The Sewing Bible for Clothes Alterations: A Step-by-step practical guide on how to alter clothes

The Sewing Bible is a step-by-step practical guide to help people learn some basic sewing skills to help them alter their own clothes.

Starting with the most common and easiest alteration, shortening trousers, and working towards the most technically challenged, shortening the sleeves on a lined jacket, this ultimate guide will take you through the steps using over 400 illustrations to give you get a clear outline of what is required.

Chapters are broken up into:

Introduction

How to use this book

What you will need

Trousers taking up, taking in, letting out, replacing zip

Jeans taking up, taking in, replacing zip

Dresses, Gowns and Skirts taking up, hem lengths, types of hems, taking in

Jackets taking up, taking in

Shirts and Tops taking up, taking in

Types of Seams

Imperial and metric explained

Helpful hints and tips