A guide to sewing for home decor. Written for the absolute beginner, each project includes detailed instructions and many step-by-step photographs. Each project introduces techniques essential to building strong sewing skills. The reader should learn how to measure and cut with accuracy, sew and finish seams, sew hems, make buttonholes, install zippers and more. Projects include decorator pillows, a Roman shade, a table runner, place mats, tablecloths, button-tufted cushions, a bed pillow sham, and a duvet cover. There is a reference section on the care and use of sewing machines.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Sewing Book Ever,
By "sandyst" (New England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Home Decor for Beginners (Coats & Clark) (Spiral-bound)
Hello, this book is small, but wonderful. This is the best home decor sewing book I have found, the instructions are clear and helpful. There is a section on your sewing machine, seams, and everything I wanted to know was here. Finally after sewing classes and many other books, I finished my bedroom curtains, and I'm ready to do more. I can't believe I like to sew. Before it was a chore and made me cry in frustration, I wish I found this book a long time ago. Worth the money, I like the series but this book was the best.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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A great help to a real beginer!,
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This review is from: Home Decor for Beginners (Coats & Clark) (Spiral-bound)
This book guided me step by step through many projects. Every step is explained in words and pictures, which made it very easy to follow along. I also found the knowing the parts of the machine section in the beginning of the book very helpful. At the end of each project several variations are suggested and explained. Some requiring greater skills, but still achievable ones by the average beginner. My only complaint was that after completing the duvet cover project and making a coordinating flanged pillow set, I realized that the book did not include instructions on making the bed skirt. The photograph that introduces the duvet cover project shows a bed skirt - I think a good addition to the book would be bed skirt instructions. This would allow the beginner to complete a bed redecorate project in the same easy to follow instruction manual.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Book!,
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This review is from: Home Decor for Beginners (Coats & Clark) (Spiral-bound)
Okay...I learned to sew in home ec. and havent since then (let's say 30 years or so)...and this book brought it all back. Wow, I made the best tablecloth in 2 days...great instructions...easy measuring and fabric guide! I am impressed
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The principle parts common to all modern sewing machines are shown in the diagrams at right. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inserting the pins perpendicular, seam allowance guide, basting tape, cutting guidelines, nominal lumber, decorator fabrics, stitch forward, presser foot, round tablecloth, pin the layers, crosswise grain, zipper foot, twill tape, outside mount, point turner, lengthwise grain, mounting board, stitching line, perfect corners, drop length, duvet cover, seam allowances, inside mount, stop stitching, throat plate New!
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The principle parts common to all modern sewing machines are shown in the diagrams at right. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inserting the pins perpendicular, seam allowance guide, basting tape, cutting guidelines, nominal lumber, decorator fabrics, stitch forward, presser foot, round tablecloth, pin the layers, crosswise grain, zipper foot, twill tape, outside mount, point turner, lengthwise grain, mounting board, stitching line, perfect corners, drop length, duvet cover, seam allowances, inside mount, stop stitching, throat plate New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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