The Little Guide to Mastering Your Sewing Machine: All the Sewing Basics, Plus 15 Step-By-Step Projects (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764349706)

For everyone who dreams of sewing but suffers from the common fear of how to use the sewing machine, your worries are over Thanks to this step-by-step method, illustrated with nearly 200 photos and drawings, you'll painlessly discover all the basic techniques, and even how to sew on a button. You'll then very quickly be able to put your new sewing machine skills into practice with the 15 special projects designed for beginners. This handy guide has a fold-out stand and is set up as a spiral flip book, ready to sit on your sewing table. Cheerful and encouraging, the guide walks you through the functions and accessories of the machine, along with the equipment you'll use with it, the choosing and cutting of fabric, the different kinds of stitches, how to sew pieces together, and more. Train yourself to sew straight, to make a hem, to add bias binding, piping, and zippers. Then create a reversible hat, a sewing-machine cover, a table runner, a shopping bag...from there, the possibilities are endless.

Author: Sylvie Blondeau
ISBN-10: 0764349708
ISBN-13: 9780764349706
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2015
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.13h x 8.00w x 1.00d