The sewing machine manual Your easy guide to machine stitching
Book - 2022
The perfect companion for anyone new to machine sewing, or looking for a little extra guidance, this book is packed with friendly advice, stylish projects and expert sewing tips. Sewing machine guru and popular author, Wendy Gardiner, brings you this invaluable guide to getting up and running with a sewing machine. She includes all the basics, including machine anatomy, how to thread up, and how to check stitching and tension. Once you have built up your skills, there are 12 great projects to make, including: a patchwork placemat, a drawstring bag, an appliqued pillow, a clutch bag, a tablet cover, tab top curtains, a quilted pot holder, and a notebook cover - there is something for everyone. Each project is designed to teach techniques suc...h as sewing seams, adding buttonholes and zips, blind hems, quilting, free-motion embroidery, using an alphabet and making pleats, trims and pockets.
- Subjects
- Published
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Tunbridge Wells :
Search Press
2022.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Revised, updated and expanded edition
- Item Description
- Previously published as 'The very easy guide to using your sewing'.
Includes index. - Physical Description
- 144 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9781800920217
- Introduction
- Your sewing machine
- Tools and equipment
- Winding and fitting the bobbin
- Upper threading
- Checking stitching and tension
- Trying out your machine's stitches
- Using Your Machine
- Straight stitch
- Patch pockets
- Drawstring Bags
- Zigzag stitch
- Heart-Felt Appliqué Pillow
- Buttonholes
- Party Clutch Bag
- Zips
- Piping
- Perfectly Piped Pillow
- Hemming ways
- Café Curtain
- Quilting
- Patchwork Placemat
- Quilted Pot Holder
- Free motion
- Swirls and Flowers Scarf
- Twin needles
- Retro Apron
- Bobbin work
- Decorated Guest Towel
- Advanced Techniques
- Pleats
- Tucks
- Using an alphabet
- Notebook Cover
- Trims
- Couching
- Tablet Cover
- Useful information
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index