Tilly and the Buttons: Learn to Sew

Tilly and the Buttons: Learn to Sew: Essential Skills to Start Making Clothes

Learn to Sew gives you all the sewing know-how you need to start making the clothes of your dreams. Written for beginner and novice sewers by Tilly Walnes of Tilly and the Buttons, discover how to demystify sewing and start sewing with confidence.

With basic sewing fundamentals with step-by-step photography, clear instructions and Tilly's friendly and encouraging voice cheering the reader on throughout. Rather than overwhelming the novice sewer with theory, this book is all about learning by doing.

Each chapter presents practical advice and inspiration to guide you in choosing the right fabric, working with and understanding sewing patterns, using a sewing machine, and constructing garments from scratch to create a wardrobe of clothes that can be customized to suit your individual style.

Tilly's best sewing tips, including everything to look for when buying – or borrowing – your first sewing machine, through to how to behave in a fabric shop to appear like an expert, to pressure techniques for perfection.

This is the ultimate book all new sewers will need to sew with confidence.