Home Sewing Techniques: Essential Sewing Skills to Make Inspirational Soft Furnishings (IMM Lifestyle) 30 Projects and Step-by-Step Instructions for Seams, Piping, Pleats, Borders, Tassels, & More - Softcover

Cheryl Owen

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Synopsis

Beautifully styled, this compendium of techniques will give the home sewer all the skills needed to make individual furnishing for their own home!

Each technique is explained step-by-step, then applied to a range of pretty, contemporary projects. The early techniques are aimed at complete beginners and teach simple skills such as pinning, cutting, and making seams. Later techniques introduce slightly more complex skills including hems, curved seams, casings, borders, linings, and decorative touches such as edging, frills, ruching, and tassels.

Home Sewing Techniques provides everything the home sewist needs to make beautiful, stylish and individual projects to enhance every room of the house.

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About the Author

Cheryl Owen is the author of more than 40 craft books, including Love... Sewing, Home Sewing Techniques, and The Book of Bags. Her craft features appear regularly in leading homestyle magazines. Cheryl is an experienced craft designer and maker, who has also worked as a dressmaker, fashion designer, and embroiderer.

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This beautiful and easy-to-follow guide to home sewing techniques will give you all the skills you need to make lovely soft furnishings for your home. Each technique is clearly explained and illustrated, then applied to a range of contemporary projects including cushions, chair covers and headboards, bedlinen, tablecloths and mats as well as curtains and useful bags.

  • Master simple techniques following clear step-by-steps before moving on to more advanced skills and projects
  • Create stylish and individual items for every room in the house, using your own choice of fabrics and colours
  • Projects and inspirations for every level of skill – from complete beginner to the experienced home sewer

Cheryl Owen is the author of more than 40 craft books, including Love... Sewing and The Book of Bags, also published by IMM Lifestyle Books. Her craft features appear regularly in leading homestyle magazines. Cheryl is an experienced craft designer and maker, who has also worked as a dressmaker, fashion designer, and embroiderer.

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Love... Sewing by C HERYL O WEN
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The Book of Bags by C HERYL O WEN
ISBN 978-1-84773-592-8

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ISBN 10:  1847738575 ISBN 13:  9781847738578
Publisher: New Holland Pub Ltd, 2012
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