Learn from the expert how to get up and running with a basic sewing machine, then build your skills and make 12 beautiful projects. Revised, updated, and expanded edition.
Learn from the expert how to get up and running with a basic sewing machine, then build your skills and make 12 beautiful projects. Revised, updated, and expanded edition.
Do you own a sewing machine but don't know where to start? Feeling daunted by off-putting manuals? This book will change all that. Sewing machine guru and popular author, Wendy Gardiner, has written a friendly guide to getting up and running with a basic sewing machine. She demystifies machine anatomy, threading, and how to check stitching and tension.
As you build up your skills, there are 12 stylish and practical projects to make, including:a patchwork placemat,
a drawstring bag,
an appliquéd pillow,
a clutch bag,
a tablet cover,
tab-top curtains,
a quilted potholder,
a notebook cover
There is something for everyone. Each project is designed to teach techniques such as
sewing seams
adding buttonholes and zips
blind hems
quilting
free-motion embroidery
using an alphabet and
making pleats, trims and pockets.
There is a glossary of all the important terms, and an excellent troubleshooting guide.
Thousands of people buy a basic sewing machine but don't know where to start and are daunted by off-putting manuals. This book will change all that.
Previously published as The Very Easy Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine.
ISBN-13: 9781800920217
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Search Press
Publication Date: 09-06-2022
Pages: 144
Product Dimensions: 8.13(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.40(d)
Wendy Gardiner is a writer, teacher and author. She has been editor of several leading sewing magazines and written 21 books including The Great British Sewing Bee: From Stitch to Style, Fun with Fat Quarters, The Very Useful Guide to Using Your Sewing Machine and most recently Take Two Fat Quarters: Home and Take Two Fat Quarters: Gifts. Wendy has also presented many DVDs on sewing and made several YouTube videos for leading haberdashery and pattern companies. She runs regular residential Creative Sewing Weekends, teaches a weekly class and writes articles for various magazines and her own website. Wendy organizes the extensive workshop programmes for the Festival of Quilts and the Knitting & Stitching Shows. She has a strong reputation and fan base because of her enthusiastic and friendly approach to sharing her passion for dressmaking and machine sewing. Wendy lives in Hampshire, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Your sewing machine 8
Tools and equipment 14
Winding and fitting the bobbin 24
Upper threading 26
Checking stitching and tension 28
Trying out your machine's stitches 30
Using Your Machine 32
Straight stitch 34
Patch pockets 36
Drawstring Bags 38
Zigzag stitch 42
Heart-Felt Appliqué Pillow 46
Buttonholes 50
Party Clutch Bag 55
Zips 58
Piping 66
Perfectly Piped Pillow 70
Hemming ways 74
Café Curtain 78
Quilting 84
Patchwork Placemat 86
Quilted Pot Holder 90
Free motion 96
Swirls and Flowers Scarf 100
Twin needles 104
Retro Apron 108
Bobbin work 116
Decorated Guest Towel 118
Advanced Techniques 122
Pleats 122
Tucks 124
Using an alphabet 125
Notebook Cover 126
Trims 128
Couching 130
Tablet Cover 132
Useful information 136
Troubleshooting 137
Glossary 142
Index 144
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