The Handsewn Wardrobe: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own Clothes from Patternmaking to the Finishing Stitches [Hardcover]

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.
   ·Construct each garment without using a sewing machine. Louisa Owen Sonstroemstudied design and patternmaking at Fashion Institute of Technology. She works in technical design and patternmaking, most recently for Eileen Fisher and Macy's. Louisa teaches hand sewing and patternmaking classes. She also started Patternmaking in Public Places (PIPP), an outreach project to democratize access to patternmaking skills. Louisa lives in Connecticut with her family, in a house filled with board books, dog beds, and lots of fabric.The Joy of Sewing by Hand

The Basics
Patternmaking
    Why Build Your Own Pattern?
    Getting Started
    Drafting Your Pattern
Hand Sewing
    Why Sew by Hand?
    Tools and Materials
    Suitable Fabrics
    Preparing to Sew
    The Stitches
    Understanding Fabric (and Cutting It)

The Clothes
Woven Boxy Top
Leggings
Gathered Skirt
T-Shirt
Hoodie
Undies
Woven Button-Up Shirt
Jean Jacket
Jeans

Resources
Further Reading
Featured Makers
Acknowledgments
Glossary
IndexThe absolute bel³˜