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# Alteration Tips Customization Skills Sewing Techniques Make It, Own It, Love It: The Essential Guide to Sewing, Altering and Customizing

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## Summary

> 🧵 Stitch Your Style, Own Your Fashion Journey!

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- **What is this?** Make It, Own It, Love It: The Essential Guide to Sewing, Altering and Customizing
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## Key Features

- • **Step-by-Step Guidance:** Navigate sewing projects with confidence and ease.
- • **Unleash Your Creativity:** Transform ordinary fabrics into extraordinary pieces!
- • **Master the Art of Alteration:** Perfectly fit your wardrobe to your unique style.
- • **Sustainable Fashion Advocate:** Reduce waste by upcycling and personalizing your clothing.
- • **Join a Community of Creatives:** Connect with fellow sewing enthusiasts and share your masterpieces!

## Overview

Make It, Own It, Love It is the ultimate guide for anyone looking to dive into the world of sewing, alteration, and customization. This comprehensive resource offers step-by-step instructions, expert tips, and creative inspiration to help you transform your wardrobe sustainably and stylishly.

## Description

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Review: Absolutely one of the best sewing books, and I own plenty - What an informative and enjoyable book - and I'm an experienced sewer. The author is refreshing, with excellent ideas for common procedures that that can be done more easily, such as shortening jeans, slimming trousers legs, even some excellent, easy to understand hand stitches ( and where to use them). He also just suddenly tells you something on a 2-page spread, using photos and understandable drawings, such as adding lace to add some class to a plain camisole. Chapters include Make It Wearable, Make It From Scratch, and Make It Live Longer, and he has the best demonstration I've seen for zipper repair and repairing a hole in the pocket. This does not look and act like a textbook, rather a friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable author. And he uses polished pebbles for pattern weights - why on earth did I ever make some?
Review: Women's Clothing Only - I am glad to have this book, although the author on the cover is not wearing any women's clothing since this entire book seems to utterly ignore the fact that men wear clothing and some men are interested in making their own clothing. It seems that all custom tailoring books written are written to make women's clothing and men are entirely expected to wear store-bought clothing. This book is not written for how men are intending to make men's clothing. It says in the description that he makes clothing for his entire family. They must all be female and in that case he would be wearing women's clothing on the cover of the book. Be aware of feminine words in the description where clothing is being described, such as "dress", or "skirt", or blouse etc.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,594,685 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,060 in Fashion Craft #2,640 in Sewing (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (71) |
| Dimensions  | 8.27 x 0.87 x 9.84 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1847808948 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1847808943 |
| Item Weight  | 2.04 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 176 pages |
| Publication date  | October 20, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Jacqui Small |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely one of the best sewing books, and I own plenty
*by Y***E on December 7, 2016*

What an informative and enjoyable book - and I'm an experienced sewer. The author is refreshing, with excellent ideas for common procedures that that can be done more easily, such as shortening jeans, slimming trousers legs, even some excellent, easy to understand hand stitches ( and where to use them). He also just suddenly tells you something on a 2-page spread, using photos and understandable drawings, such as adding lace to add some class to a plain camisole. Chapters include Make It Wearable, Make It From Scratch, and Make It Live Longer, and he has the best demonstration I've seen for zipper repair and repairing a hole in the pocket. This does not look and act like a textbook, rather a friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable author. And he uses polished pebbles for pattern weights - why on earth did I ever make some?

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Women's Clothing Only
*by R***K on December 27, 2020*

I am glad to have this book, although the author on the cover is not wearing any women's clothing since this entire book seems to utterly ignore the fact that men wear clothing and some men are interested in making their own clothing. It seems that all custom tailoring books written are written to make women's clothing and men are entirely expected to wear store-bought clothing. This book is not written for how men are intending to make men's clothing. It says in the description that he makes clothing for his entire family. They must all be female and in that case he would be wearing women's clothing on the cover of the book. Be aware of feminine words in the description where clothing is being described, such as "dress", or "skirt", or blouse etc.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ When you are ready to tackle more than masks, this book will help you level-up.
*by T***R on June 20, 2021*

Terrific book that strikes the right balance of overview and detail with an excellent progression of chapters from the tools of sewing and names of stitches to how to use draft your own pattern to make a simple shirt or PJ pants. Additional chapters on embellishments, repair, fabrics, and care of garments are helpful. Excellent glossary and list of resources in the back. This book is good for someone who may have a basic understanding of sewing, perhaps has sewn a simple project like a mask but is ready to learn some practical skills such as hemming pants or adding darts to a shirt, or making a garment from scratch. The explanations are clear and concise with excellent grammar and take the mystery away from terms such as "easing" or "blind hems". The historical pearls, such as the origins of the bow tie, add interest and context to the otherwise pragmatic content. The clear photos and illustrations printed on thick quality paper, making it a pleasure to handle. However, my copy arrived with a tear in the cover, so one might need to re-inforce the binding with some clear packing tape to help improve durability, as I anticipate this book will be used quite frequently.

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