| Home Decor Sewing Patterns |
| Home Decor Sewing 101: A Beginner's Guide to Sewing for the Home Best beginner book for home decorating! The first sections will teach you to sew and use your sewing machine. The 20 projects included are for everyone and cover all the home dec sewing basics and then some! |
| Upholstery Basics (Singer Sewing Reference Library) Thorough instructions to re-upholster most types of furniture with tons of photos. Get this if you want to try re-upholstering that couch or chair! |
| Learn to Sew and Beginner Sewing |
| Sew Fast Sew Easy : All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew Great for beginners to learn to sew. This book assumes you know nothing about using a sewing machine or fabric or patterns. It gently walks you through 3 patterns (included), which I love as a way to learn sewing. |
| The Complete Book of Sewing: A Practical Step-By-Step Guide to Every Technique Excellent reference guide with good illustrations and photos. This is the kind of book to keep by your sewing machine. Great for when you are stumped on a sewing technique. |
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| Teaching Kids to Sew |
 | My Little House Sewing Book: 8 Projects from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories Fun way to start sewing. Sew patterns for items that Laura Ingalls Wilder used! |
 | My First Machine Sewing Book Written for ages 7-11, but will keep the attention of kids older with the fun ideas and games. Good directions so they can learn on their own, too. |
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Lace-a-Puppet Simple lacing with plastic needle makes felt puppets, then glue faces and more to decorate. Fun to make, fun to play with! |
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| Sewing for Babies & Children |
 | Kwik Sew's Sewing for Baby Highly recommended sewing for baby book. Includes patterns and lots of ways to make different baby clothing in different sizes, too. |
| Using Your Serger |
 | The Complete Serger Handbook My favorite serger book. This book has a great section that shows color photos of wrong stitches so you can compare your sample. Then it tells you how to fix it. |
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