Jan Saunders' Wardrobe Quick-Fixes

by Jan Saunders Maresh

This is the one sewing book you mustn't be without! Complete instructions for all sewing levels will help you fix clothes in an emergency or create beautiful wardrobes at your leisure. Even includes time-saving no-sew techniques.

Genres: Sewing

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Author of many books on sewing techniques.

Earlier books published as Jan Saunders and Janice S. Saunders.

Reviews

[Izzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was inspired by some diy video on the internet to do radical tailoring of ugliness to wearableness. It's something I used to do as a child, but now that I'm an adult with my own disposable income, I buy so many clothes it hardly occurs to me to fix or change instead of purchase.

I really like this recession, not because we're noticably poor, but because it's an excellent excuse to do home canning and a little bit of sewing and generally pretend I'm a frontier woman, or noble in the depression, or the fallen aristocracy...

Anyway, there is much better stuff on youtube, somewhat because of the tone of the book and because the alterations are dated and boxy. Better to let the internet tell you how to make your mom jeans skinny jeans. But the actual tips for alterations are quite good, it's good construction advice for the intermediate fitter.

[AJ Conroy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference to have for altering clothing.