Whether you’re stitching clothes, creating home accessories, personalizing garments, or jazzing up interiors, these techniques help you add that special, creative touch. Photos and diagrams show how to stitch in a straight line by machine or hand. Try tricks of the trade for everything from buttonholes to adding collars. Plus: dressmaking basics and caring for and repairing textiles.
Maggi McCormick Gordon is an American-born book editor and consultant who specialises in needlecraft and quilting. Maggi is the author of The Book of Home Sewing, The Quilting Sourcebook, and the co-author of A Quilter's Guide to Amish Quilts. She lives in London.