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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Crafts & Hobbies | Home » » » New Complete Guide to Sewing | | | | | | | Description: | | Currently our number-one selling backlist book, the Complete Guide to Sewing was first published in 1976 and has sold over 3 million copies even outselling our all-star New Fix-It-Yourself and Complete Do-It-Yourself manuals. Written by experts, crystal-clear instructions illustrate what to do at each stage of the sewing process. From choosing the right equipment, selecting the perfect fabric, to using the right technique, its almost 400 pages provide a sewer with everything you need to know to make clothing, home accessories and more. Building on that time-tested tradition, New Complete Guide to Sewing has been revised and presents contemporized fashions, newly updated techniques, over 200 new full-color photographs plus the latest in timesaving tips and tricks. Also included are over 20 inspiring new projects to make for family members and home decorating needs, as well as a helpful glossary. | | | Features: | |
• Step-by-Step Techniques for Making Clothes and Home Accessories
• Nearly 400 jam-packed pages of sewing instructions and information.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Editors of Reader's Digest | | Hardcover:
| 384 pages | | Publisher:
| Readers Digest | | Publication Date:
| October 24, 2002 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0762104201 | | Package Length:
| 10.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 42 reviews |
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 This is the bible.Sep 27, 2009
I'm a fashion student, and this book is "suggested reading." Honestly if you don't have any prior history of sewing it may be a little difficult to grasp making it seem as if you have to have all this equipment and what-not. This book is an amazing source of information otherwise. This is like the bible.
 Great!Sep 22, 2009
I needed this for a class I am taking about clothing construction. The book has clear directions and tons of detailed techiniques.
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First time Amazon userSep 18, 2009
I am very pleased with this transaction, the seller was very cooperative and helpful.
I would definitely us amazon again and this seller to purchase products.
Teaching a 14 year old how to sewSep 12, 2009
I am teaching a home schooled 14 year old how to sew. Her lessons use sections of the book to teach her the basics and also sdvanced sewing techiniques. I'm learning quite a bit from the book also. It is very informitive. Signe Bruhn
 Great for garments, not much elseAug 30, 2009
I bought this largely to have as a referance book, and it will serve that purpose nicely, but almost entirely only for the sewing of clothing items. It has extensive diagrams for just about every clothing-related technique you could possibly need to know. However, the book only dedicates 10 pages to patchwork and quilting, and hardly even explains either of those. I don't even recall if it even mentions applique, and though it does have a few projects for pillow covers and curtains, it hardly talks about home decor at all. The clothing projects are very outdated styles, which is surprising for a 2002 edition (the styles are more early 90's, and not very flattering at all). Perhaps it would be more aptly titled Complete Guide to Garment Sewing or something along those lines. Still invaluable as a referance for clothsmaking, but certainly not 'complete' of all sewing types and techniques.
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