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School of Sewing
Learn it. Teach it. Sew Together.
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This book is perfect for complete beginners eager to learn sewing step-by-step, hobbyists looking for structured sewing projects, and educators or shops seeking a licensed curriculum for teaching sewing classes. Its gradual approach and detailed guidance also make it accessible for adult learners and anyone interested in honing practical sewing skills.
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See moreFinally a sophisticated beginning sewing book not geared to kids. Projects range from a simple pillowcase to a finished quilt.
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Follow in the footsteps of a real group of beginner sewists who came together with author, Shea Henderson, to have her teach them one thing: to learn to use their sewing machines. The result of their journey is this learn-to-sew bible covering everything from the anatomy of a sewing machine, fabrics, essential tools, and basic sewing techniques geared to the first-timer.
Benefit from authentic advice from Shea's 12 students as they learned all about sewing machine feet, interfacings and stabilisers, threads, different fabrics, and even zippers.
Designed to progress over one year, there are 12 projects (one a month) advancing complete beginners one step at a time by building on the skills learned from the prior project. Feeling ambitious? Each project also includes 'extra credit', which uses the techniques from a project but is just a tiny bit more technical. The best part is that each of these lessons results in a finished project you actually want to use!
Packed with hundreds of detailed how-to photographs, this award-winning book removes the mystery around your sewing machine, taking readers on an engaging, detailed, comprehensive sewing adventure from a simple pillowcase to zipper pouches and bags and finishing with a full-size quilt.
Whether sewing in a group as Shea's students did, or learning to sew in your own space, School of Sewing is the only guide to sewing you will need.
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O'Mahony's Bookseller praises School of Sewing as an essential beginner’s sewing book, packed with attractive yet sophisticated projects and clear instructions from a former educator. The book’s structure encourages steady progression through monthly projects, each building on previous skills, with optional extra challenges to enhance learning. Included are practical tips like fabric store visits and machine buying advice, making it a modern and comprehensive guide for new sewists. The book is suitable both for individual learners and for use in organised classes.
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ISBN: 9781940655024
Publisher: Lucky Spool Media
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 October 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Lucky Spool Media
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 202.0mm
Height: 253.0mm
Weight: 568g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
Shea Henderson is owner of the pattern company Empty Bobbin Sewing Studio. She is a former middle school math teacher turned sewing pattern designer- two careers that are, surprisingly, not so different from each other! Her work has been published in Modern Quilts Unlimited and Quilts & More magazines and she is a contributor to the book Modern Baby. Shea is one of the founding members and former president of the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild. When not designing, Shea can be found teaching a group of friends and neighbors the craft of sewing. She lives in Kansas City, MO with her husband and three young children.
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