Sewing 101: Pocket Guide: A Guide to Necessary Skills for Garment Making

Quickly learn and reference the basic skills of sewing and apply them to garment making and crafting.

Designed for sewists and DIY crafters who need a guide to the many common stitches, fasteners, pleats, darts, and hems  used for sewing. This handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide offers sewists information on the basic and necessary skills you need to follow a pattern, alter and embellish your projects, and create exquisite and accurate works of textile art! The spiral bound format allows sewists to have their hands free to sew while they reference information.

• Get tips on pleats, darts, and hems so you can fit and finish your projects

• Understand how to install fasteners of all kinds

• Lessons on the most effective ways to place and measure your pattern pieces

• Learn to read pattern instructions, and reference terms and skills for most projects