Title: Complete Guide to Sewing : Step-By-Step Techniques for Making Clothes and Home Furnishings
Publisher: Readers Digest
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0888502478
ISBN 13: 9780888502476
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Combines sewing fundamentals with up-to-date coverage of the latest equipment and advice on how to set up an effective sewing center, choose fabrics, and produce professional-looking clothes and household items. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

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Praise for the First Edition of THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SEWING

"...abundant and precise line art, enticing photographs, simple-to-follow instructions and valuable information on tools, supplies, materials and techniques." The New York Times

"...encyclopedic...clear and reliable..." UPI

"...an excellent suggestion for a teaching manual, and a must for homesewing reference." Homesewing Trade News

"Reader's Digest 'Complete Guide to Sewing' has all the answers." The Houston Post

"Here is a special masterpiecea work designed for the skilled craftsman and those who desire to be...a 'how-to' book destined for long-range sales records." Roanoke (Va.) Times

"The book differs greatly from other sewing books in that it lets pictures tell the story." The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer

"Detailing techniques are well covered..."The Sacramento Bee

"More than 500 well-illustrated pages have all the answers for sewers, beginners and otherwise." The (Portland) Oregonian

"...every subject is clearly explained and demonstrated from its simplest beginning to its most intricate variations." Long Beach (California) Press Telegram

"Here is everything you always wanted to know about sewinga veritable encyclopedia of stitching facts." The Austin American-Statesman

"A woman who takes sewing seriously, or who wants to learn to sew, won't want to be without this book." (Portland) Oregon Journal

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