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The Sewing Book (New Edition)

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Everything you need to know to make your own clothing and soft furnishings with a sewing machine Everything you need to know to sew your own clothes and home furnishings. Demystify your sewing machine and get to grips with essential techniques with The Sewing Book. This... Read More
Format: Hardback
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The Sewing Book (New Edition)

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Everything you need to know to make your own clothing and soft furnishings with a sewing machine Everything you need to know to sew your own clothes and home furnishings. Demystify your sewing machine and get to grips with essential techniques with The Sewing Book. This bestselling guide covers over 300 techniques with illustrated step-by-step sequences, showing you how to create everything from seams and hems to darts, gathers, and collars. Discover how to read a pattern and adapt designs to suit your measurements, get to grips with tools and materials, and find the best fabrics to suit whatever you want to make. Complete with ten homeware and clothing projects to help you put your new-found skills to the test, The Sewing Book shows you everything you need to know, stitch by stitch.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241726082

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: DK

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 236.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 1720g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Alison Smith MBE is one of the UK's most celebrated fashion and textile teachers and one of DK's best-selling authors. Her School of Sewing, based in Leicestershire, has been open for over 30 years, and in 2013 Alison was awarded an MBE for services to Sewing and Corsetry. She hosts her own online teaching platform - the School of Sewing Members Club. Alison has also taught at Liberty London.

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