Sewing

Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era.

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
The Seamstress of New Orleans
The Secret Keeper of Main Street
A Dress of Violet Taffeta
The Edge of Summer
Crossed by Death (Stitches in Crime #1)
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison
The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life
Quilty as Charged (A Measure Twice Sewing Mystery #2)
Seams Deadly (A Measure Twice Sewing Mystery, #1)
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes
Contemporary Patchwork: Techniques in Colour, Surface Design & Sewing
Couture Sewing Techniques, Revised and Updated
The Sewing Book
The Colette Sewing Handbook: Inspired Styles and Classic Techniques for the New Seamstress
Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing: A Modern Guide to Couture-Style Sewing Using Basic Vintage Techniques
One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Projects; Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric!
Vogue Sewing
Patternmaking for Fashion Design
Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a Whole New Way to Sew
Complete Guide to Sewing
New Complete Guide to Sewing
The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting
The Art of Manipulating Fabric
Weekend Sewing: More Than 40 Projects and Ideas for Inspired Stitching (Weekend Craft)
Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified
Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara  CollinsThreadneedle by Cari ThomasThe Embroidered Book by Kate HeartfieldStories That Bind Us by Susie FinkbeinerCities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones
Stitched Covers
29 books — 5 voters
Couture Sewing Techniques, Revised and Updated by Claire B. ShaefferHow to Make Sewing Patterns by Donald H. McCunnBridal Couture by Susan KhaljeSewing Lingerie by Singer Sewing CompanyShirtmaking by David Page Coffin
Advanced Sewing Library
15 books — 7 voters

Pattern Magic 3 by Tomoko NakamichiPattern Magic by Tomoko NakamichiPattern Magic 2 by Tomoko NakamichiBasic Black by Sato WatanabeFeminine Wardrobe by Jinko Matsumoto
Japanese sewing
24 books — 4 voters
Aprons and Bibs -- Over 30 Vintage Sewn and Crocheted Ideas by American Thread Co.How to Sew Beautiful Aprons by Christa RolfAprons by Joyce CheneyAprons of the Mid-20th Century by Judy FlorenceThe Apron Book by EllynAnne Geisel
Sewing Aprons
13 books — 2 voters

Sew Bags by Hilarie Wakefield DaytonHand Embroidery for Left Handers by Juby Aleyas KollCraftivism by Betsy GreerGuerrilla Kindness & Other Acts of Creative Resistance by Sayraphim LothianA Little Book of Craftivism by Sarah P. Corbett
The Modern Crafter
23 books — 5 voters
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne TylerThe Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan WiggsA Single Thread by Marie BostwickThreading the Needle by Marie BostwickA Thread So Thin by Marie Bostwick
Spools
7 books — 1 voter


Lois Lowry
But to use the knowledge of the threading, you must learn the making of the shades. When to sadden with the iron pot. How to bloom the colors. How to bleed.
Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue

Whitney Gardner
I know all their costumes by heart, and one day I'll be making-" "Costumes?! That's what you're into, their outfits? Oh God... you're not one of those cosplay chicks, are you? ...more
Whitney Gardner, Chaotic Good

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