The Handsewn Wardrobe: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches
Louisa Owen Sonstroem
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Discover the slow, quiet joy of sewing clothes by hand in this one-of-kind guide.
Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, this hand-sewing course-in-a-book shows you how to create nine wardrobe staples, including a t-shirt, button-up, and jeans, using simple hand-sewing and hand-stitching techniques. Author Louisa Owen Sonstroem shares her sustainable, empowering, and portable craft with gentle encouragement and guidance.
Sewists of all experience levels will learn how to:
- Draft a pattern to fit custom measurements.
- Select and cut fabric.
- Make nine pieces of clothing with simple hand-sewing techniques.
- Construct each garment without using a sewing machine.
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