Teach Yourself Visually: Sewing

I am very happy with this book. It has a lot of details about sewing and it has plenty of illustrations. The book is very helpful for beginner to the art of sewing.

I'm a beginner and this book explains everything perfectly. The pictures are REALLY helpful. I would recommend this book to anybody interested in sewing.

I've been sewing quite a bit for the past 15 years or so...much of this has been self-taught. So, this book has been great to fill in the gaps and the "whys" for what I've been doing.

This is a easy to use guide to sewing. I haven't been sewing long but thought I knew alot, but this book has many pointers.

I credit this book with teaching me not only to sew, but in helping me recognize that I am a visual learner. Previous to finding this jewel I had read other sewing books, many highly recommended, and felt only frustration and confusion by the terminology (even in so-called "beginner" books.) For instance, I read the description/meaning of "selvedge" over and over, but it didn't actually click for me until I had this book. Here a simple glance at a photo told me everything I needed to know to identify WHAT the heck it was so I could get on with the actual sewing. No more wasting hours trying to decipher text on how to position fabric for a particular action, once again clear and large photos clarify the matter. I refer to this book constantly and I find it's well-organized, with a complete index. If you find yourself stumped or frustrated by other "beginner" books, you may find that you comprehend and learn far faster from a tutorial with lots of photographs (step by step demonstrations) than endless paragraphs of text. I know it works for me and I have several wonderful completed projects now to show for it. I even added some "advanced" touches to my beginner projects thanks to this helpful guide. Kudos to Ms. Colgrove and the publisher for recognizing that visual learners need different tools.