Home Sewing Techniques : Essential Sewing Skills to Make Inspirational Soft Furnishings

Seams. Oxford pillowcase ; Round tablecloth -- Zigzag stitching. Zigzag flower mat -- Gussets. Soft cuffed box ; Shopping bag -- Hems. Towel with borders ; Striped rug ; Slip-over stool cover -- Bias bindings. Cafetière cozy -- Piping. Headboard cover ; Bolster cushion -- Envelope opening. Envelope duvet cover -- Zips. Round piped cushion -- Handles, ties and rouleaux. Portable doorstop -- Buttonholes, loops and buttons. Button-fastened cushion -- Casings. Toy sack -- Borders. Mitred border runner -- Scallops. Café curtain -- Trimmings and fringing. Wavy line throw ; Ribbon-trimmed sheet ; Fringed coasters -- Gathering and frills. Ruffle cushion -- Pleats. Chair seat cover ; Upholstered footstool ; Pleated tablecloth -- Curtains and lining. Horizontal border eyelet curtain ; Vertical border curtain -- Curtain headings. Cupboard curtain -- Filled shapes. Bird potpourri sachet -- Tassels. Bound-edge napkin.;Provides instruction in the techniques required for home sewing, each with one or more accompanying projects. This beautiful and easy-to-follow guide teaches all the skills you need to make individual furnishings for your own home. Each technique is explained with clear step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs, and then applied to a range of contemporary projects including cushions, chair and headboard covers, bed linens, tablecloths, curtains, and more. Use this book to create stylish and useful items for each room in the house, using your own choice of fabrics and colors. Projects and inspiration are provided for every level of skill. Beginners can start with simple skills such as pinning, cutting and making seams. Later techniques introduce more complex methods like hems, curved seams, casings, borders, linings, and decorative touches such as edging, frills, ruching, and tassels.

Beautifully styled, this compendium of techniques will give the home sewer all the skills needed to make individual furnishing for their own home. Each technique is explained step-by-step, then applied to a range of pretty, contemporary projects. The early techniques are aimed at complete beginners and teach simple skills such as pinning, cutting, and making seams. Later techniques introduce slightly more complex skills including hems, curved seams, casings, borders, linings, and decorative touches such as edging, frills, ruching, and tassels. The book provides everything the home sewer needs to make beautiful, stylish and individual projects to enhance every room of the house.

"This beautiful and easy-to-follow guide to home sewing techniques will give you all the skills you need to make lovely soft furnishing for your home. Each techniques clearly explained and illustrated, then applied to a range of contemporary projects including cushions, chair covers and headboards, bedlinen, tablecloths and mats as well as curtains and useful bags."--Page 4 of cover