Includes index

Previous edition: 2018

Essentials -- Sewing equipment -- Fabrics -- Interfacings, interlinings and tapes -- Patterns -- Techniques -- Stitch essentials -- Darts, tucks, pleats and gathers -- Frills and ruffles -- Collars, facings and necklines --Waistlines and belts -- Sleeves and sleeve finishes -- Pockets -- Hems and edges -- Fasteners -- Buttons and buttonholes -- Advanced techniques -- Mending -- Projects -- Two-tone tote bag -- Tiered midi dress -- Jersey sweatshirt -- Unisex dressing gown -- Child's reversible jacket -- Toiletries bag -- Envelope cushion -- Storage baskets -- Crafter's wrap -- Roman blind -- Downloading the patterns.

Everything you need to know to sew your own clothes and home furnishings. Demystify your sewing machine and get to grips with essential techniques with The Sewing Book. This bestselling guide covers over 300 techniques with illustrated step-by-step sequences, showing you how to create everything from seams and hems to darts, gathers, and collars. Discover how to read a pattern and adapt designs to suit your measurements, get to grips with tools and materials, and find the best fabrics to suit whatever you want to make. Complete with ten homeware and clothing projects to help you put your new-found skills to the test, The Sewing Book shows you everything you need to know, stitch by stitch.-- Provided by publisher.