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The Beginner's Guide to Dressmaking

Easy Techniques and 8 Fun Projects
By Julia Hincks
Series: The Beginner’s Guide to
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The Beginner's Guide to Dressmaking is the essential beginner's guide to dressmaking, featuring 6 simple projects and multiple techniques, from best-selling author Julia Hincks. This is a fully illustrated, must-have guide to sewing clothes, techniques, and projects for absolute beginners, or for those wanting a recap.... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$3999

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Sew 8 stylish, versatile garments with this essential beginner's guide to dressmaking, from best-selling author and teacher Julia Hincks.

This fully illustrated, step-by-step guide contains all the techniques you need, plus four full-size (1000 x 700mm) pattern sheets for sizes UK 6-30 (US 2-26, EU 34-58).

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The Beginner's Guide to Dressmaking is the essential beginner's guide to dressmaking, featuring 6 simple projects and multiple techniques, from best-selling author Julia Hincks.

This is a fully illustrated, must-have guide to sewing clothes, techniques, and projects for absolute beginners, or for those wanting a recap.

In this complete course, popular sewing guru Julia Hincks covers everything you need to get started: essential tools and materials, how to set up your machine, make seams, hems and elastic casing, understitch and sew different pockets. Clear step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions make it accessible for all, whether you are creating your first garments or revisiting the basics.

Take small steps and familiarize yourself with the terminology and techniques to master the essentials of dressmaking in no time at all. Julia combines helpful, friendly guidance with 6 stylish modern projects, each one teaching and consolidating a new skill. Choose from:

  • shorts or trousers
  • a simple elasticated skirt
  • a skirt with pockets
  • a vest
  • a dress
  • a lightweight jacket

Full-size, full-colour pull-out patterns are included to get you started, graded in 7 sizes from XS (UK 6) to XXXL (UK 30).

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800923362

Publisher: Search Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Search Press Ltd

Illustration: 400 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 636g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Julia Hincks is a teacher and textile artist who has sewn, knitted and crocheted from an early age. Julia teaches dressmaking, pattern cutting and overlocking classes privately and at colleges in Brighton where she inspires adults to take up these crafts and improve their skills. Julia has developed a loyal following. She is the author of the best-selling title The Overlocker Technique Manual (2014), which is now available in five languages. Julia lives in Brighton, UK. Find out more about her at www.juliahincks.com

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