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Books to Help You Get to Know Your Sewing Machine
When I was a kid, sewing was one of those things they taught us in
school – but only the needle and thread version. When I was in my late
teens at university, I started watching Project Runway and decided I
wanted in on the action. I got a cut price sewing
machine, set it up on a table, and taught myself the basics – enough
that I was able to make my own Halloween costumes, but not tailor a
fancy jacket.
The books I’ve listed will help to get a total
beginner or a lapsed learner back to the needle and thread and back to
the sewing machine. Ever since I was a child I’ve only ever seen
pictures of white sewing machinists and tailors – a problem that
persists through the sale of sewing merchandise and advertising. The Huntswoman blog ran a great piece
on this at the end of 2018, calling on Bernina, Singer, Brother and
Janome among others, to increase the visibility of people of colour in
their social media imaging. This problem also persists in book
publishing on the topic, which is full of incredibly talented people,
but very few representations of people of colour.
To that end, on
top of the below books, it’s worth mentioning that there are a series of
great bloggers of colour who dedicate their online time to sewing and
pattern making for real women, featuring themselves in some incredibly
photographs that are a total joy to browse through – try Mimi G for amazing patterns and That Black Chic for street style adaptations of patterns I remember as being incredibly boring in school.
Love at First Stitch by Tilly Walnes
One of my absolute favourite traditional books is Love at First Stitch
by Tilly Walnes, which comes with a number of paper patterns a sewer
can cut out and use themselves. The book goes through equipment, teaches
basic skills and leads a beginners through a few projects from easiest
to more complex, letting the maker pick their own fabrics and sense of
adventure. The patterns are fresh with a vintage tinge and super
flattering.
Sew Fab by Lesley Ware
Lesley Ware wrote Sew Fab for
the younger sewer, up to early teenagers. However, if you’re a total
beginner and value quirky diverse illustrations and happen to have a
younger person you could make some projects for, So Fab is a
great resource. For younger sewers, it will help them establish a sense
of style and self confidence, with positive images and plucky projects.
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The Sewing Book by Allison Smith MBE
Any sewer would love a copy of The Sewing Book
by Allison Smith MBE. It’s a cornucopia of skills teaching, equipment
listings and pattern options. It’s a great book for learning and almost
acts as a dictionary of sewing. I never fail to learn something new when
I pick it up.
Sewing Happiness by Sanae Ishida
Sewing Happiness
by Sanae Ishida goes against the modern adoration of instagram
perfection in our lives and homes. Ishida writes with genuine warmth
about making things for happiness alone after her own difficult illness.
Vowing to sew all of her own and her daughter’s clothes for a year,
Ishida’s patterns are tied together by season and range between clothing
and homewares. The book brought me a great sense of joy and pulled my
focus to the things that really matter – home, love, family. Worth a
look for anyone who wants something with a lot of inspiration.
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