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Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned sewer, this comprehensive book is a must! FIlled with detailed instructions, A to Z of Sewing is an indispensible reference book for readers who wish to develop their skills and give each project a professional finish. Easy-to-read spiral-bound hard-cover book is filled with a gold mine of more than 180 sewing techniques along with clear step-by-step photos and illustrations.

Meet Sara Trail, teenage sewing whiz, designer, and entrepreneur. Join Sara as she shows you how to find sewing supplies (shopping!), make fun stuff everyone will love to show off (clothes!), and earn extra money by throwing sewing parties and selling your creations (cash!). 9 beginner-friendly projects include PJ’s, pillows, a tote bag, a cell phone or MP3 player cover, an apron, notebook cover and more!

How do you sew a top or T-shirt that fits and flatters, a skirt that looks like fine ready-to wear, or pants that you’ve designed yourself? Answer these questions and more, no matter what your skill level, in Easy Guide to Sewing: Tops and T-Shirts, Skirts and Pants. This is a beautiful, well-illustrated hard cover book that belongs in every sewer’s library!

This lovely new book by Cassie Barden features simple sewing for contemporary style. You can create handmade projects for your wardrobe and home with only a small time commitment and basic sewing skills. Choose from totes and bags, cases and covers, fashion accents and home décor projects. Learn techniques you’ll use again and again such as installing zippers, using fusible appliqué, and basic machine quilting. Each design will be a one-of-a-kind masterpiece!

This clearly illustrated book will teach you one of the most rewarding and practical crafts of all. Even a beginner can make beautiful and useful items with the skills you’ll learn here. All the elements of machine and hand sewing, from how to sew a button to basic embroidery techniques are covered. Charming projects put the reader’s growing skills to work right from the start, from the simple Drawstring Bag and Fringed Throw to the more challenging Pompom Slippers and stuffed Toy Dog to fanciful designs such as the all-fabric Flower Necklace and Brooch.

If you shudder at the price tags on designer jeans, this book will guide you through easy, inexpensive and fun ways to jazz up ordinary denim so that it’s red-carpet ready! You’ll learn techniques for distressing, embroidering, beading, painting, sewing and studding to turn all kinds of denim clothing into one-of-a-kind fashion items. You’ll even learn how to transform clothing into bags, pillows and decorated journal covers!

Tired of fixing hems with masking tape and safety pins? It’s easy to save money and time, quickly mend a ripped seam or easily fix a hem. Students, single men, stay-at-home mums trying to save money and fix their kids’ clothes, busy professionals anywhere, this book is for you. It’s for Scout leaders helping Scouts earn their sewing badge. And it’s a great gift for kids leaving the nest or creating their own. You CAN sew, even if you never have! Nan Ides covers basics from threading a needle to sewing on buttons, repairing seams, fixing hems, pressing pants, and more in this handy book.