Sewing 101: Pocket Guide: A Guide to Necessary Skills for Garment Making

(Spiral bound)

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Quickly learn and reference the basic skills of sewing and apply them to garment making and crafting.

Designed for sewists and DIY crafters who need a guide to the many common stitches, fasteners, pleats, darts, and hemsused for sewing. This handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guideoffers sewists information on the basic and necessary skills you need to follow a pattern, alter and embellish your projects, and create exquisite and accurate works of textile art

Learn a multitude of seam styles, from basting and top stitching to French seams

Get tips on pleats, darts, and hems so you can fit and finish your projects

Understand how to install fasteners of all kinds

Lessons on the most effective ways to place and measure your pattern pieces

Learn to read pattern instructions, and reference terms and skills for most projects