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Basic Sewing (101 Essential Tips)
- Paperback
- Author: DK Publishing
- Publisher: DK ADULT
- Release Date: August 2004
- ISBN-10: 0756606128
- ISBN-13: 9780756606121
- List Price: $5.00
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryTack, darn and hem your way to sewing success with this fantastic pocket-sized guide. One hundred and one nuggets of practical information take you stitch-by-stitch towards a broad understanding of the basics of sewing. |
Customer Reviews
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Another Great Learning Aid
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This book is very helpful for a beginner but, like the other books that I ordered I wasn't able to sew after reading it. I've used it as a reference on several projects and it's helpful to have around and easy to follow. It has been worth the cost for me.
Good Tip Book
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I thought this to be a very good tip/reference book for those just beginning to sew. I am past that stage so I am keeping this for when I teach someone else.
A Beginner's Guide
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I bought this book for my daughter-in-law who is learning to sew. It covers basic sewing information and the illustrations are great. I recommend it to a beginner as well as someone who sews a lot as a wonderful reference guide.
Basic sewing how-to in a nutshell.
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This very affordable, essential reference for beginners covers all the basics of sewing in a broad range of topics, without ever turning too technical for the reader. The well-organized, thoroughly indexed and concise information is presented in handy tips, easy-to-remember answers to frequently asked questions, and step-by-step expert advice with detailed explanations that include topics like:
*Tools, threads and fabrics
*Basic stitches
*Working with patterns and seams
*Darts, pin tucks, gathers and pleats
*Waistbands, hems, necklines, collars, sleeves and cuffs
*Fastenings
*Mending
The key information and direct-to-the-point explanations contained in this handbook are accompanied with more than 250 full-color photos and illustrations, which perfectly depict the points being made and make this volume visually enjoyable. And with a binding perfectly suited for constant browsing and repeated check-ups, you are sure to come back to it again and again.
The one thing missing from this volume is a glossary for common terms, but overall, the nuggets of helpful information presented here are a great value for their price. This is a must-buy for beginners who want a simple and easy to follow guide with instructions that can be instantly absorbed.
--Reviewed by Maritza Volmar
Keep Looking
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This book, although it covers a broad range of topics, does not adequately cover any of them. I teach sewing and bough this book thinking it might be good to use as a text, and was very disappointed. The pictures are hard to see, the directions vague. If I did not know what they meant already, I never would have been able to figure it out from this text. I do not recommend this book to any seamstress at any level.
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