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Easy Pattern-Making offers a choice of well over 200 patterns, ranging from skirts, bodices, dresses and slacks to tracksuits, T-shirts and accessories. Each drafting point is clearly explained by easily followed text, complemented by more than a thousand line drawings. This book is an indispensable manual for the designing of well-constructed patterns.

Sew Easy is a comprehensive guide to quick, easy and professional sewing for the home seamstress. Whatever your level of expertise, the detailed instructions and more than 750 diagrams will help you to master a wide range of techniques, from working with tricky fabrics and doing elaborate tailoring to simply sewing on buttons. Whether you use commercial patterns or design your own garments, this book will provide you with a wealth of easy-to-apply information.

Overlocked Clothes to Wear guides the novice and experienced seamstress how to make the fullest possible use of their overlockers (Sergers). More than 500 detailed diagrams illustrate quick-and-easy basic and advanced overlocking techniques. The exciting fields of heirloom and creative sewing are explained, combining various overlock stitches with unusual and innovative threads to explore endless possibilities.

Embroidered Clothes to Wear inspires the creation of fun and easy to make clothes. If your sewing machine has a swing needle that can sew a zigzag stitch you will be able to master most of the techniques discussed in this book. Novice and advanced embroiderers are shown how to get started with hints and instructions for equipment, threads and designs. Various types of machine embroidery are discussed, including lettering, free-movement and cutwork embroidery.

Cut and Sew for Knits contains step-by-step directions for knitting fabric on a knitting machine, drafting a pattern, cutting it out and stitching it together on the sewing and overlocker (serger). Whilst the focus is on machine-knitted fabrics the patterns and techniques are also suitable for stretch fabrics, T shirting and cotton knits.