Stitch 'n' Fix: Essential Mending Know-How for Bachelors and Babes

Stitch 'n' Fix: Essential Mending Know-How for Bachelors and Babes

by JoanGordon (Author)

Synopsis

This book contains everything your Mum tried to teach you, but you were too cool to learn! What do you do when a button pops off your favourite shirt or the hem unravels on your best dress - throw it away or make some simple repairs? This fun but practical book caters for all your sewing emergencies, teaching everyone who never learned how to thread a needle, sew on a button, darn a hole and much more. Avoid mending traumas with these simple, basic sewing skills that will revive not just your wardrobe but also your wallet. Learn the real basics of hand and machine sewing, with clear, easy-to-follow photographs and instructions. Sections cover: a range of different fastenings, instant fixes for emergencies, zips and closures, seams, hems and many other nifty repairs.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 176
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: GMC Publications
Published: 07 Aug 2009

ISBN 10: 1861086563
ISBN 13: 9781861086563

Author Bio
Joan Gordon is an international consultant who has taught various crafts and sewing techniques extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK. She is currently working and writing for publishing and exhibition companies in the UK. Joan has written for many magazines and co-designed and edited the UK craft magazine Beads & Beyond and is now Consultant Editor for the innovative UK jewellery magazine Making Jewellery. Jan has a studio in Llantrisant, Wales.