Simplicity Home Decorating: Step-by-Step Sewing Techniques and Easy-to-Make Soft Furnishings

by Simplicity Pattern Company

Whatever your soft-furnishing project in the home, the world-famous Simplicity Pattern Company can help you do it. This is the one-stop decorating and sewing reference you’ll turn to every time.
 
To have a beautifully decorated home, you need an artful and harmonious blend of colors, patterns, and textures. Simplicity® Home Decorating presents you with a whole houseful of clever tips and doable projects to spruce up your living space—from window dressings and bedcovers to cushions and a range of accessories. It covers making a plan, choosing fabric (complete with a glossary), and sewing essentials, from equipment to finishing and decorative techniques. You don’t need to be an expert to get stunning results when making draperies, cornices, swags, jabots, duvets, knife-edge pillows, bolsters, tablecloths, placemats, and this comprehensive guide offers chapters of clear, easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step techniques, along with colorful pages containing plenty of inspirational ideas.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2010