Sewing 101, Revised and Updated: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily through Step-by-Step Instruction

I checked this book out at the library before I purchased it. It is easy to understand, excellent illustrations, and easy instructions. I also thought the DVD included was clear and just another way to follow along. This was worth my money. I am teaching myself to sew without a class and this this book has been my teacher.

This book is amazing, I know how to sew, I took home economics in high school a very long time ago and I have sewn for years, but sometimes when you haven't done a particular project in a while it is a good thing to have a refresher and this book very helpful. Also, my daughter wants me to teach her and I got a copy of this for her too... it will be fun!

I've been sewing for a long time, self taught and needed something to teach me the basics and fill in what I had not figured out myself. I have a friend that is a sewing teacher and she recommended this book to me. She loaned me her copy and I was thrilled. It is simple to read, and filled with LOTS of excellent information. Her copy had a CD in it and this copy gives you a web site which shows you the same information as is on the CD. I STRONGLY recommend this book to anyone that sews but especially to those beginners.

Great book for me since I am just getting back into sewing after many years of raising kids. I did a lot of sewing as a young girl but this book has really helped me refresh my memory. I sure that newbies will be helped by this book also. Lots of great information. I refer back to it often

I bought this as a Christmas Gift for my daughter in law, It came with the DVD and she is new to sewing. Since is was a gift I could not watch the DVD but the book had a lot of next tips on sewing and it was laid out nicely with lots of photos.

I gave this 3 stars because of the way the book is made, if I was rating the book for content it would be a 1. The spiral pages of this book make it easy to look through, however, this book has 213 pages (not counting glossary and index) and 101 pages are dedicated to Home Decor. There are only 50 actual pages that take about sewing and none go into detailed information. If you want to learn how to do an elastic waistband, or a T-shirt, this book will help you. Me, I wanted more information...when they say Basic Skills...this is even below basic, I am very disappointed.

Great book, well written, and easy to follow for a novice sewing enthusiast to someone with some experience.

My nine-year-old great-grand daughter has an electric sewing machine. I gave this book to her. In about a week, I will see her. She can then tell me how she is doing. Fortunately, she approaches equipment of this type with caution. She also has a dad who is willing to assist when needed. I will be eager to hear what she thinks of the Sewing 101 Book. The title really caused me to purchase it. When it arrived, I knew it was a good choice.

Great Resource for a beginner like me

Great on Kindle but still prefer to have on old format paper to turn easier reference but that's just my preference.

Demasiado elemental. Patrones con técnicas muy limitadas. No vale lo que cuesta. Hay libros mejores para empezar a coser.

An average sewing book. I was expecting something more from this book. Although it does give you some very good guidance in certain things, I do think it is not showing enough variations of techniques. As I already do quite a bit of sewing, I do not think that it is that great and some things it makes sound far more complicated what they really need to be. Not for me, but good for someone who wants to follow a "recipe"

I love this book. Its exactly what I was looking for.