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 Seamstress of New Orleans
The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
A Dress of Violet Taffeta
The Secret Keeper of Main Street
Crossed by Death (Stitches In Crime, #1)
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison
Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes
The Edge of Summer
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
The Winter Dress
Mystical Stitches: Embroidery for Personal Empowerment and Magical Embellishment
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
Vogue Sewing
One-Yard Wonders: 101 Sewing Projects; Look How Much You Can Make with Just One Yard of Fabric!
Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a Whole New Way to Sew
Patternmaking for Fashion Design
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
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
388 books — 237 voters
Handcrafted Christmas by Susan WaggonerHalf Yard Christmas by Debbie ShoreCrochet Projects for Christmas by Elizabeth     TaylorHomemade Christmas and Festive Decorations by Ros BadgerQuilled Christmas by Alli Bartkowski
Christmas craft
45 books — 4 voters

Drape Drape 3 by Hisako SatōGertie’s New Book for Better Sewing by Gretchen HirschDrape Drape by Hisako SatōDrape Drape 2 by Hisako SatōThe BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook by Nora Abousteit
Fashion Sewing Pattern Book
31 books — 12 voters



Tracy Chevalier
She attributed her own fine sewing to the prolonged periods of silence at Meeting; these had made her thoughts level and her hand steady, which was reflected in her even stitching.
Tracy Chevalier, The Last Runaway

L.M. Montgomery
I couldn't sew on a day like this. There's something in the air that gets in the blood and makes a sort of glory in my soul. My fingers would twitch and I'd sew a crooked seam. So it's ho for the park and the pines. ...more
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne Of The Island

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