The Sewing Book: An Encyclopedic Resource of Step-by-Step Techniques Author: Visit Amazon's Alison Smith Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0756642809 | Format: PDF
The Sewing Book: An Encyclopedic Resource of Step-by-Step Techniques Description
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This detailed guide contains everything an aspiring seamstress could need Junior 20090301 This hefty hardback is the new book for stichers and no one who has an interest in sewing should be without it Cross Stich Gold 20090101 Loaded with everything you could need to know and clever quick fixes for all sewing dilemmas --Woman& Home 20090401
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About the Author
Written by a passionate stitcher and teacher, with her own sewing school, eager to produce a one-stop sewing bible for her students, this book leaves no hem unturned. You can dip in at any level - whether you're new to sewing or refining your art, whether you want to repair an old skirt or create a new one, whether you want to spruce up a curtain or design one from scratch. And with a Foreword by U.S. sewing teacher, Diana Rupp, this book has it all sewn up.
- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: DK Publishing (March 30, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0756642809
- ISBN-13: 978-0756642808
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.2 x 1.3 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I just love this book! I found it in a Barnes and Nobles, and even though there weren't any reviews on Amazon yet and even though it was pricier than some of its competitors, I bought it anyway. (That's pretty unusual for me.) Every time I open it, I'm grateful to myself all over again. It's just wonderful. Where to start? First, it's absolutely gorgeous, with an inviting color scheme and a pleasing layout that makes it super easy to read through. (Trust me, you don't want to skimp on the readability of your sewing book.) The book itself is both lovely and sturdy -- beautiful glossy pages and a binding that promises to hold up for a long time, yet easily lays flat.
But my absolute favorite thing about this book is that all the lessons are presented in photographs, which means it's realistic. The truth of the matter is that when everything is drawn, a lot of the nitty-gritty details are left out. Then when you go to sew something, you get confused because it looks different than it does in the illustration. This book shows the fabric just the way it is -- raveling edges, not-quite-straight stitching, and everything -- which reassures me that I'm not doing it wrong.
You visual learners will also love that this book is all pictures with minimal text. Have you ever read through a sewing book where it was mostly text? It's ridiculously confusing, full of technical terms and spatial references like "the curve on the side adjacent to the side closest to you." Yuck! Unless you already know how to do it, it's impossible to piece together. Which sort of defeats the point of buying the book. This book does it all in pictures which, I should mention, are superbly photographed.
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