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Tilly and the Buttons: Learn to Sew

Essential Skills to Start Making Clothes

A must-have guide for budding sewists wanting to make clothes with confidence.

Learn to Sew provides all the sewing know-how you need to create the garments of your dreams. Perfect for beginner and developing stitchers, award-winning sewing author and pattern designer Tilly Walnes of Tilly and the Buttons demystifies the art of making clothes with refreshingly clear instructions, step-by-step photos, and her down-to-earth approach guiding you every step of the way.

Discover how to start using a sewing machine, choose the right fabric, work with sewing patterns, and construct clothing from scratch as Learn to Sew guides you through all the essential techniques, from structure to shaping, fastenings to finishes.

Learn to Sew will be your ultimate handbook to come back to again and again, whatever you choose to make.

About Tilly Walnes

Tilly Walnes is on a mission to inspire more people to sew their own clothes. She is the founder of the award-winning sewing pattern company Tilly and the Buttons, known for its gorgeous designs, crystal-clear instructions and encouraging approach to dressmaking. Tilly appeared on the first series of BBC2’s The Great British Sewing Bee. She loves sewing and wants you to love it too!
Details
  • Imprint: Quadrille
  • ISBN: 9781837836147
  • Length: 160 pages
  • Price: £17.99