Sewing for Dummies

Sewing For Dummies is a book for both absolute beginners and experienced sewers. If you’re a stone-cold beginner, you’ll find everything you need to know to sew beginning-level projects—and the book doesn’t assume that you’ve ever even picked up a needle and thread before. If you’ve had some experience with sewing, you’ll find tips and tricks that it took author Janice Saunders Maresh, a nationally known sewing and serging instructor, years to pick up! You’ll discover how to:

• Master hand and machine stitches
• Read a sewing pattern
• Hem a variety of fabrics
• Negotiate sleeves and pockets
• Install zippers, buttons, and other fasteners
• Shape garments with tucks and pleats
• Adjust projects for better fit and function

This updated edition features a fresh 8-page color insert of all the new home decorating projects, including new patterns and instructions for a traditional living room with slipcovered couches and throws; a French country dining room with drapes and slipcovered chairs; and a bedroom with shams, duvets, dustruffles, and window treatments, as well as:

• a bathroom with a shower curtain and towels
• hip and funky tote bags
• the perfect little black dress

Complete with lists of quick fix-it tools, sewing fundamentals, and sewing resources, Sewing For Dummies, 2^nd Edition, is the fun and easy way^® to get the basics and stitch up a storm in no time!

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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Boring!, 2008-12-10
This book has a lot fo information but it's so hard to read. Very mundane. Sewing should be exciting and fun. This book was cheap which is why I bought it but other books are better like the reader's digest sewing book.


0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

great book, 2008-10-16
This is an Awesome book, I've not done any sewing since home ec in 8th grade. I loved the fact it told me what settings to set my sewing machine at to do certain stitches.


0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Outstanding Quality and Service, 2008-09-23
This product was received in a timely manner and was in excellent condition; could not have asked for better service. Thank you!


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

pretty good overall, 2008-08-09
It seems that most comprehensive or beginners sewing books aren't for true absolute beginners. At least that's my experience in learning to sew from books and buying a bunch. This book though is better than most and for that I'd recommend it. I learnt to sew a seam properly with this book. I found the projects enlosed awful though and I'm not tempted to make any of them, not the greetings card with buttons sewn on, nor the waistcoat made of napkins for example. But, the basic information enclosed is useful although all you need to know isn't here. If I knew what I know now before I bought the books I did, I'd still buy this one, unlike a couple of others I have.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Great for beginners and professionals, 2008-03-14
Some parts get a little confusing, with a few step by steps that don't add up. But, the techniques described in this book will make anyone a better sewer. And, there are great simple project ideas throughout the book for beginners that allow you to practice as you read through the book. I highly enjoy this book.

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