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Synopsis
The only sewing book you'll ever need. This fully illustrated guide is perfect for beginners and detailed enough for the accomplished home sewer.
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About the Author
Chris Jeffreys leads a team of expert sewing writers and contributors on The Complete Book of Sewing. She taught needlework and embroidery for a number of years; since then Chris has contributed as a writer, consultant and editor to many magazines and books, including Essentials, Sew Stylish, and Successful Sewing.
From Publishers Weekly
With step-by-step instructions and illustrations of everything from the different types of scissors to the method for facing a waistband, this sewing manual, revised from the 1996 original, offers beginner and intermediate sewers a wealth of information. Hosegood starts with equipment, moves on to working with patterns and covers threads and fabric types; she then moves into actual sewing: handstitching, making pleats, finishing sleeves and applying pockets, among numerous other topics. There aren't any actual patterns, but there are plenty of color drawings and photographs to guide sewers on their own projects. Each section contains brief introductory remarks, definitions (e.g., the difference between a knife pleat and a box pleat) as well as a sidebar of related techniques. For anyone who needs more guidance than a store-bought pattern provides, this should prove a useful resource.
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