Author: Junko Ota
Translator: Yu-Hui Hong
Publisher: Yashodo
Publication Date: September 16, 2023
Format: Paperback / 128 pages / 21 x 26 x 0.9 cm / Standard Grade / Full-color Printing / First Edition
Book Summary:
"Want to start making clothes but don't know where to begin?"
"What is a pressed seam?"
"What is a backstitch?"
For readers with these questions, this book introduces basic sewing techniques, how to use an iron, and explanations of sewing tools and fundamental knowledge that are often confusing to beginners.
Once you learn the basics, when you start creating handmade items like bags or clothing, you might encounter questions such as:
- "How should I sew curves and angles to make them look good?"
- "How do I join pieces with angles?"
- "What are the techniques for finishing edges with topstitching?"
- "What are the differences in sewing secrets for various zippers?"
This book provides detailed explanations and illustrations for these techniques, helping craft enthusiasts to perfectly realize their desired projects!
Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Sewing Basics
- Sewing Tools
- Types of Needles and Thread
- Sewing Techniques
1. Preparation Before Sewing
2. Trial Stitches
3. Checking Thread Tension
4. Beginning Stitch (Backstitch)
5. Sewing
6. Finishing Stitch (Backstitch)
- Basic Methods for Handling Seam Allowances
1. Pressing Open Seams
2. Pressing to One Side
3. Seam Allowance for Pockets
4. Overlocked Seam Allowance
- Ironing Tools and Techniques
- Basic Seam Finishing Skills
- Sewing Methods for External Curves and Angles
- Sewing Outer Corners
- Sewing Right Angles
- Sewing Slanted Angles
- Beautifully Finishing Inner Curves
- Sewing with Angled Cutting Lines
- Sewing Straight and Angled Seams
- Handling Seam Allowances
- Sewing Tri-fold Edges
- Overlocked Edges
- Binding Edges
- Corner Seams
- Pocket Seams
- Overlocked Edge Finishing Techniques
- Making Bias Tape
- Straight Bias Tape
- Curved Bias Tape
- Sewing Partial Seams
- Sewing Pointed Pleats (Triangular)
- Sewing Diamond-Shaped Pleats
- Sewing Narrow Pleats
- Sewing Ruffles
- Sewing Flounces
- Sewing for Interfacing and Supporting Materials
- Sewing Small Hooks and Buttons
- Sewing Large Hooks and Buttons
- Sewing Hidden Buttons
- Making and Sewing Buttonholes
- Buttonhole Size and Placement
- Single-Thread Fixed Flat Buttonholes
- Double-Thread Fixed Flat Buttonholes
- Frog Buttonholes
- Making and Sewing Button Loops
- Sewing Buttons
- Sewing Shank Buttons
- Sewing Four-Hole Buttons
- Sewing Two-Hole Buttons
- Zipper Sewing Techniques
- Sewing Zippers
- Invisible Zippers
- Open-End Zippers
- Concealed Zipper Installation
- Sewing Hidden Zipper Teeth (Edge Stitching)
- Sewing Exposed Zipper Teeth (Edge Stitching)
- Others
- Sewing Drawstrings
- Sewing Cord Loops
- Essential Sewing Terminology and Index
