Stitch 'n' Fix: Essential Mending Know-How for Bachelors and Babes

by Joan Gordon

This book contains everything your Mum tried to teach you, but you were too cool to learn! What do you do when a button pops off your favourite shirt or the hem unravels on your best dress – throw it away, or make some simple repairs? This fun but practical book caters for all your sewing emergencies, teaching everyone who never learned how to thread a needle, sew on a button, darn a hole and much more. Avoid mending traumas with these simple, basic sewing skills that will revive not just your wardrobe but also your wallet. Learn the real basics of hand and machine sewing, with clear, easy-to-follow photographs and instructions. Sections cover: a range of different fastenings, instant fixes for emergencies, zips and closures, seams, hems and many other nifty repairs.

175 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2009

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't like how the instructions and corresponding pictures are sometimes nowhere near each other because the instructions aren't clear in spots and that can be due to it being written in British English and I'm American. There's also no picture that isn't zoomed in really closely or that shows the finished item so good luck if you've never done that skill before.

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars for even existing. I found very little literature on alterations, but I found this at a crafts store and its cute to boot. Giant close-up photography doesn't hurt either.

An entire chapter on hemming!

[lk]

It's more for a non-sewer but even then, you'd need to know enough sewing terms