Learn from the expert how to get up and running with a basic sewing machine, then build your skills and make 12 beautiful projects. Revised, updated, and expanded edition.
Learn from the expert how to get up and running with a basic sewing machine, then build your skills and make 12 beautiful projects. Revised, updated, and expanded edition.
Do you own a sewing machine but don't know where to start? Feeling daunted by off-putting manuals? This book will change all that. Sewing machine guru and popular author, Wendy Gardiner, has written a friendly guide to getting up and running with a basic sewing machine. She demystifies machine anatomy, threading, and how to check stitching and tension.
As you build up your skills, there are 12 stylish and practical projects to make, including:
a patchwork placemat,
a drawstring bag,
an appliquéd pillow,
a clutch bag,
a tablet cover,
tab-top curtains,
a quilted potholder,
a notebook cover
There is something for everyone. Each project is designed to teach techniques such as
sewing seams
adding buttonholes and zips
blind hems
quilting
free-motion embroidery
using an alphabet and
making pleats, trims and pockets.
There is a glossary of all the important terms, and an excellent troubleshooting guide.
Thousands of people buy a basic sewing machine but don't know where to start and are daunted by off-putting manuals. This book will change all that.
Previously published as The Very Easy Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine.
Wendy Gardiner is an internationally accredited sewing guru. She has held the role of editor at several leading sewing magazines, including Vogue Patterns and Sewing World; written 17 books, most recently The Great British Sewing Bee: From Style to Stitch; presented nearly a dozen DVDs on sewing; and is a Craftsy.com tutor. In addition, Wendy is the brand ambassador for The McCall Company; works with leading exhibition organizers to produce extensive workshop programmes; and teaches and is a presenter on Sewing Street TV. She also runs regular residential Creative Sewing Weekends and writes projects and technique articles for various magazines and her own resource website www.wendygardiner.co.uk, which is packed with tips, techniques and projects. Through all of this, Wendy shares her passion for all things to do with sewing in her much-loved enthusiastic and friendly manner. Wendy lives in Hampshire, UK.
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Learn from the expert how to get up and running with a basic sewing machine, then build your skills and make 12 beautiful projects. Revised, updated, and expanded edition.
Learn from the expert how to get up and running with a basic sewing machine, then build your skills and make 12 beautiful projects. Revised, updated, and expanded edition.
Do you own a sewing machine but don't know where to start? Feeling daunted by off-putting manuals? This book will change all that. Sewing machine guru and popular author, Wendy Gardiner, has written a friendly guide to getting up and running with a basic sewing machine. She demystifies machine anatomy, threading, and how to check stitching and tension.
As you build up your skills, there are 12 stylish and practical projects to make, including:
a patchwork placemat,
a drawstring bag,
an appliquéd pillow,
a clutch bag,
a tablet cover,
tab-top curtains,
a quilted potholder,
a notebook cover
There is something for everyone. Each project is designed to teach techniques such as
sewing seams
adding buttonholes and zips
blind hems
quilting
free-motion embroidery
using an alphabet and
making pleats, trims and pockets.
There is a glossary of all the important terms, and an excellent troubleshooting guide.
Thousands of people buy a basic sewing machine but don't know where to start and are daunted by off-putting manuals. This book will change all that.
Previously published as The Very Easy Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine.
Wendy Gardiner is an internationally accredited sewing guru. She has held the role of editor at several leading sewing magazines, including Vogue Patterns and Sewing World; written 17 books, most recently The Great British Sewing Bee: From Style to Stitch; presented nearly a dozen DVDs on sewing; and is a Craftsy.com tutor. In addition, Wendy is the brand ambassador for The McCall Company; works with leading exhibition organizers to produce extensive workshop programmes; and teaches and is a presenter on Sewing Street TV. She also runs regular residential Creative Sewing Weekends and writes projects and technique articles for various magazines and her own resource website www.wendygardiner.co.uk, which is packed with tips, techniques and projects. Through all of this, Wendy shares her passion for all things to do with sewing in her much-loved enthusiastic and friendly manner. Wendy lives in Hampshire, UK.
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