A new sewing bible

Even if you do not plan elaborate projects, this book will improve the quality of anything you undertake to sew. Starting with your primary tool, the sewing machine, the author helps you get the most from the machine by demystifying adjustments, attachments, stabilizers, needles and thread. Her instructions are detailed and clear and the illustrations help to visualize the outcome sought. The joy of sewing is back!

Great Book

This book has everything you need to have in order to do fine sewing. It is a wonderful book. Plainly written, detailed. Excellent reference and instruction book.

Excellent purchase

The book was in perfect condition. It was shipped in a timely fashion. It was exactly what I had wanted. Kudos!

LOVE with Sewing

I have been sewing since I was 12 years old and I love this book. When my daughter was a child (she's now 34) I made all her dresses. This book was a wonderful refresher book for I haven't done french hand sewing by machine for over 15 years. I can hardly wait to make clothes for my new granddaughter.

Heirloom not Couture

I was somewhat disappointed in this book. The techniques are generally those used for Martha Pullen's style of "heirloom" machine sewing. There's nothing wrong with that but I was hoping for something about using the machine for various aspects of "couture" garment work and did not find it here. Mostly the book addresses surface embellishments, not construction, and has extensive information on how to add machine "heirloom" embellishments to purchased garments. If you are looking for information that involves wing needles on linen, machine hemstitching and stabilizers, this book is for you. It's a very pretty book. If you want to take your machine sewing to the highest levels, it is not the one.