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Sewing for Dummies | 
 enlarge | Author: Janice Saunders Maresh
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 117624
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 424
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 076455137X
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.2
UPC: 785555551374
EAN: 9780764551376
ASIN: 076455137X
Publication Date: July 14, 1999
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Product Description
Sewing is fun, relaxing, and tremendously rewarding. It feels great when you sit down and sew something together (and are tickled with the results)! Besides the fun and satisfaction you get out of sewing, this wonderful hobby can also save you money. You can make your clothes last longer when you stitch up your own hems, repair split seams, and sew on those loose buttons. You can save even more money by making your own home decor projects, such as curtains and pillows. Sewing For Dummies is a book for both absolute beginners and experienced sewers. If you're a stone-cold beginner, you'll find explanations of all the tools and skills necessary for beginning-level projects. If you've had some experience with sewing, you'll benefit from the tips and tricks that might otherwise take years to pick up. Whether you're quilting, embroidering, mending, or constructing a project, you'll need to know some sewing basics to get you through your projects. Sewing For Dummies covers all the important sewing fundamentals such as: - Mastering hand stitches and machine stitches
- Reading a sewing pattern
- Sewing sensational seams
- Hemming a variety of fabrics
- Shaping garments with darts, tucks, and pleats
- Installing zippers, buttons, and other fasteners
- Negotiating sleeves and pockets
- Working with home decor fabrics
- Adjusting projects for better fit and function
Once you've explored the basic techniques, you'll be ready to start some easy sewing projects. This friendly book will guide you through the following projects, and more, with confidence: - Children's costumes
- Tablecloth and place mats
- Duvet cover
- Fleece scarf, hat, and jacket ensemble
- Teddy bear
- Window treatments
- Creative pillows
Fabric touches almost everything in a person's daily life. Children cuddle up with pillows and soft toys and dress up in costumes for fun. People wear clothing to be comfortable, stay warm, and to be fashionable. People also appreciate and admire handmade heirlooms. When you finish your projects, wear them with pride, play in them, admire your work, and hand them down to your loved ones.
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Great for beginners and professionals March 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some parts get a little confusing, with a few step by steps that don't add up. But, the techniques described in this book will make anyone a better sewer. And, there are great simple project ideas throughout the book for beginners that allow you to practice as you read through the book. I highly enjoy this book.
A Helpful Book January 12, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm new to sewing and I purchased several books to help me get started, including this one. It's easy to read and it gave me a good idea of how to do some things, but I would not have been able to sew just by reading this book. It's a perfect companion to other learning aids and I have returned to it several times. It's worth the cost as long as you have other teaching aids at your disposal.
 Sewing for Dummies January 12, 2008
This is an easy to read book on sewing. Great for beginners and also for the more experienced that needs a review. Very easy to understand. It is a 'must buy' for the first time sewing person.
great! January 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this was a christmas present for my mother-in-law-to-be, she just quit smoking and she wanted to occupy her time with something. so, she wanted to start sewing. that's all she wanted for christmas and i thought that this book would help her out in any situation she would have that she doesn't already know. thanks and this seller is recommended in my "book"!!!!
 Definitely not for "dummies" November 25, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I usually LOVE the dummies series and find it very useful for new subjects I want to just dive into. This book is useful, but not as a first reference for someone who has never done more than the occasional needle-and-thread wobbly patching most of us did in College.
The good:
1. Very thorough subject coverage - everything from clothing to arts & crafts, to home decor (in fact, I think if they broke this up into two books - one for clothing only, and one for the rest, they would have done themselves a big favor).
2. The step descriptions are broken down into mini-steps very well (I think).
The bad:
1. hardly any illustrations at all. Where there are illustrations, they are very basic, mostly restricted to the type of stitch described rather than an illustration of the step-by-step process.
2. the level of terminology-knowledge assumed by the book is insanely high for beginners.
3. There is insufficient internal cross referencing - the writers seem to assume you will read the book from cover to cover in the right order, and that you will remember everything you learned from one chapter to the next.
4. The section on "Quick fixes and alterations" which is boasted about in the book description is far from comprehensive, and the steps described are skimpy - largely without internal references to where within the book these steps are described.
This will be a great 2nd book, I think. But until I reach that level I'll have to find something else.
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