I find them a bit overwhelming for beginners. This tells you just enough to know what you're looking for and why.
There are 20 'projects' in there but they're a bit of a swizz because many of them need a Simplicity pattern as well.
Illustrations are nearly all through line drawings but they are pretty clear.
Sections are as follows. I've listed the subsections I think you might find interesting but not all of them because there are too many and I'm too lazy!:
Sewing equipment and fabrics
- inc washing care symbols
Cutting
- inc fabric widths, reading a pattern, pattern alterations
Stitches and seams
- inc hand and machine sewing, seam finishes
Neckline finishes and collars
- inc facings
Waistlines and belts
- inc casings and joinings
Sleeves and sleeve finishes
Pockets
Hems
- inc decorative and faced finishes
Fastenings
- inc zips and buttonholes
Tailoring
Patchwork and quilting
I particularly like the section about different fabrics. Over 8 pages it gives a brief intro into different types of fabric. There are specialist books out there and I have Claire Shaeffer's but I find them a bit overwhelming for beginners. This tells you just enough to know what you're looking for and why.
There are 20 'projects' in there but they're a bit of a swizz because many of them need a Simplicity pattern as well.
Illustrations are nearly all through line drawings but they are pretty clear.
Sections are as follows. I've listed the subsections I think you might find interesting but not all of them because there are too many and I'm too lazy!:
Sewing equipment and fabrics
- inc washing care symbols
Cutting
- inc fabric widths, reading a pattern, pattern alterations
Stitches and seams
- inc hand and machine sewing, seam finishes
Neckline finishes and collars
- inc facings
Waistlines and belts
- inc casings and joinings
Sleeves and sleeve finishes
Pockets
Hems
- inc decorative and faced finishes
Fastenings
- inc zips and buttonholes
Tailoring
Patchwork and quilting
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
I bought this book for my daughter for Christmas as she is very keen to start making clothes for herself and I believe that the clear instructions and diagrams in this book will help her to gain confidence with her sewing very quickly.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
This practical book is full of useful information and clearly illustrated to help all the willing and interested get on with their sewing. Some interesting ideas for projects which can be easily adapted if necessary. Great buy! The "Reader's Digest" Complete Guide to Sewing
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Sewing Book
Absoluteley brilliant. I have learnt so much that I thought I already knew but the book is full of tips and easier ways to do things. THRILLED
Published 1 month ago by Mr. David J. Fisher
Great for the novice
Very informative especially for the novice sewing machinist like myself. There are also recommendations for simplicity patterns for some really nice outfits. Read more
Published 3 months ago by JDD
Absolutely Brilliant!!!
Due to being a newbie to the sewing machine and sewing world, this book is absolutely brilliant for me. It gives great overviews of everything I think I may need to know. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Gezza
Easy sewing guide
After losing all of our reference, books which dated back to mid 1960's, when moving to Spain we needed to replace them. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Robert Howard
You'll find it all in this book
Need to know how to sew - you'll find everything you'll need to know and bit more in this book. This is very good beginner's/intermediate's book on sewing. No couture sewing. Read more
Published 11 months ago by DaneMum
A very handy book for beginners and experienced alike
I have recently taken up dressmaking and am attending evening classes. Whilst we have a great tutor who imparts a lot of knowledge to us I like to be able to have something that I... Read more
Published 13 months ago by joolsy woolsy
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