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Secrets for Successful Sewing: Techniques for Mastering Your Sewing Machine and Serger

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This has loads of tips and tricks for both sewing machine and serger that would be very helpful to anyone with either/both, and is good on its own for serger information (compared to serger books which often include too much information on the "high-end" coverlock sergers few of us own). The techniques are well illustrated and the stitches themselves, rather than garments, photographed. This is a good one-stop-shopping manual for anyone returning to sewing after a many-year hiatus, with the machines so high-tech now it's like starting from scratch. Full of great, useful ideas. You didn't know your little machine could do so much!

This book is an easy read with excellent tips for new techniques. It is organized by topic making it a time efficient resource guide. I use it constantly in my sewing room.

This book has been long overdue, especially for those of us who have become jaded by 'similar' sewing reference books. This book provides ideas, clear, concise and well illustrated instructions for both new and some very old techniques. I was instantly inspired!

I bought this book to get some ideas on how to use my new serger in sewing. I was taken in by the subtitle of this book.

I was disappointed to find that this book is almost entirely about embellishments. The embellishments are also things that I remember from years ago and aren't done much now.

I returned this book within days of receiving it as it was basically useless to me.

I have been sewing and reading books about sewing for over 40 years, so imagine my surprise when, within the first 3 pages of this book, I learned three totally new things that I had never run across before. This one will stay on my shelf.

It's a good book with lots of reference, but it's primarily decorative stuff, like fancy buttonholes, etc. I don't own a serger, don't care if I ever do, but I was impressed with doing embroidery with the machine I do have. I don't use it as much as I thought I would, but perhaps I'll take another look at it and see how I can utilize some of them, like the eyelets.