Product Description

Do you love to sew—or want to learn how? Then this book will have you in stitches in no time. There’s nothing like the feeling of completing a project using beautiful fabrics and great timesaving tools and then sharing it with your family and friends. Plus, learning to sew will save you money too! Before long, you’ll be stitching your own hems, repairing split seams, sewing on buttons, and much, much more.

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!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5708 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

Review
&covers everything you need to know in an easy-to-follow format& -- Ideal Home, February 2003

“…covers everything you need to know in an easy-to-follow format…”(Ideal Home, February 2003)

“…covers everything you need to know in an easy-to-follow format…”(Ideal Home, February 2003)

Review
&covers everything you need to know in an easy-to-follow format& -- Ideal Home, February 2003“…covers everything you need to know in an easy-to-follow format…”(Ideal Home, February 2003) “…covers everything you need to know in an easy-to-follow format…”

From the Back Cover
8-page color insert of new projects

Get the basics of sewing and stitch up a storm in no time!

This easy-to-follow guide gives both beginners and more advanced sewers techniques to sew faster and easier . . . and have more fun with the craft! This updated edition shows you how to sew sensational seams, shape garments with tucks and pleats, or revamp a room with quick home décor projects.

Praise for Sewing For Dummies

"Just in time for those of us with no time, Jan’s book is about ‘reality sewing.’"
– Gail Brown, coauthor of Simply Napkins

"Jan’s . . . clever techniques and home décor projects . . . make sewing a fun event."
– Dewey Sadka, President of Dewey Color System

Discover how to;

• Master hand and machine stitches
• Read a sewing pattern
• Create custom cornices and draperies
• Make a bedroom ensemble in a weekend
• Install zippers, buttons, and other fasteners

Customer Reviews

great book
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.

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

pretty good overall
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.