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Book Review, Giveaway + Project: The Sewing Bible By Ruth Singer

— blog.craftzine.com — The Sewing Bible By Ruth Singer If you are a crafter who loves to sew or are... just starting out this book, The Sewing Bible: A Modern Manual of Practical and Decorative Sewing Techniques by Ruth Singer must be in your crafting library! ... (more) Book Review, Giveaway + Project: The Sewing Bible By ...

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book week: sewing reference
disdressed — ... , but I only like the reprinted 1966 edition because it contains what is called "torn projects" in which you learn to sew by using simple fabric rectangles to make basic projects like an apron without a sewing pattern. The book builds from there and is an excellent resource for many garment sewing techniques, even if the projects themselves are a bit dated. You can still find the book at used bookstores, but I wanted to find a new book to recommend. This books fits the bill. ...

Book Review, Giveaway + Project: The Sewing Bible By Ruth Singer
CRAFT — The Sewing Bible By Ruth Singer If you are a crafter who loves to sew or are just starting out this book, The Sewing Bible: A Modern Manual of Practical and Decorative Sewing Techniques by Ruth Singer must be in your crafting library! This hard cover book is like a modern sewing encyclopedia with detailed step-by-step instructions and accompanying photos on techniques for hand and machine sewing. The techniques covered in the book are really extensive such as pin tucks, smocking, hems, ...

Tutorial: Stripy apron project
Craft Gossip — Craftzine has the how-to for this stripy apron.  It’s an excerpt from The Sewing Bible by Ruth Singer.   Go to the tutorial. [photo from Craftzine] [tags]sewing, tutorial, stripy, apron, The Sewing Bible, Ruth Singer[/tags]

Sewing Gift List
CRAFT — I really love this Gifts for People Who Love to Sew list over at A Dress A Day, starting with a review of the Sewing Bible by Ruth Singer and Diana Eng's Fashion Geek, running through notions ("Go nuts. Seriously.") and fabric they'd never buy for themselves, and ending up with that elusive, magical, thing: time. There are some great suggestions in the comments, too! Read this article | Comment on this article

Winners of The Sewing Bible
CRAFT — ... Congratulations to Heather from Provo, UT, Tracey from Sacramento, CA and Angela from Seattle, WA for each winning a copy of the new book, The Sewing Bible by Ruth Singer from our CRAFT book ...