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Essential techniques for making your own clothes and soft furnishings Need to learn how to shorten a hemline? Keen to make some cushion covers or a simple tunic dress? Sewing Step-by-Step will come to your rescue. All the essential basic techniques and tools are clearly explained so you can start sewing with confidence. With all the information and guidance you need to get going, this book is sure to whet your creative appetite and leave you equipped and inspired to make beautiful, personal pieces. Packed with easy-to-follow techniques, from sewing on a button to personalising a garment, Sewing Step-by-Step brings these traditional, practical, and artistic crafts right up to date with advice on contemporary styles and new materials. The most compact, concise, yet comprehensive
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Essential techniques for making your own clothes & soft furnishings Need to learn how to shorten a hemline? Keen to make some cushion covers or a simple tunic dress? Sewing Step-by-Step will come to your rescue. All the essential basic techniques & tools are clearly explained so you can start sewing with complete confidence. With all the information & guidance you need to get going, this book is sure to whet your creative appetite & leave you equipped & inspired to make beautiful, personal pieces. Packed with easy-to-follow techniques, from sewing on a button to personalising a garment, Sewing Step-by-Step brings these traditional, practical, & artistic crafts right up to date with advice on contemporary styles & new materials. The most compact, concise, yet comprehensive introduction to sewing techniques & tools for the beginner & beyond.

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Contemporary - A design reference to indicate post war modern design
Date - A day on a calendar
Date - A social activity whith a current or potential partner
Button - A round or square object used for fastening clothing or other items
button - A small fastener used on clothing to secure two pieces of fabric together.
soft - A descriptive word for an item/sound which is gentle to the touch or ears
compact - Carefuly designed to ensure an item has a minimal physical size
Compact - something that has a lot combined within a small space.
Tunic - A tunic can refer to various types of clothing with differening lengths from the shoulders down to anywhere between the hips and ankles.
Traditional - Something that has become the same through a period of time and thus repeated.
Contemporary - An object that is living in the same time.
Traditional - Something that has been around for a while and is repeated regularly.
Simple - Basic, easy no difficulty in understanding.
Practical - Weather a task is easy to carry out and realistically succeed.
Personal - Something that belongs more to an individual due to it affecting them more by relating to them.
Confidence - The feeling of being certain and belief in what you do.

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With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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