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Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Home Sewing

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This is a great book, even now in 2007. Most of the projects are timeless. The projects that don't give dimensions is because the item the project is for, window, chair, bed, are different depending on what you own. But for a good book to give you ideas, it's great. You can always reference another sewing book if you don't know the sewing technique. I plan to do that. The dimensions are given in metric and standard measurements. It has so many projects in it that it would be way too thick if it gave detailed instructions for all of them! I hope you like the book as much as I did.

I've received this book with my sewing machine but I couldn't use it then (I didn't know how to sew) since, I've learnt a few things so for those projects I don't need this book. ..but I still can't use it because I still don't understand the projects. It is purly explaind with a few drawings and that's it. Probably those who are already experts and don't need to learn anything could use it, because details are not explaind here properly - how to sew a french seam, or turning under a double hem, etc. Otherwise the projects are very very outdated (it was written in 1983!) however, I found a slipcover, a curtain and 1-2 things which are basicaly timeless so you can use it today too. Also there are 2-3 projects there for kids (a cat sleeping bag, a play-shop from fabric)these are cute!
If you are still interested, then here are the main things you can find in this book: curtains, blinds, cushions, bedlinen, kitchen companions, pinboard, tablecloth, mat, lampshades, upholstery and loose covers, canvas hammock, etc.

I actually had this book before and sold it. When I wanted to start doing some more home sewing, I couldn't find a newer one that I liked as well. The pictures are VERY dated. You have to look past their horrible fabric choices, but the techniques are really useful.