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| Fabric Savvy: The Essential Guide for Every Sewer
Illustrated
Edition: 1st
Author: Sandra Betzina
Publisher: Taunton
Release Date: 1999-01-01
ISBN-10: 1561582670
ISBN-13: 9781561582679
List Price: $24.95
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For those of you who have managed in the past to find the right pattern and the perfect new fabric, only to give up in frustration when the fabric doesn't behave like anything you've used before, Fabric Savvy is here to help. Author Sandra Betzina, host of Home and Garden TV's Sew Perfect, has wrestled with just about every fabric out there, and she's lived to tell about it. Perfectly suited to beginning and experienced sewers alike, this excellent guide devotes, in alphabetical order, two pages to each of 85 fabrics. For every material Betzina highlights a multitude of topics, including fabric facts (bulky/drape/breathable/how fabricated), suitability (types of projects), sewing tips, lay-out (and why it matters), interfacing, stitch length, seam finish, closures, and hemming. The categories are thorough, as is the scope of fabrics addressed: waterproof breathable, tencel, and lame, to name a few, along with 14 types of silk and 8 wools. Color photographs accompany the descriptions of fabrics and projects, while helpful illustrations further explain the techniques used. Finally, Betzina offers a glossary of fabric terms and a thorough listing of contact information for fabric and alternative pattern companies, making Fabric Savvy a necessary resource for any sewing enthusiast.
Buy "More Fabric Savvy" instead
| Customer Rating:  | | I purchased both of her fabric books: "Fabric Savvy" and "More Fabric Savvy", thinking that they contained non-overlapping information. It turns out that "More Fabric Savvy" is a misleading title, and should really just be "Fabric Savvy, 2nd edition". All the information that is in "Fabric Savvy" is also in "More Fabric Savvy", but there is additional information in "More Fabric Savvy". Don't waste your time and money trying to chase down "Fabric Savvy" from a used book seller. Just buy "More Fabric Savvy" - it is really good. |
A must for sewers
| Customer Rating: | | A must for your references. Sandra has all the information you need to handle fabrics. Very useful especially when sewing unfamiliar fabrics. |
I can't review the item if I don't receive it!!!
| Customer Rating: | | I still have not recieved the item ordered on 2/28 and today is 3/31. I will be waiting and not placing any more orders from there!!!!!!!!!! |
Great Resource for Sewing Various Fabrics
| Customer Rating: | This was a great book for providing tips on sewing various fabrics. It contains a 2 page spread for each of the "85 different fabrics" available to the sewer. It includes info about recommended thread and needles, presser foot to use, best cutting method, pressing instructions, closures to use, facts about the fabric and the most suitable garments to make with the fabric.
In the back of the book, starting at page 174, there is an appendix which describes (with illustrations) the various seams, detailing, closures and hems. What would have made this a 5-star was if the book contained slightly more information for the advanced beginner sewer, such as:
~ how to determine the nap on fabric like velvet
~ covered swimsuit fabric
~ glossary of terms used in the book, i.e. mush layers together to marry naps or marry sequins; underlining with silk organza (does this mean put in a lining?)
There is a glossary, but it does not address some of the terms scattered throughout the book. I am giving this book a 4.5 star rating. |
An irresistable resource for anyone with a sewing machine
| Customer Rating: | Even if you mostly sew with ordinary fabrics, like cotton, it's worth owning a copy of this book. There are plenty of times when you stop in the store and finger a particularly lovely bit of satin, and wonder what's involved in sewing it. This book gives you a clear, brief summary of the essentials -- from which needle to use, to which presser foot, to the items for which the fabric is most appropriate. It takes the pressure out of fabric choice, and makes me feel more confident that yeah, I *could* make seat cushions with that $20/yard ultrasuede.
I hemmed and hawwed (so to speak) over buying this book, but I'm glad I did so. |
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