Create one-of-a-kind projects using these surface designs and techniques It's time for some hands-on surface design with your favorite surface—fabric! Transferring a pretty motif to your sewing project is easy with 4 unique image-transfer methods: stencil, transfer paper, freezer paper, and fusible web. Express yourself through unique embellishments like paint, embroidery, and reverse appliqué. Then try your hand at 16 mix-and-match sewing projects from wearables to fun, useful gifts for t...

The most comprehensive, user-friendly upholstery book on the market just got better!Over its lifetime, SINGER Upholstery Basics has sold nearly 150,000 copies. Now, with five new projects and an entirely fresh presentation, SINGER Upholstery Basics Plus is truly the best book for beginners and seasoned upholstery buffs alike. All the basic upholstery techniques are taught. Projects include all styles of chairs or couches, stools, different styles of ottomans, a be...

Cool Couture is a home sewer's guide to professional, designer-quality construction and finishing. Fashion designer Kenneth King provides step-by-step instruction in the basic, reliable techniques of classical couture. He provides his own shortcuts, careful instruction, and advice to help home sewers of every level produce impeccable results. Each technique is presented with simple how-to drawings and detailed step-by-step instruction. Fashion-forward photographs of the designer's own cout...

This informative and encouraging guide offers proven solutions to all of your most stubborn sewing problems. With a question-and-answer format that makes it easy to find what you need, Barbara Weiland Talbert includes tips on selecting the perfect patterns, choosing the right size needles, comparing seam types, and much more. No matter your sewing experience or whether you prefer to use a machine or sew by hand, The Sewing Answer Book will help you hone your skills while inspiring...

The award-winning textile artist presents her modern approach to 150 fabric manipulation techniques in this fully illustrated sewing guide.In Fabric Manipulation, Ruth Singer presents the most in-depth and comprehensive guide to sculptural and embellishing effects since Collette Wolff's The Art of Manipulating Fabric.Divided into three sections—Pleat and Fold, Stitch and Gather, Apply and Layer— Fabric Manipulation teaches sewists ...

THE user-friendly reference essential for any current or prospective serger owner:• Practical, easy solutions for any problem with any serger, no matter what the brand, model, or vintage.• Expert-savvy, timesaving tips on serger threading, needles, threads, feet, upkeep, and much more.• Comprehensive strategies that help answer "Which serger should I buy?"

Star of the Great British Sewing Bee and doyenne of the Women’s Institute, May Martin has been teaching sewing for over 40 years. Now for the first time she shares her tips and tricks, offering the ultimate beginners’ guide to sewing.Beautifully styled and simple-to-follow, this authoritative sewing bible gives readers information on everything they need to know to get started with sewing.Providing all the essential background information on sewing, setting up your sewing s...

Sewing can be as easy as 1-2-3 with this helpful building-block approach—includes thirty-three projects!In this creative teaching book, craft blogger Ellen Luckett Baker offers a wholly unique approach to sewing: She presents projects in groups of three, each building on the techniques used in the project before. Baker shows, for example, how to sew a glasses case, then build on those skills to create a zippered pouch, and from there, make a more advanced cosmetics ...

Learn how to make amazing three-dimensional flowers with machine quilting, patchwork and appliqué techniques.Detailed step-by-step artworks and gorgeous photography beautifully illustrate Pauline's innovative techniques, which are acompanied by full-size templates.Variations for each flower show how you can adapt the colours and designs to create your own unique versions.Includes examples of stunning quilt blocks incorporating the flower designs.

The ultimate practical guide to sewing fabulous bags from expert Lisa Lam!· Detailed photographs illustrate every technique in this unique book, from choosing fabric to inserting fastenings· Expert tips, trade secrets, and inspirational advice for professional and beautiful results· A capsule wardrobe of eight exclusive designs features easy-to-follow instructions and full-size patternsWhether you're getting started, improving your technique, o...

Quilting Can Be Quick!Creating handmade, beautiful quilts has never been more fun . . . or more time-efficient! In her follow-up book to 90-Minute Quilts, Meryl Ann Butler teaches you to add a new dimension to your quilts by incorporating triangles into the designs, while still using her 90-minute methods. Whether you're a novice or an advanced quilter, you'll love using these techniques to whip up quick baby quilts, charity projects and last-minute gifts!...

Learn how to sew simple, clever things that organize your home and help with daily tasks with Zakka Handmades! These incredibly useful projects include pouches and bags, small toys and baby items, and handy kitchen accessories. Some of the author's sewn items also incorporate simple crochet. In Japanese, zakka means "household goods," referring to items for domestic use—tableware, kitchenware, containers of various kinds, even simple clothing. What all the items have in c...