Secrets for Successful Sewing: Step-By-Step Techniques for Getting the Most from Your Sewing Machine and Serger

I have been sewing for 50 years. I’m mostly self-taught, but I did have one Home Ec teacher who allowed me to make tougher projects than the rest of the class and taught me techniques the others may never have learned. The day I got this wonderful book, I opened it to the Sewing Machine Table of Contents. Of the 41 techniques explained in the book, I know 6. And I thought I knew a LOT about sewing? HA! I had no idea my machine could embellish a shirt so easily! The explanations and illustrations are PERFECT! Easy for anyone to understand, from beginner to experienced sewers, another book that should be in your library forever. ❤️💜💜❤️

I have been sewing and reading books about sewing for over 40 years, so imagine my surprise when, within the first 3 pages of this book, I learned three totally new things that I had never run across before. This one will stay on my shelf.

This has loads of tips and tricks for both sewing machine and serger that would be very helpful to anyone with either/both, and is good on its own for serger information (compared to serger books which often include too much information on the "high-end" coverlock sergers few of us own). The techniques are well illustrated and the stitches themselves, rather than garments, photographed. This is a good one-stop-shopping manual for anyone returning to sewing after a many-year hiatus, with the machines so high-tech now it's like starting from scratch. Full of great, useful ideas. You didn't know your little machine could do so much!

This book has perhaps been mis-named. It's really a book of various sewing techniques, mostly decorative, that you can accomplish with a sewing machine or serger. Everything is clearly illustrated with color illustrations -- in fact, every page is in color. There are few photographs, which would have been more appropriate for more detailed procedures like hemstitching and fagotting techniques (see Carol Laflin Ahles, Fine Machine Sewing). If you want some fresh ideas for your garments, or feel the need to give your sewing machine or serger a complete and vigorous workout, this is the book for you.

This book has been long overdue, especially for those of us who have become jaded by 'similar' sewing reference books. This book provides ideas, clear, concise and well illustrated instructions for both new and some very old techniques. I was instantly inspired!

This book is an easy read with excellent tips for new techniques. It is organized by topic making it a time efficient resource guide. I use it constantly in my sewing room.