Ultimate Sewing Bible by Marie Clayton

Sewing is an extremely rewarding hobby. Knowing how to sew allows you to mend garments and make up-to-the-minute fashions and soft furnishings inexpensively, as well as offering a great creative outlet. The Ultimate Sewing Bible provides hundreds of illustrations and instructions that make the learning process simple. With so many different fabrics, embellishments and trimmings now available on the high street and online, it is easier than ever to create unique clothes and home furnishings.  Each chapter is devoted to one key area of sewing and provides clear and concise in-depth instructions along with step-by-step instructions for basic principles and more advanced sewing techniques.  From choosing the right machine and picking fabrics to reading dressmaking patterns and altering existing garments, from sewing simple napkins to constructing a slipcover, this stylish and contemporary guide covers it all including information on caring for and repairing your projects, and a glossary to every sewing term.  With a section on care and repair, you will find out how to look after and fix homemade and store-bought items. And if it can't be fixed, learn how fabric and trimmings can be reused or upcycled into something else. This comprehensive guide offers a glossary of sewing terms, clear instructions and hundreds of illustrations and diagrams showing each stage of the sewing process.

About the Author
Marie Clayton is a professional writer, who has worked on a variety of sewing and needlecraft books including Ultimate Sewing Bible (9781843404118) and Make Your Own Clothes (9781843403890).

REVIEWS

yes !

not...

The book is informative, colorful and looks very modern/stylish.
Lots of informations, good illustrations, beautiful pictures.
Basics sewing techniques explained.
Finally a good guide, intense illustrated, hand-sewing techniques.
Great home furnishings ideas; good illustrations, easy to follow instructions.
Information about fabrics for dressmaking and home furnishings as well.

Not interesting for advanced seamstress.
Half book is about home furnishings......
A nice gift for a beginner, too basic for seamstress with more advanced skills.

Sewing Bible ?...... Not my dearest daily sewing handbook

Notes:

++ It is very stimulating to finally start making new curtains, covering cushions and pillows and repairing the slipcovers of the sofa. The  home furnishings is a very nice part of the book. .