Sewing: Just What You Need

(Hardback)

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Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of sewing has just what you need to sew buttons, repair clothes, make alterations and take control of needle and thread.

Do you need to sew a button back on
Or let out some trouser legs
Or cut fabric from a pattern
Sewing is a highly satisfying and useful skill, but it can look forbidding from the outside.
This handy guide breaks everything down for you so you can pick up the fundamental skills one by one, leaving you confident to take on repairs, alterations and even making simple patterns from scratch.
Includes:
- understand your sewing machine's controls
- how to measure
- how to check fit
- how to adjust a garment or pattern
- many hand stitches
- some machine stitches
- how to sew a pleat
- how to fix a button
- how to hem
- how to sew a buttonhole
- how to add a pocket to a garment
etc...

Author Bio

The author of numerous craft books and editor of the technical section of Marie Claire Ides, Marie-Nolle Bayard is an outstanding teacher whose experience enables her to pass on the basics of the different needlework techniques simply and precisely.