The Beginner's Guide to Machine Sewing Book by Debbie Von Grabler-Crozier
£12.00
The Beginner's Guide to Machine Sewing Book by Debbie Von Grabler-Crozier
Description
The essential beginner's guide to machine sewing, with 8 simple-but-stunning projects to get you started and all key techniques shown step by step.
This is a fully illustrated, must-have guide, carefully structured to get you sewing straight away!
In this complete course, ideal for absolute beginners, sewing expert Debbie von Grabler-Crozier covers everything you need to get started: understanding fabrics, essential tools, how to sew your first stitches on a machine, how to use a pattern template, how to add a zip, and much more.
You'll build up your skills project by project, learning new techniques as you go, and create 8 gorgeous, practical everyday home items that you'll use time and time again.
- An essential guide to machine sewing, which takes you from your very first stitches to techniques such as inserting a zip, free-motion embroidery and adding slip pockets.
- Learn techniques as you make, so you can put your newly learnt skills into practice.
- 8 stunning projects: a table mat, trinket tray, reversible bowl cover, oven gloves, laptop sleeve, storage cube, zipped pillow cover and mini tote bag.
- Clear step-by-step photographs and instructions for all the techniques and projects, with helpful tips and jargon busters from Debbie throughout.
- All necessary templates included at full size.
Whether you're learning to sew on a machine for the first time, or wanting to revisit the basics, this accessible, no-fuss course will get you sewing straight away.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Tools and materials
Glossary
Getting started
TECHNIQUES AND PROJECTS
Sewing around a curve
Adding zigzag lace
Adding a leather tab
Turning through
Using interfacing
Table Mat with Lace
How to use a template
Using darts
Easy trinket tray
Feeding in elastic
How to measure and adapt your pattern
Reversible Bowl Cover
Quilting with a walking foot
Making bias binding
Attaching bias binding
Oven Gloves
Measuring and making a template
Using felt
Adding plastic and metal snaps
Making a leather strap
Felt Laptop Sleeve
FME and raggy edge applique
Simple lining
Making square corners
Using foam interfacing
Applique Goldfish Storage Cube
Adding a zip
Wholecloth quilting in a grid
Finishing seams with a zigzag
Adding a tassel zip pull
Quilted Zipped Pillow Cover
Using canvas
Adding lined slip pockets
Boxing 3D corners
Adding webbing straps
Super Simple Mini Tote
Taking it further
Templates
Index

