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The complete idiot's guide to sewing [electronic resource] / by Lydia Wills.

By: Wills, Lydia.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Complete idiot's guide: Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books, c2000General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 282 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780585182933 (electronic bk.); 9780028638911.Other title: Sewing.Subject(s): Sewing -- Amateurs' manuals | Dressmaking -- Amateurs' manuals | Household linensGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 646.2/044 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Tools of the Trade -- Shear Essentials -- Cutting Up: Any Sharp Sewer's Necessities -- Measuring Up: It Pays to Be Accurate -- Marking Up: Points Well Taken -- Staying Up: Holding It All Together -- Keeping Interfacing Easy -- The Eyes Have It: Needles and Thread -- Finding the Right Needle Among the Haystacks -- Hand-Sewing Needles -- Machine Needles -- Pulling It All Together: Thread -- Power Stitching and Steam Heat -- The Ultimate Driving Machine -- The Urge to Serge -- Steam Heat -- Going with the Grain: Fabric Facts -- Fabric Facts -- Nature vs. Nurture: Natural and Man-Made Fabrics -- Wool -- Fabric Foilers: Some Special Fabric Instructions -- The Rules of Fabric -- How Wide Can You Go: Fabric Width -- Don't Shrink from Preshrinking -- No More Hemming and Hawing: Getting Set to Sew -- Man vs. Machine -- Machine Make-Up: Know Your Working Parts -- The Long and Winding Thread Road -- Bob-Bob-Bobbin Along -- Tense About Tension? -- The Long and Short of It: Stitch Length -- These Feet Were Made for Sewing -- Sleight of Hand: Hand Stitching -- Darn It! -- Room to Sew -- A Cut Above: Your Cutting Table -- Stow Away Sewing Supplies -- Hideaway Heat -- Setting the Sewing Mood: Lighting -- Tying Up the Loose Ends -- Before: Sew Up the Loose Ends -- During: Steps to Stop the Mess Stress -- After: Taming the Sewing Beast -- Ready, Set, Prep! -- The Straight and Narrow: Finding the Grainline -- The Lowdown on Layout -- Marking Up -- A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Basic Techniques -- The Ace of Baste: Seams.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Tools of the Trade -- Shear Essentials -- Cutting Up: Any Sharp Sewer's Necessities -- Measuring Up: It Pays to Be Accurate -- Marking Up: Points Well Taken -- Staying Up: Holding It All Together -- Keeping Interfacing Easy -- The Eyes Have It: Needles and Thread -- Finding the Right Needle Among the Haystacks -- Hand-Sewing Needles -- Machine Needles -- Pulling It All Together: Thread -- Power Stitching and Steam Heat -- The Ultimate Driving Machine -- The Urge to Serge -- Steam Heat -- Going with the Grain: Fabric Facts -- Fabric Facts -- Nature vs. Nurture: Natural and Man-Made Fabrics -- Wool -- Fabric Foilers: Some Special Fabric Instructions -- The Rules of Fabric -- How Wide Can You Go: Fabric Width -- Don't Shrink from Preshrinking -- No More Hemming and Hawing: Getting Set to Sew -- Man vs. Machine -- Machine Make-Up: Know Your Working Parts -- The Long and Winding Thread Road -- Bob-Bob-Bobbin Along -- Tense About Tension? -- The Long and Short of It: Stitch Length -- These Feet Were Made for Sewing -- Sleight of Hand: Hand Stitching -- Darn It! -- Room to Sew -- A Cut Above: Your Cutting Table -- Stow Away Sewing Supplies -- Hideaway Heat -- Setting the Sewing Mood: Lighting -- Tying Up the Loose Ends -- Before: Sew Up the Loose Ends -- During: Steps to Stop the Mess Stress -- After: Taming the Sewing Beast -- Ready, Set, Prep! -- The Straight and Narrow: Finding the Grainline -- The Lowdown on Layout -- Marking Up -- A Stitch in Time Saves Nine: Basic Techniques -- The Ace of Baste: Seams.

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