Sewing Jeans: The complete step-by-step guide

by Johanna Lundström

This comprehensive sewing book will take you through the entire process from picking the right fabric and notions to completing a pair of jeans that will rival high-end denim brands.


Take your skills to the next level with the help of clearly illustrated, step-by-step instructions and easy to follow techniques. All tutorials can be done using regular home sewing machines and tools that are easy to access.


Sewing The complete step-by-step guide also includes chapters on pattern alterations, a comprehensive guide to the best seams and stitches plus an extensive section on denim fabric and their care and uses.


Making your own jeans doesn't have to be hard, with the techniques shown in this book you'll be able to sew a great looking pair of denim that are uniquely you.


CONTENT OVERVIEW
▪ Illustrated step-by-step instructions for the entire jeans assembly process
▪ Instructions for pattern adaptations and alterations
▪ Guides to the best denim stitches and seams
▪ Denim fabric and their care and uses
▪ Garment industry insider tips and techniques
▪ Best tools and notions for sewing jeans


DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENT
▪ Pattern alterations and adaptations
▪ Quick-guide to denim stitches and seam
▪ Sewing flat-felled seams
▪ How to master topstitching
▪ Techniques for sewing bar tacks
▪ Guide to denim fabrics
▪ How to pick the right fabric
▪ Caring for denim
▪ Denim and the environment
▪ Step-by-step sewing tutorials
▪ Sewing front pockets
▪ Back pocket constructions
▪ Zip fly tutorials
▪ Button fly instructions
▪ Sewing yoke and crotch seams
▪ Side seams techniques
▪ Waistband assembly
▪ Sewing and attaching belt loops
▪ Sewing buttonholes
▪ Attaching buttons and rivets
▪ Hemming jeans

Genres: Sewing, Fashion, Nonfiction, Crafts

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 3, 2020

Reviews

[Laura Tenfingers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous comprehensive book on how to sew jeans!! Including where to place your back pockets to get the result you want. Want a bigger bum? Smaller bum? Flatter, narrower?? She's got your back(side)!!!

I'm definitely going to be using the flat-felled seam sewing instructions (with and without flat-felled presser foot) and also the fly front instructions (with separate facing and with grown-on). Plus that button fly is definitely on my bucket list.

Highly recommend.

[J Bendandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I heard that the fantastic Johanna Lundström waswriting another book...I said yes, please! I was not disappointed! This is absolutely fantastic: clear, good photos for all the steps snd informative. I can‘t wait to sew my first pair of jeans!

[Rachelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looks really good, doesn't include a pattern though there is a pattern layout in the book. There are plenty of pattern options out there that have good reviews though, so you won't have any problems finding one to use these tips on. I've got the Itch to Stitch Liara jeans as well as the Morgan Jeans from Closet Case. Been tempted by the Ginger Jeans too, but seeing as Liara fits me well it seems like a waste to buy yet another pattern.

[Robbo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, full of clear instructions for every possible step of jeans construction. Vastly better than the normal newsprint instructions that come with normal patterns. Recommended!

[Itsuka Parkes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really fantastic book if you are into sewing jeans. I was at first a little nervous when I bought this book, as I have bought some books claiming to be a guidebook on sewing shirts and trousers etc which were utterly disappointing. But this one is well worth the money. It has a lot of tricks I appreciated to make the finished jeans look neat, as well as some jeans trivia that I found interesting. Wish I had this book sooner (I’d already made three badly sewn pairs…) but at least I do now.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of pictures but I would never do this.