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101 Essential Tips: Basic Sewing (Paperback)

by DK Publishing (Author)

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Like an introductory college course, the 101 Essential Tips series lays out all the essential concepts of a topic in direct, to-the-point advice and explanations. Every point is easy to master quickly. More than 250 full-color photos and illustrations illuminate the tips.

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Paperback: 72 pages
Publisher: DK ADULT (November 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0789419777
ISBN-13: 978-0789419774
Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Keep Looking, January 28, 2004

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This book, although it covers a broad range of topics, does not adequately cover any of them. I teach sewing and bough this book thinking it might be good to use as a text, and was very disappointed. The pictures are hard to see, the directions vague. If I did not know what they meant already, I never would have been able to figure it out from this text. I do not recommend this book to any seamstress at any level.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Delivers its promise, July 15, 2001

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This book keeps its promise of delivering "101 essential tips". From choosing cutting tools to repairing a button hole, there are lots of tips to satisfy the beginner sewer. While I like the layout, which includes step-by-step instructions accompanied by photos, this little book could be vastly improved by adding a few more pictures to some of the tips to make them more clear. A couple of pictures could also be improved by better choice of colour (e.g. attaching a flat collar, which is a glaring yellow, and darning a hole, which is so well done you cannot see the example stitches clearly enough!). Nevertheless, overall it is a very useful book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for those times when your brain just goes blank., July 16, 2000

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I love this book, it is great for those times when I am sewing and just can't remember how to do something that is called for. As a sewing site guide on bellaonline.com it has come in handy to answer questions for those long forgotten things, like handstitching a buttonhole. Tho I do wish that there were a few more illustrations when describing how to accomplish something, I do recommend this book to any sewer from beginner to experienced.

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2.0 out of 5 stars not for beginners
terminology not for the inexperienced. directions vague. i'll be returning it.
i much prefer the readers digest complete guide to sewing.

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