Elementary Sewing Skills [Paperback]

Have sewing questions? This super-stylish handbook has the answers! Created by Merchant & Mills, this handy volume provides a thorough overview of sewing—from tools and materials, to measuring and marking, to seaming and hemming, to adding buttons, zips, and finishing touches. And it's all seasoned with homegrown tips on essential good practice, so you'll successfully master any sewing project you take on.

Have sewing questions? This super-stylish handbook has the answers! Created by Merchant & Mills, this handy volume provides a thorough overview of sewing—from tools and materials, to measuring and marking, to seaming and hemming, to adding buttons, zips, and finishing touches. And it's all seasoned with homegrown tips on essential good practice, so you'll successfully master any sewing project you take on.

Carolyn Denham and Roderick Field, aka Merchant & Mills, produce a range of patterns and ready-to-make kits and superb notions in utilitarian packaging. Carolyn has a degree in fashion and spent several years doing interior design. Roderick is a photographer and writer with works in the National Portrait Gallery. Merchant & Mills products are stocked by the Design Museum, Liberty, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Selvedge, as well as independent retailers all over the UK and selected outlets in France, Japan, and the US.