My 13 year old grandson has been asking me to teach him how to sew.
He was the first one to look through the book.
The full title is Learn to Sew with Lauren: From first stitches to personalized projects.
It's not kidding. The front 63 pages of the books is techniques starting with understanding and choosing fabrics and ending with setting in a sleeve. In between you find things such as basic hand stitches, seams, hems, and a lot more.
Here are examples of some of the technique pages:
Pages 64 through 207 are projects. They start with Beginners--easy peasy through Improvers--more tricky.
Here are a couple of pages from the projects:
The first project in the book is an Envelope Cushion Cover. I've never made one before, so couldn't wait to give it a try.
The instructions were very easy to follow. Each project shows plenty of illustrations to go with the instructions.
Here is my pillow cover. I can't wait to make more now that I know how easy they are to make!
The front and back covers of the book contain paper patterns for the projects that need them:
I attend a sit n' sew at our local quilt shop once a month. I took the book along this month to get feedback from the other ladies. They were all impressed with it. They did notice things that I didn't such as the wording telling that it's published in another country. It actually is published in the UK.
One lady pointed out that all measurements are given in both metric and standard measurements.
They liked how the instructions were clear with plenty of illustrations.
About the author:
Lauren Guthrie was a finalist on the highly successful Great British Sewing Bee TV series. A very enterprising twenty-something, Lauren initially trained as a physiotherapist, but gave that up to renovate a historic building in which she has just opened her own haberdashery, Guthrie & Ghani, in Birmingham, England. Lauren runs extremely popular sewing classes and workshops, as well as a popular blog from her website www.guthrie-ghani.co.uk with news, projects and tutorials.
Book info:
ISBN 978-1845339272
Hardcover, with 224 pages and 7 pull out patterns. 400 total illustrations.
Distributed by Hachette Book Group
Get your copy now on amazon :)
Disclaimer: I rec'd a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. Author and other information was also provided to me. I was not compensated in any other way and all opinions expressed are my own.
I am about to use my sewing machine for the first time real soon. I could probably use that book since it has been so long since I've sewn anything other than a quick garment repair by hand. I'm making a body pillow out of Tidbit's blankets so I can still cuddle up with her when missing her.
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