The Handsewn Wardrobe: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches

By Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Book Overview

Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide.

Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, button-up, and jeans, using simple hand-sewing and hand-stitching techniques. Author Louisa Owen Sonstroem shares her sustainable, empowering, and portable craft with gentle encouragement and guidance.

Sewists of all experience levels will learn how to: Draft a pattern to fit custom measurements. Select and cut fabric. Make nine pieces of clothing with simple hand-sewing techniques. Construct each garment without using a sewing machine.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 163586626X
• ISBN13: 9781635866261
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.2" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A Lesson in Pattern Making

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I actually got it out of the library at first and then had to have a copy. I am a beginner sewer and yet this book explained pattern making and simple garment construction so clearly. I have made the shirt and skirt from this book. Both turned out great and fit perfect! I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in making their own clothes from scratch!