Basic Sewing

by Chris Jefferys

Like an introductory college course, the 101 Essential Tips series lays out all the essential concepts of a topic in direct, to-the-point advice and explanations. Every point is easy to master... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789419777
• ISBN13: 9780789419774
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

A Beginner's Guide

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.

Delivers its promise

This book keeps its promise of delivering "101 essential tips". From choosing cutting tools to repairing a button hole, there are lots of tips to satisfy the beginner sewer. While I like the layout, which includes step-by-step instructions accompanied by photos, this little book could be vastly improved by adding a few more pictures to some of the tips to make them more clear. A couple of pictures could also be improved by better choice of colour (e.g. attaching a flat collar, which is a glaring yellow, and darning a hole, which is so well done you cannot see the example stitches clearly enough!). Nevertheless, overall it is a very useful book.

Excellent for those times when your brain just goes blank.

I love this book, it is great for those times when I am sewing and just can't remember how to do something that is called for. As a sewing site guide on bellaonline.com it has come in handy to answer questions for those long forgotten things, like handstitching a buttonhole. Tho I do wish that there were a few more illustrations when describing how to accomplish something, I do recommend this book to any sewer from beginner to experienced.

Got Me Through My 1st Sewing Project in 22 Years!

this is a great reference for someone who can sew a straight line but little more. It's a quick, practical, UNDERSTANDABLE, guide for the procedures glossed over in most patterns. The only part of the book that I would expand is the layout, marking, and cutting sections. This is where I would have appreciated a discussion of different techniques/shortcuts that will not ruin a project. Overall a great little book, the kind of thing I'd like to send my kids off with when they leave home.

Great for beginners who need an easy and concise reference

This book is exactly what the title says, basic sewing. The book's illustrations are easy to follow and includes information and step-by-step guidance on how to make a dart, seams, sleeves, work with a pattern, hem and other sewing essentials. The book also shows how to make simple clothing repairs, something that plagues every household. In fact, I plan to give a copy of this book to all of my friends who show up with clothes and ask "can you fix this."