Prologue: Sewing and Abundance |
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PART I SEWING WHYS AND HOWS: What to sew and how to begin |
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Chapter 1 What You Might Want to Sew, and How, and Why |
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13 | (7) |
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About The Patterns In This Book |
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Hacking And Improvisation |
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Complicated And Specialized Clothes |
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What Do You Really Like To Wear? |
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Gardening And Birthday Cake |
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So Why Do You Sew Your Own Clothes, Amy And Amelia? |
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Chapter 2 Get Your Workshop Set Up |
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What Do You Do In A Sewing Workshop? |
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Where Are You Going To Sew? |
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Sewing On The Kitchen Table, Cutting On The Floor |
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A More Advanced Tools List |
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Serger: A Special Kind Of Sewing Machine |
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Chapter 3 How a Garment Is Sewn, and Washed, and Worn |
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A Top-Of-The-Mountain View |
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General Order Of Operations For Sewing Garments |
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Wash Your Garment So It Becomes Fully Itself |
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Looking At Clothes With New Eyes |
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How It All Comes Together |
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Chapter 4 First Seams, First Seam Rips |
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39 | (13) |
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How To Sew A Straight Line |
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How To Press, The Sewing Way |
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Stitches And Their Uses, And The Different Feet |
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You Probably Won't Break It |
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Chapter 5 It's All About the Fabric |
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52 | (8) |
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Fabric Grain, And Why It's Important |
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Wear The Colors And Prints And Stripes You Are Drawn To |
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Really, It's All About The Fabric |
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60 | (14) |
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Reading A Pattern Size Chartzsize Charts Are Arbitrary, It's All About The Ease |
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What If I'm Between Sizes? |
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How To Trace And Use The Patterns In This Book |
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Gather Fabric And Notions |
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Reading Sewing Instructions |
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Ironing Your Fabric Before You Cut |
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Finding The Grain And Laying Out The Fabric |
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Arranging Pattern Pieces On The Fabric |
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PART II THE BOX TOPS: The Box Top, Box Dress, and Variations |
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74 | (24) |
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76 | (6) |
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Chapter 8 Long Sleeve Box Top |
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82 | (5) |
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Chapter 9 Ruffle Box Top or Ruffe Dress |
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87 | (7) |
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Add Length To Make A Ruffle Dress |
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Sew The Top Like A Regular Box Top |
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Chapter 10 Box Top Variations |
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94 | (4) |
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PART III THE CARDIGAN COAT: The Cardigan Coat or Jacket |
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Chapter 11 Cardigan Coat or Jacket |
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Measurement Chart And Sizing For Cardigan Coat |
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Some Options For Using Less Fabric |
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Choose Your Finishing Method |
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Finish And Sew Center Back Seam |
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Prepare Pattern And Make Adjustments |
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Finish Back Neckline And Hem |
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Chapter 13 Variations on the Cardigan Coat |
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Cut The Sleeves Separately |
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Thick Or Fluffy Fabric Tips |
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PART IV ALL WELL BAGS: Carry what you need |
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134 | (34) |
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136 | (4) |
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Really, It's All About Fabric And Materials |
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Sturdy Bag Fabric Sourcing |
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How To Customize Bags For You |
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Chapter 15 Simple Pouches |
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140 | (7) |
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Open Top Pouch For A Phone, Device, Or Journal |
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147 | (5) |
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Make It 3D, The Simple Way |
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Chapter 17 Half Moon Zip Set, Flat Pouch, and Stand Up Pouches |
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152 | (10) |
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Zippers, And Finding What You Need |
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162 | (6) |
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Prepare Pocket And Other Pattern Pieces |
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PART V SOME BASIC SKILLS: To take you far |
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168 | (28) |
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Chapter 19 Things to Use Over and Over |
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170 | (16) |
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Bias Binding A Neckline Or Armhole |
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Bound Edges Or Seams On A Quilt Coat (Or On A Quilt) |
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Make Your Own Binding Strips |
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Chapter 20 Things That Will Serve You |
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Tracking Your Projects, And Keeping A Sewing Notebook |
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How To Slowly Work, And Sew Smarter |
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How To Tile Together A Pdf Pattern |
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Tracing Patterns From Existing Garments |
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Double-Checking Your Patterns With A Ruler |
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Speeding Things Up With A Serger |
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Chapter 21 How to Continue |
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191 | (5) |
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A Note On Beginner Projects And What To Do With Them As You Grow In Your Sewing Skills |
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How To Avoid Making Things You Don't Love |
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Permission To Not Love Everything You've Ever Made |
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How To Find Sewing Books You Like, And An Ode To The Sewing Sections Of The Library |
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Finding The Ways You Work And Learn Best |
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Clothes Are Never Perfect |
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PART VI MORE: A few useful notes |
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Chapter 22 Everlasting Scraps |
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197 | (4) |
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How To Reuse And Repurpose |
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Sewing Tools That You Can Sew Yourself |
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Sewing Stuff That Isn't Clothes Or Bags |
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A List Of Small Project Ideas, For Scraps |
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Chapter 23 Sustainable Fabric Sourcing |
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201 | (5) |
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Sourcing Locally And Secondhand |
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Curtains, Tablecloths, Bedding, And Other Ideas For Finding Fabric |
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Finding Secondhand Cardigan Coat Fabric |
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More From All Well, And Where You Can Find Us |
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Some Things That Inspire Us |
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More Warmth, For Everyone |
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Patterns In Envelope |
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