How to Train Your Sewing Machine - Hardcover

Begum, Rehana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1837760373 ISBN 13: 9781837760374

Publisher: Skittledog, 2024

Synopsis

Learn how to painlessly use your sewing machine AND make stylish clothes and accessories you actually want to wear.

With years of sewing experience and teaching under her belt, Rehana Begum is here to introduce you to your sewing machine without stress or disaster.

Discover how to set up your machine, choose your stitch and start up without creating a frustrating tangle of knots. With clearly illustrated techniques, this neat little book will help you troubleshoot machine problems, use a basic pattern and select and work with different fabric types. Even if it’s your first time on a sewing machine, you’ll be proudly saying “I made this!” in no time.

Projects include:
• Tote bag
• Hair Scrunchie
• Lined Zip Pouch
• Easy Gathered Waist Skirt
• Envelope Cushion Cover
• Apron

About this title

About the Author

As a child, Rehana Begum watched her mother creating colorful outfits for her daughters on an industrial sewing machine, and by 13 she knew her future lay in fashion. With a BA in fashion design from Central Saint Martin's, she mastered tailoring and pattern cutting on Savile Row and designed for brands including All Saints, Matthew Williamson, and Ozwald Boateng. Having taught dressmaking to women in Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria, she now shares her passion and knowledge at her London school, Sew it with Love.

From the Back Cover

Learn how to painlessly use your sewing machine AND make stylish clothes and accessories you actually want to wear.

Trained on Savile Row, Rehana Begum has taught sewing for years, and knows how to introduce beginners to their sewing machines without stress or disaster. Now she presents that expertise in this elegant, contemporary book.

Learn how to thread your machine, choose your stitch and start up without creating a frustrating tangle of knots. With clearly illustrated techniques and simple patterns (from a tote bag to a simple dress), you'll quickly be able to build on your skills and turn them into finished products to be proud of - even if it's your first time on a sewing machine.

Sewing machines can be intimidating. Rehana's expert knowledge promises to remove the fear and get you sewing - opening the way to a satisfying skill that will serve you for the rest of your life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Skittledog
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1837760373
• ISBN 13: 9781837760374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Morishima Akio
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136