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 Secret Keeper of Main Street
The Dressmakers of London
The Seamstress of New Orleans
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
The Edge of Summer
A Dress of Violet Taffeta
Crossed by Death (Stitches in Crime #1)
The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison
Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary
A Flag for Juneteenth
The Winter Dress
Make, Sew and Mend: Traditional Techniques to Sustainably Maintain and Refashion Your Clothes
The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
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
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
Nobody Cares by Anne T. DonahueA Sentimental Education by Hannah McGregorDeath & Other Inconveniences by Lesley CreweHoop Dreams by Cristin MorganFeminist Cross-Stitch by Stephanie Rohr
Embroidery Hoops
14 books — 1 voter

Fairy Tale Sewing Book by Heidi BoydFairy Tale Knits by A. Stewart-GuineeFairy Tale Knits by Fiona GobleTilda's Fairy Tale Wonderland by Tone FinnangerStorybook Toys by Jill Hamor
Fairy tale crafts
41 books — 1 voter

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerPleating for Mercy by Melissa BourbonSweetheart Cottage by Mindy HardwickPushing a Thread and All Her Other Buttons by Rich WehrmanThe Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow
Characters Who Sew
30 books — 9 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


Rick Riordan
Stitched into the bag’s side were several new lines of glowing red runic script. “What does it say?” Alex asked. “Oh, a few technical runes.” Blitz’s eyes crinkled with satisfaction. “Magic nuts and bolts, terms and conditions, the end-user agreement. But there at the bottom, it says: ‘EMPTYLEATHER, a bag completed by Blitzen, son of Freya. Jack helped.’” “I wrote that!” Jack said proudly. “I helped!
Rick Riordan, The Hammer of Thor

Jessamyn West
Lib had been working all day at the sewing machine, running up new house-dresses for the womenfolk. When Lib launched into a long seam, she pushed the treadle so fast the whole machine rocked like a boat. The needle ate up the goods like a prairie fire eating up grass. Lib hated sewing and she didn't propose to spend any more of her life than needed to be turning out house-dresses for the female inmates of the Rock County Poor Farm. When she hit a long seam the poor Singer hummed and whined. The ...more
Jessamyn West, The Witch Diggers

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