The handsewn wardrobe : a complete guide to making your own clothes from patternmaking to the finishing stitches

Name/Title

The handsewn wardrobe : a complete guide to making your own clothes from patternmaking to the finishing stitches

Entry/Object ID

TT519.5.S667 2025

Description

"Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, button-up, and jeans, using simple hand-sewing and hand-stitching techniques. Author Louisa Owen Sonstroem shares her sustainable, empowering, and portable craft with gentle encouragement and guidance." -- PUBLISHER

Lexicon

Search Terms

directional stitching, patternmaking, sewing, tailoring

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Accessories

Accessory

Ephemera

Notes

Contains typed letter from author.

Book Details

Author

Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Publisher

Storey Publishing

Place Published

City

North Adams, MA

Date Published

2025

ISBN

9781635866261

Notes

Length: 343

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

The joy of sewing by hand -- The basics. Patternmaking -- Hand sewing -- The clothes -- Resources -- Further reading -- Featured makers -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Index.