The ultimate sewing guide for all skill levels, from basic seamstress to the aspiring Vivienne Westwood. Noew revised and updated - detailed photographs cover every sewing technique from sewing a basic hem to creating a couture look-alike. An inspiring step-by-step guide for any sewing enthusiast who wants to create, alter and repair his or her clothes in style. Everything you need to know Packed with information on choosing fabrics and using both basic and more specialist sewing equipment, The Complete Book of Sewing covers all the techniques and tips you need for dressmaking and sewing for the home. A complete sewing course Sixteen chapters of step-by-step colour photographs with full instructions provide the ultimate technical sourcebook, with detailed advice on tools, fabrics, notions and techniques and an inspirational fabric gallery to fire the imagination.