Sewing Solutions

Sewing Solutions

Author: Nicole Vasbinder

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-01-07

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1620337312

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Even the best sewists will encounter problems, snags, and little glitches in their work. Expert sewist and author Nicole Vasbinder's Sewing Solutions is an indispensable reference filled with invaluable advice you can trust. Organized by stages, you'll find: • Detailed advice for the sewing process, including pros and cons, and basic considerations of working in each step. • An easy-to-follow layout providing basic information as well as step-by-step techniques for making bias tape, sewing trims, buttonholes, zippers, hems, and more. • Easy-tonavigate color-coded cross-references available for quick referencing. • Troubleshooting tips that advise how to deal with every sewing situation. Whether choosing the right tools, reading patterns correctly, or everything in between, Sewing Solutions will prove to be an essential sewing companion.


The Sewing Answer Book

The Sewing Answer Book

Author: Barbara Weiland Talbert

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2010-07-23

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1603423788

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This informative and encouraging guide offers proven solutions to all of your most stubborn sewing problems. With a question-and-answer format that makes it easy to find what you need, Barbara Weiland Talbert includes tips on selecting the perfect patterns, choosing the right size needles, comparing seam types, and much more. No matter your sewing experience or whether you prefer to use a machine or sew by hand, The Sewing Answer Book will help you hone your skills while inspiring you to try new and exciting techniques.


The Sewing Machine

The Sewing Machine

Author: Natalie Fergie

Publisher: Unbound Publishing

Published: 2017-04-17

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1911586246

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Over 100,000 copies sold 'A tapestry of strong characters and accomplished writing' Herald Scotland It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her mother did before her. More than a hundred years after his grandmother’s sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams. He starts to unpick the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time.


Sewing Patterns

Sewing Patterns

Author: Sophie English

Publisher: Chartwell Books

Published: 2016-02-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785834021

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Got a sewing pattern problem you can't solve? Curious to know more about a specific technique? Want to know how to adjust a pattern to your needs? Sewing Patterns 200 Questions & Answers will come to your rescue, answering 200 questions that cover a wide variety of sewing pattern topics.


The Complete Book of Sewing

The Complete Book of Sewing

Author: Chris Jeffreys

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780789496584

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Packed with computer-aided designs, information on new types of fabrics, and specially commissioned photos, this comprehensive guide maintains its original appeal, while enticing a whole new generation of readers.


The Sewing Answer Book

The Sewing Answer Book

Author: Barbara Weiland Talbert

Publisher: Storey Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1603425438

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The Craft Answer Book Collection Counter Display 12-Copy contains: 3 X The Sewing Answer Book 9781603425438 3 X The Crochet Answer Book 9781580175982 3 X The Knitting Answer Book 9781580175999 3 X The Quilting Answer Book 9781603421447


Sewing Happiness

Sewing Happiness

Author: Sanae Ishida

Publisher: Sasquatch Books

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1570619964

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Create Pinterest-worthy clothing, accessories, and more with this how-to guide and memoir featuring 20 meditative sewing projects, plus inspiring stories that promote creativity, happiness, and fulfillment. When Sanae Ishida was diagnosed with a chronic illness and lost her corporate job, she felt like her whole life was falling apart. Inspired to succeed at just one thing, Ishida vowed to sew all of her daughter’s clothes—and most of her own—for one full year. In Sewing Happiness, Ishida recounts her incredible journey, reflecting on how sewing helped her survive such a difficult time in her life. Sewing Happiness features twenty simple sewing projects (with variations) organized by season and tied together with a thread of memoir that tells the story Ishida’s unexpected transformation and how sewing brought her profound happiness. Each seasonal project—from Japanese-inspired home goods to children’s and women’s clothing—is specially designed to promote health, creativity, and relationships and to provide gentle inspiration to live your best life. Complete with photos and easy-to-follow steps, Sewing Happiness is at once a guide to the craft of sewing and a guide to enjoying life in all its beautiful imperfections.


Sewing Patterns 200 Q & A

Sewing Patterns 200 Q & A

Author: Sophie English

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764164538

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Brand-new in Barron's growing series of Q&A needlecraft books, this title answers the most frequently-asked questions pertaining to the basics of sewing. A helpful guide for both beginners and experienced sewing enthusiasts, Sewing: 200 Q&A describes-- Choosing patterns Needles, threads, and sewing equipment Taking measurements Laying out and cutting cloth Stitching seams Making your own patterns Using a sewing machine, and much more. The questions and answers are complemented with approximately 100 instructive color photos and illustrations.


The Quilting Answer Book

The Quilting Answer Book

Author: Barbara Weiland Talbert

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2009-04-15

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1603426531

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Whether you’re perplexed about piecing, baffled by binding, or curious about cutting, Barbara Weiland Talbert has all your quilting quandaries covered. With answers to more than 200 common quilting questions, this handy reference guide will earn a permanent place in your sewing room. You’ll turn to it again and again for sensible solutions to difficult problems and step-by-step instructions for tricky techniques. From quick-cutting geometric shapes to coaxing the wrinkles out of polyester batting, here is the best quilting advice on the block.


SEW . . . The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge

SEW . . . The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge

Author: Barbara Emodi

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1617456055

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Experienced sewing instructor and blogger Barbara Emodi shares her sewing wisdom to help readers get started, get started back up, or hone their existing garment-sewing skills. Not a sewing reference book as much as a book of experience, this is a book that will make a novice sewist say, “Oh, so that’s why you do that,” make a practiced sewist think, “Now that’s a neat trick,” and make a very experienced sewist smile and say, “That is sooo true!” Take advantage of her thoughts, tips, and tricks on the benefits of sewing, the importance of fit, basic techniques, available tools, patterns, and materials, and so much more. • Droll, well-informed, readable, interesting, and useful— the how-to book of sewing wisdom you always wanted • Get the inside scoop on sizing and alteration, patternless sewing, what to sew and what to buy, and many other topics, with mini lessons sprinkled throughout • Tips and ideas on choosing and using the best fabric, gear, and sewing machines