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Sewing

Sewing is one of those crafts that once you get started, you can change your world: you can make clothes that actually fit, pillows and curtains the exact color you want, beautiful gifts for your friends and family… and so much more!

Books - Websites

Books

Getting Started

Power sewing step-by-step Betzina, Sandra
Power sewing step-by-step
qTT515.B48 2000

Sewing basics Gardiner, Wendy
Sewing basics
qTT713.G37 2003

Sew fast sew easy Meyrich, Elissa K.
Sew fast sew easy: all you need to know when you start to sew
TT705.M48 2002

New complete guide to sewing New complete guide to sewing: step-by-step techniques for making clothes and home accessories
TT705.N48 2002

Sewing for dummies Saunders, Janice S.
Sewing for dummies
TT705.S336 1999x

Singer: the complete photo guide to sewing Singer: the complete photo guide to sewing
qTT713.S57 1999

The complete idiot's guide to sewing Wills, Lydia.
The complete idiot's guide to sewing
TT705.W55 2000


The Basics & Beyond

So simple slipcovers

Abbott, Gail
So simple slipcovers
qTT395.A23 2005x

Cargill, Katrin
Katrin Cargill's simple pillows: creative ideas & 20 step-by-step projects
qTT410.C3723 2005

The pattern companion: sewing

The pattern companion: sewing
qTT705.P33 2004

Pattern-free sewing
qTT713.P37 2005

Sewing for the home
qTT715.S48 1995x

Sewing projects for the home
qTT387 .S49 1991


Websites

  • American Sewing Guild
    http://www.asg.org/
    The American Sewing Guild is a nonprofit organization for sewing enthusiasts, incorporated in 1993, that now has over 20,000 members with 130 chapters across the nation, including one in Pittsburgh.
  • American Sewing Guild, Pittsburgh Chapter
    http://www.westol.com/~staats/
    Maintained by Janet G. Staats, this website provides a calendar of sewing events in the Pittsburgh region as well as information on neighborhood sewing groups, when and where they meet.
  • PatternReview.com
    http://sewing.patternreview.com/
    PatternReview.com is used by 48,090 sewers to collaborate, share and discuss the projects they have been working on, or are planning to work on. It catalogs and describes sewers experiences and opinions in a structured way so that you can quickly and easily find the information they are looking for.
  • Sewing.org
    http://www.sewing.org/
    This website by the Home Sewing Association (a nonprofit organization of manufacturers, suppliers and retailers) offers a Sewing Enthusiast section with sewing projects.
  • Threads Magazine
    http://www.taunton.com/threads/
    The website of this Taunton publication offers a few articles to get you started as well as a preview of the articles in the print publication.