The Dressmaking Book: Over 80 Techniques

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Comprehensive, step-by-step guides and dressmaking patterns cover everything from choosing the perfect fabric for any project to trying your hand at a range of machine-sewing techniques. It comes with full size patterns and the garments are fashionable, there are likely to be several patterns in the book you’d want to make. This book will teach you how to get started transforming unloved items of clothing into new and exciting outfits; how to customise clothes with doilies, tassels, tie-dyeing, and block printing; and finally how to measure yourself, create patterns and make clothes from scratch, including dresses, skirts, tops, trousers and a coat. With in-depth coverage of tools, techniques, and fabric, this is the ultimate sewing bible for beginners and seasoned stitchers alike.

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The new edition of DK's dressmaking bible with more than 80 step-by-step techniques, a refreshed design, and updated patterns.Another encyclopedia-type book for the home sewist, this great book will include all of the tips and techniques you might need in your sewing journey. Im our round up of the best sewing books we’ve included popular titles from the Great British Sewing Beeand Reader's Digest alongside projects that will test your hand sewing and sewing machine skills. Rope sewing is a method of coiling rope and stitching it on a sewing machine to create 3d objects like bowls or coasters. This is the only sewing reference you will ever need, with step-by-step photographs to show you how to sew absolutely everything!

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This book is her most recent creation and it gives you easy, speedy sewing projects to sew in an afternoon. Featuring clothes projects for children aged 3-9 years old, this sewing book is a perfect starting point if you're interested in sewing clothes for your children. For instructions on putting your patterns together, please refer to your copy of The Dressmaking Book, pages 168-217.They’re a great way to practise your sewing skills and with Christmas around the corner, it’s worth taking a moment to see which sewing books you’d like to add to your Santa wish list. The book which accompanies the third series of The Great British Sewing Bee, it is very heavy on content with lots of useful techniques covered as well as over 20 patterns/projects. Then put your skills into practice with 12 basic scalable patterns including how to make a dress and how to make a shirt, and make them your own with ideas for customising them so you can make 30 garments in total.