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Created by the editors of Threads magazine, Sew Basic is a comprehensive but very quick overview of all the things anyone who wants to sew needs to know. It is an especially handy resource for novices and sewers returning to the craft. In the "Basics" column of each issue of Threads, an expert contributor explains techniques and terms commonly used in sewing; 33 of these articles are collected in Sew Basic to make one handy reference. Each article gives detailed information on a specific aspect of sewing, so readers will find the essentials of every process they need to understand - from going to the haberdashers and using equipment through cutting out, sewing, & finishing. Concise, authoritative, and illustrated information on essential sewing topics. Information on 33 dressmaking topics that sewers with all levels of experience will find indispensable. In full colour throughout: 75 colour photographs & 80 colour drawings.
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"45 in. and 60 in. but also in 36-in. , 48-in. , and 54-in. width." Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Confidence Booster,
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A "must buy" book for beginners or someone who hasn't sewn for a while, that puts difficult concepts into a language anyone could understand. An absolute pleasure!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a good one to read, not own,
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This book has a lot of useful tips on sewing and pattern cutting. I will probably sell mine though, because I knew some of them and I've already learned the rest. Worth going through, there are some good ideas in it.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Teaching Tool,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: SewBasic: 34 Essential Skills for Sewing with Confidence (Paperback)
I recently taught a small basic sewing class and used this book as a guideline and reference book for the class. My students knew nothing about sewing and in the end they did not want to become great dressmakers, they just wanted to use the sewing machine that had belonged to their Mom or Grandmother ( and had been sitting in a closet..) to do general household sewing and clothing repair. One man was starting a company and needed to learn how to sew in order to make prototypes of his products. Another was a mom who wanted to make simple clothes for her daughter. This book was helpful in that it demystfied basic sewing techniques, was reader friendly, and had enough pictures to explain the techniques without being TOO MUCH information thrown at the novice sewer all at once. My teaching time was basically a "hands on" session where I used the book as a guideline and where any question that they had about sewing could be answered. My students were the " just get to the point and skip the froo froo" type of folks. For them a book that did not assume any sewing knowledge and then gave them what was needed to get from absolutely no sewing skill to completed simple class sewing projects is a good teaching tool.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for beginners & teaching beginners,
By BJD - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: SewBasic: 34 Essential Skills for Sewing with Confidence (Paperback)
Good for beginners, especially distractable students. The pages are not too full of information and the type is larger instead of smaller which is good for children. It includes color, which appeals to kids, without going overboard. After a child/beginner has gained basics, then a more detailed book is definitely good to "graduate to."
This would not necessarily be a reference book. Once the skills are learned, a person might move it off their shelf. I feel a 4th grade student would understand most of the info and need help with understanding some of the techniques. I learned a few new techniques from it. (I teach sewing) I am recommending this book to my students, along with other real good reference type sewing books. "Tailor tacks" is illustrated better than what I have seen so far. I found "Directional Sewing" to be very informational! "Understitching" is also very well explained. 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's a guide for further reading,
By Robert Velardo "imarseille" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: SewBasic: 34 Essential Skills for Sewing with Confidence (Paperback)
This book contains reprints of articles on sewing. Each article is only 2 or 3 pages long, and that includes one or more photos or illustrations, so the result is not too much detail. Use this text as a guidebook--if you cannot grasp a particular skill--by reading this book--look elsewhere for more info., more detail, more illustrations--you'll know what to look for. Further, each writer is telling you how they do it. Yes, there alternatives to their way--like using a ruler and a "French Curve" when tracing patterns; you can buy some "bias tape" or you can make your own--stuff like that can only be gotten by reading everything you can get your hands on! That's if you had no one to show you how to sew.
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