Welcome to the Textile; Reviews page.
Here you will find a list of books and products that I’ve reviewed on the blog. Please follow the links to go to the original posts.
Book Reviews
General Sewing
- Me & My Sewing Machine Another must have book for those a bit intimidated by their sewing machine.
- The Sewing Book by Alison Smith A must have reference book for hand and machine sewing
- Dressmaking by Alison Smith This book is focused on Dressmaking and also includes scalable patterns in the back of the book.
Project Led Sewing Instruction Books
Bags
- Sew What Bags How to create a wide selection of bags REALLY easily.
- The Bag Making Bible Lisa Lam takes you through your bag making paces. Lots of useful reference material here.
Dressmaking Books
Home-style
- Homemade Vintage Vintage is all the rage just now, as is home made. If you liked Kirsty Allsop programs you’ll like this.
- Embroidered Books by Isobel Hall Although this was intended as a bookbinding book there is more sewing than binding in it
Great Sewing books for newbies A short list of books that have been really helpful when you just start out with sewing
Product Reviews
DVDs
- Sew What? Debbie Shore’s DVD. A Fantastic starting point for newbies, if you are scared of sewing, get this!
- Simplicity’s Guide to Sucessful Sewing by Simplicity. Looking for help with dressmaking and patterns, this is a DVD guide to terms and techniques.
- Teach Yourself to Sew Season 1DVD. An excellent place to start if you want to try sewing & dressmaking.
Tools
- Fiskars Patchworking Ruler 15 x 60 cm A useful tool for dressmaking as well as Patchwork
This page will be updated over time, as more articles are added to the main blog.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 🙂
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