500 Sewing Techniques, Tips, Tricks, and Hacks is like having all of the quick-hit tutorials and sewing hacks you saw on Instagram and TikTok in one all-encompassing reference book. From author Ashley Hough, co-host of the Craftsy quilting show, Lets Make a Quilt, this resourceful book features 500 technique "hacks" with easy-to-follow photo step-outs, quick tips, and trick snippets answering just about any question any sewist may have. How can you get a clean edge on an inside angle? Can you add zippers to your lapped pockets? Whats the key to a straight seam? Its all within these pages. Youll find tips and hacks for crisp pockets, zippers, bindings, edges, buttons, buttonholes, curves, corners, and more. Its the ideal way to cut through the learning curve and pick up the techniques that only experienced sewers know about - all available in one handy, "seamless" guide.
If youve watched Project Runway or Making the Cut and wondered how the competitors instinctively know how to create such a diverse array of garments - its because they learned the art of pattern making. Ultimate Guide to Designing Patterns for Clothing is an illustrative master class in the art of garment pattern making for aspiring fashion designers, fashion design students, and sewing and fabric enthusiasts. Lifelong designer and patternmaker Suzy Furrer has distilled her 35+ years of fashion pattern experience into this definitive resource for expert pattern making instruction. The book includes 11 chapters, each meticulously explaining a fundamental element of the pattern making process. Each element is fully explored with diagrams and illustrations making it ideal for visual learners. Furrer begins with an introduction to pattern making explaining what is required for building a proper patternmaking tool kit and terminology used throughout the book before guiding the budding pattern maker through the 11 instructional chapters. QR codes provide additional video instruction.